Archives Catalogue

2006 Liverpool International Theatre Festival board meeting agendas, minutes and correspondence

MS-2-838, Box 6, Folder 15
File
2004 - 2006

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File also contains a 2004 report of the Liverpool Festival for the Astor Theatre Society.

2006 Liverpool International Theatre Festival observers' correspondence

MS-2-838, Box 6, Folder 14
File
2006

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File contains correspondence with international observer delegations to the 2006 festival.

2006 Liverpool International Theatre Festival rejected applicants' correspondence

MS-2-838, Box 6, Folder 13
File
2005 - 2006

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

2006 Liverpool International Theatre Festival technical schedules, correspondence and staging

MS-2-838, Box 7, Folder 2
File
2004 - 2006

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File contains tech schedules; production correspondence; an annotated job description for a production manager; a projected budget; and two copies of the stage plan (Scène du Liverpool Astor).

2006 Liverpool International Theatre Festival workshop and school events

MS-2-838, Box 6, Folder 16
File
2006

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

A midsummer night's dream

MS-3-1, OS Folder 197
File
July 25, 1988 - August 31, 1988

Part of Neptune Theatre fonds

File contains set designs for Neptune Theatre's production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," directed by Ouzounian and designed by Chesney. The file includes Chesney's original drawings and some annotated copies.

A photograph of the "Anna" puppet from the Mermaid Theatre production of Anna's Pet

MS-2-646, Box 4, Folder 3
File
[198-?]

Part of Joyce Barkhouse fonds

Adjudicators

MS-2-838, Box 6, Folder 10
File
2005 - 2006

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File contains applicant correspondence and biographies and a shortlist of adjudicators for the May 2006 Liverpool International Theatre Festival.

Administrative and publicity records for Pogie, by Christopher Heide and Al MacDonald

MS-2-838, Box 5, Folder 16 and Box 7, Folder 4
File
1980 - 1997

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File contains a joint copyright agreement between Christopher Heide and Al MacDonald; publishing contract and correspondence with Borealis Press; correspondence, contract and reviews for the 1998 Tantramar Theatre Festival production; notes, reviews and advertisements for the 1994 Lunenburg Dinner Theatre Company production; correspondence, contract and reviews for the 1980 Stages production; correspondence, contract and reviews for the 1984 Kam Theatre (Thunder Bay) production; and an annotated copy of the published script. There is also correspondence between Chris Heide and Rosemary Gilbert about the possibility of converting Pogie and No More Gasoline into television scripts. File also contains a chronology of events documenting the genesis and evolution of the script development and production.

Alive Theatre presents the Stratford stories : a comedy of terrors : [program]

MS-2-777, Box 12, Folder 12
File
[198-?]

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

Anna's Pet: A Puppet Play

MS-2-646, Box 4, Folder 2
File
1982-1988

Part of Joyce Barkhouse fonds

File contains the script for the play by Frederick H. Thury, adapted from the children's book of the same name by Joyce Barkhouse and Margaret Atwood. The file also contains newspaper clippings and correspondence related to the play.

Annotated manuscript copies from the Port Hawkesbury centennial project

MS-2-838, Box 3, Folder 3
File
1989

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File contains annotated copies of scripts largely written or co-written by Christopher Heide for Under the Map theatre group's Port Hawkesbury centennial project.

Annotated manuscript draft of The Promised Land with song lyrics and a list of important dates

MS-2-838, Box 1, Folder 10
File
[ca. 1988]

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File contains a manuscript draft with cast list: Jo-Anne Rolls as Sarah, Jenny Munday as Anna/Ev/Ethel; and Sheldon Davis as Michael/Sumner/Freeman.

Another Story / written by Mulgrave Road Company : [program]

MS-2-777, Box 12, Folder 10
File
[ca. 1982]

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

File contains a program for a production in which Mary Vingoe played five characters.

Article for Canadian Theatre Review

MS-2-777.2021-022, Box 26, Folder 12
File
1995-1996

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

File contains a draft submission to Canadian Theatre Review and correspondence between Mary Vingoe and Deborah Cottreau, guest editor. The publication solicited a 1,500 word article on the Eastern Front Theatre's recent and past work in the areas of dramaturgy in the Maritimes. Vingoe wrote an article that describes her personal approach to dramaturgy. File also includes a b&w promotional photograph of Mary Vingoe.

Autographed photographs of Sir John Martin-Harvey

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 5
File
May 1921

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains two autographed photographs of the English actor John Martin-Harvey, signed for John Daniel Logan following a performance in Halifax on May 19, 1921. One of the photographs shows him in costume for a role.

Autographed print of Florence Marryat

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 4
File
1885

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains an autographed print of the British author and actress Florence Marryat from a performance at the Halifax Academy of Music.

Battle fatigue : [fourth draft]

MS-2-806, Box 2, Folder 10
File
March 1990

Part of Jenny Munday fonds

File contains two copies of the fourth draft of "Battle Fatigue" by Jenny Munday. The draft was written in Guysborough and Montreal from August to October 1989, with re-writes in March 1990.

Bird Cage : [Use of copyrighted material - translation]

MS-2-8, Box 33, Folder 28
File
2004 - 2007

Part of Catherine Banks fonds

File contains a letter from Catherine Banks to William Toye (Literary Executor) in 2004 asking permission to use a poem titled "Bird Cage" in the stage presentations of Catherine Banks' play, "Bone Cage" and a follow-up letter regarding the contract with Playwrights Canada Press for an April 2008 release. File also includes handwritten notes regarding "Bird Cage."

Bring back Don Messer : [manuscript]

MS-2-838, Box 4, Folder 3
File
1980

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File contains two copies of the manuscript: one with cut-and-pasted text and the other a photocopy.

Certificate of Registration for Sming Productions

MS-5-21, Box 6, Folder 6
File
1984 - 2001

Part of Paul Cram fonds

File also contains a 2001 certificate of reinstatement and a 1984 letter of declaration that the name "The Kings of Sming" was the sole creative property of Paul Cram.

Chris Heide's working copies of scripts for the Port Hawkesbury centennial project

MS-2-838, Box 3, Folder 5
File
1988

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

Christopher Heide's notes regarding various Mulgrave Theatre Co-op issues

MS-2-838, Box 4, Folder 4
File
1988 - 1989

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

Christopher Heide's research notes for Bring Back Don Messer

MS-2-838, Box 5, Folder 1
File
[ca. 1980]

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File contains published articles about Don Messer, Heide's notes on interviews with and about Don Messer, and early outlines of scene breakdowns.

Clean second draft : July & August (to the 11th) / 80

MS-2-838, Box 5, Folder 6
File
1980

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File contains an manuscript of Bring Back Don Messer!

Clippings regarding the LGBT community and the local arts community

MS-15-1.2019-061, Box 1, Folder 14
File
1996 - 1997

Part of Ross Boutilier fonds

File contains clippings collected by Ross Boutilier relating to intersections between the LGBT and arts communities in Halifax. File consists of reviews on the theatre productions of the "Hanging garden"; "Angels among us" and "Lion in the winter". Also included are articles on female impersonator Laura Smith and musician Ashley MacIsaac.

Colour coded manuscript draft and key for The Promised Land

MS-2-838, Box 1, Folder 9
File
[ca. 1986]

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

Commission contract between Mary Vingoe and Mulgrave Road Co-op Theatre for play adaptation of Sheldon Currie's The Company Store

MS-2-777.2013-002, Box 13, Folder 7
File
November 15, 1993

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

Contract between Mulgrave Road Co-op Theatre and Sheldon Currie for the right to commission and produce an adaptation of his novel The Company Store

MS-2-777.2013-002, Box 13, Folder 9
File
October 28, 1993 - August 23, 1996

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

Contract, workshop notes, first-draft planning notes and press release for My Place or Yours?

MS-2-838, Box 20, Folder 6
File
1990

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File contains records pertaining to My Place or Yours, a school touring play created for Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia.

Contracts and agreements

MS-2-8, Box 33, Folder 26
File
2007 - 2015

Part of Catherine Banks fonds

File consists of records for various contracts and agreements for Catherine Banks' plays, including It is Solved By Walking, Bone Cage, The Mountain and The Valley, Miss N Me, and the publication "The Man Who Ate the Last Fish" and the monologue entitled "The Big Money."

Records consist of contracts with Playwrights Canada Press, Sarasvati Productions, White Rooster Theatre/HomeFirst Productions, Theatre Yes, McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Broad Minds Productions/Urban Curvz Theatre, letters of agreement for the Banff Playrights Colony, Downstage Performance Society, and Tant per Tant. File also includes agreements for Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Catalan Theatre Festival, the director's and actor's agreement for the Missy and Me workshop at Thorns and Roses Theatre, and rental agreements.

Convoy HFX : [score]

MS-5-21, Oversize Folder 5
File
2001

Part of Paul Cram fonds

File contains seven copies of scores for Paul Cram's "Convoy HFX," with printed standard music notation and handwritten formations. Six are copies with handwritten annotations; one is an original handwritten score on tissue with the printed notation parts pasted on.

Correspondence and notes regarding Mulgrave Road's Feeling Yes, Feeling No company crisis

MS-2-838, Box 3, Folder 17
File
1988

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File contains correspondence from Ed MacKenna, Ian Pygott, Emmy Alcorn and Pam Stevenson, as well as a document written by Emmy Alcorn and Pam Stevenson outlining the sequence of events as understood by them.

Correspondence from Harry Irvine

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 30
File
1925

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains a letter from the English actor Harry Irvine in response to John Daniel Logan's criticism of his performance in "Othello" at an unidentified theatre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The letter mentions a future lecture at Dalhousie College on "William Shakespeare: A Human Being."

Correspondence to Christoper Heide regarding Mulgrave Road Co-op Theatre

MS-2-838, Box 3, Folder 19
File
1986 - 1993

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File includes correspondence with Ed McKenna and Jenny Munday.

Correspondence, notes and playwright's agreement re. Bring Back Don Messer!

MS-2-838, Box 4, Folder 2
File
1979 - 1983

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File includes correspondence between Christopher Heide, Michel Fahey and Ed McKenna of the Mulgrave Road Co-op. There is also a letter written from Heide to Larry Lillo, at Tamahnous Theatre, Vancouver, as well as a chronology of events between September 1970 and March 1983 regarding the script's creation and possible remounting.

Correspondence, notes and playwright's agreement re. The Coady Co-op Show

MS-2-838, Box 3, Folder 10
File
1979

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File also contains a rough draft of Christopher Heide's outline for the book.

Correspondence, playwright's agreement and notes re. Road Reviews

MS-2-838, Box 3, Folder 14
File
1982

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File contains several letters, a playwright's agreement between Christopher Heide and Mulgrave Road Co-Op Theatre Company, and a chronology of events leading up to the play's run.

Costume Society Symposium information and other documents

MS-3-18, Box 30, Folder 5
File
1970-1993

Part of Robert Doyle fonds

File contains documents about the 4th Annual Costume Society Symposium at Bath, other documents related to the Costume Society, a project proposal for the Dalhousie Craft Fashion Project, information about a Dalhousie Theatre Department fashion show, criteria for promotion from the University of Regina Theatre Department, information about an exhibit called "Women of Invention" at the Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature including two slides, photographs and sketches of the Salvation Army building on Cunard Street, a letter about a development on Hollis Street, a price list from Weaver's Loft, a list of contact information for various services, documents about the Louisbourg Calendar Project,

Council matters / by Christopher Heide : [manuscript]

MS-2-838, Box 10, Folder 2
File
2001

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File contains a lightly annotated script and structure notes for Council Matters, a play by Chris Heide that was performed at the 2001 Chester Playhouse Summer Festival.

Country chorale : [program]

MS-2-777, Box 12, Folder 37
File
1996

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

Documents related to Linda Carvery

MS-5-22, Box 19, Folders 1-2
File
2011-2019

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to Linda Carvery.

Documents include programs, ephemera, magazine clippings, and newspaper clippings related to Blues Night for Rocky Jones event, “For the Love of God” Valentine's Day concerts, Atlantic Jazz Festival, the African Nova Scotian Music Association awards, Northwood Encores’ performance of “Grand Mamma Mia”, Charles Taylor Theatre’s musical production “Viola: An Original Musical”, Bella Blue performances, Martin Luther King concerts with the Nova Scotia Mass Choir, and others.

MS-5-22, Box 22, Folders 1-13
File
1993-2021

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to George Jordan, Eileen Joyce, jazz group Ladies in Blue, bassist Steve Lawrence, Owen Lee, Beverly Lewis, Lisa MacDougall, Frank MacKay, Donna MacKenzie, Kim McLeod, Scott MacMillan, Jimmy MacPherson, and Lorraine Klaasen.

Documents include newspaper clippings, posters, programs, and ephemera related to the Halifax Blues Festival, the Atlantic Jazz Festival, the Ladies in Blues' annual breast cancer benefit, the Atlantic Film Festival, the Nova Scotia Mass Choir's annual Martin Luther King concert, album releases, and Neptune Theatre's productions of "Buddy: The Buddy Holly Musical" and "Cats: The Musical."

MS-5-22, Box 24, Folders 1-13
File
1993-2020

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to Laura Smith, Reeny Smith, Reverend Wallace Smith, Deanna Sparks, Jamie Sparks, Jeremiah Sparks, Richard Sparks, Mavis Staples, Gary Steed, and Symphony Nova Scotia.

Documents include programs, ephemera, magazine clippings, and newspaper clippings related to the Halifax Jazz Festival, the African Nova Scotian Music Association awards, the Prismatic Arts Festival, the annual Martin Luther King "I Have a Dream" concert, and various theatrical productions. Theatrical productions include Neptune Theatre's "Five Guys Named Moe," "Riot," "World Without Shadows," "The Wizard of Oz," as well as Eastern Front Theatre's "The Satchmo Suite."

MS-5-22, Box 25, Folders 1-18
File
1994-2020

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to Symphony Nova Scotia stage manager Jimmy Tasco, Sue Taylor, Johnny Theodore, Luvina Thomas, musical group Touch of Hope, Up on the Roof, Helen Vaughan, Pat Watson, Angels of Lightning, Gerry White, Cecily Williams, musical group The Williams Sisters, Eastern Front Theatre's production of Whylah Falls, Anne Marie Woods, David Woods, Woody Woods, and Carolann Wright-Parks.

Documents include programs, ephemera, magazine clippings, and newspaper clippings related to Halifax Comedy Festival, Theatre Art Guild's "Accidental Death of an Anarchist," various Nova Scotia Mass Choir performances and concerts, Natal Day festivals, the Atlantic Fringe Festival, Halifax Public Libraries' African Heritage Month, Eastern Front Theatre's "Whylah Falls," the Prismatic Arts Festival, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia's exhibit "Mary Lee Blendolph, Gee's Bend Quilts and Beyond," and Black Artists Network of Nova Scotia's exhibit "The Secret Codes: Contemporary African Nova Scotian Narrative and Picture Quilts."

MS-5-22, Box 21, Folders 1-17
File
1993-2021

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to Karl Falkenham, Jim Faraday, Shelley Fashan, Four the Moment musical group, Four Walls of Blue, Carolyn Fowler, Isaac Fraser, Rosie Fraser, Freedom Festival , Suzy Gangoo Hansen, Marsha Gannon, Neptune Theatre, the Gospel Heirs musical group, Adrien Gough, Judith Virginia Grace, Belinda Grant, and Glen Grant.

Documents include newspaper clippings, posters, programs, and ephemera related to the art exhibit "Mommay's Patches: Traditions and Superstitions" by Letitia Fraser, Four the Moment's final performance, the Gospel Heirs performances, Neptune Theatre's productions of "The Gospel at Colonus" and "To Kill a Mockingbird," and others.

Fax copy of Stephen Osler's set designs for Ship's Company Theatre's production of Living Curiosities

MS-2-777.2013-002, Box 13, Folder 10
File
March 27-31, 1994

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

File also contains two scene lists.

Feeling Yes, Feeling No development and production records

MS-2-838, Box 1, Folders 2 & 3
File
1989

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File contains records created and collected by Christopher Heide documenting Mulgrave Road Theatre's 1989 production of Feeling Yes, Feeling No, which was developed by Green Thumb Theatre in Vancouver in the early 1980s. Records, which were removed intact from a binder, include reports, notes, scripts, exercises; rehearsal notes and stage book.

Final workshop draft