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Stage plays [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-series

Date:

1954-2002.

Reference:

R4441-7-X-E, MG31-D196

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

112465

Context of this record:

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Timothy Findley and William Whitehead fonds

Literary manuscripts

Stage plays
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Sub-series includes:

1 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1954-2002.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

3.95 m of textual records.
7 photographs : b&w.

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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Sub-series consists of notes, manuscripts, drafts, cuts, script changes, galley proofs and final stage scripts for the following dramatic works by Timothy Findley: Riel; The Stillborn Lover (including the radio adaptation); The Trials of Ezra Pound (including the radio adaptation); Can You See Me Yet? (including radio and television adaptations); Elizabeth Rex; Shadows - A One-act Play; Rat's Alley; Arnold; and Famous Last Words (dramatic adaptation). Arranged chronologically to reflect the progress of each work.

Sub-series also includes a small amount of material which was transferred to the Archives by the National Arts Centre, relating to Can You See Me Yet? This material includes two copies of the radio script, Missionaries, and photocopies of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's cast list and rehearsal schedule, 1971; also included are photocopies of the third draft of a stage adaptation, 1974, and of a letter to Jean Roberts and Marigold Charlesworth (vol. 81).

Photographic materials include 1 b/w photograph of the cast and director in "Can You See Me Yet?" N.A.C. (1976), photographed by Timothy Findley; and 6 b/w photographs depicting the cast and director from "The Stillborn Lover" (1993), photographed by Robert Lansdale.

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Arrangement note:

Arrangement is chronological by date of publication or production in the case of published or produced plays, and by date of creation in the other cases.

Related material:

See also Short stories (collected) sub-series, as well as the Correspondence and subject files series.

Source:

Private

Former archival reference no.:

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MG31-D196
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG31 D 196]

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40--47;

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81;

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121--122;

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200--204;

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285--290;

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325--328;

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Graphic (photo)

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Box [FINDLEY, TIMOTHY 1997-027] 7447

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