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Nouch, Kathleen Mathers - Interview

Item number (ISN):

175723

Series title:

Voice of the Pioneer

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Item number (ISN):

175723

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

MCNEIL, Bill

Accession:

1989-0460

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Release date:

1987-09-27/1987-11-01

Production company:

Bill McNeil (Interviewer)

Description:

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Interview of Kathleen Mathers Nouch of Saskatoon, about her career as a teacher, drama teacher, playwright, drama producer and actress in amateur theatre in Canada. She talks about: her childhood; her father; how the people of British descent dominated the social life of her home town of Grenfell, Saskatchewan; the unhappiness caused by her father's gambling and reluctance to pay for her education; and her decision to become a teacher.~Nouch developed her interest in the theatre because she used to act out the parts of a story while reading it to her pupils. She also wrote plays and skits for the students. Nouch also wrote an advice column for teachers about handling problems with children in the classroom. The column appeared in the Saskatchewan Farmer publication for 10 years. The Saskatchewan Farmer also published her stories.~Also discussed are: the Dominion Drama festival and her efforts to start a class "C" drama festival in northern Saskatchewan. At this point in the interview and continuing for some time, a loud sound of what seems to be electrical interference makes it difficult to hear what she is saying. The sound quality improves when Nouch talks about teaching drama classes. She teaches classes composed of both the elderly and younger people. She calls her technique book-in-hand theatre because the actors on stage hold their scripts. Nouch feels that people are too busy to learn lines, but they are expected to act out their parts. She directs them as if they are in a "real play". She also talks about her husband and his battle with Alzheimer's Disease. Her husband's illness created great difficulties for both Nouch and her husband because they did not at first understand his increasingly strange behaviour. She has written a play about caring for an Alzheimer's patient, entitled The Vinegar Jug and it has been performed in drama workshops in western Canada.

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Interview edited for broadcast on the CBC Radio series Voice of the Pioneer in six installments, on September 27, October 4, October 11, October 18, October 25 and November 1, 1987.~2. The interview is on two reels and some of the information on the first reel is repeated on the second reel.~3. A loud hum impairs the audio signal for the last half of the first reel and several minutes at the start of the second reel.~4. Text published in the book Voice of the Pioneer, Volume 3, pp. 51-55, is based on this interview.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

177458

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1989-0460/088
1989-0460/089

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

315389

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A1 9810-0031

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Duration:

58:30

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

322288

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A1 9902-0047

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Duration:

64:55

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1004095

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A4 9810-0031

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Made from:

1989-0460/088
1989-0460/089

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1004291

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A4 9902-0047

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Made from:

1989-0460/088
1989-0460/089

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1151560

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

175723-1989-0460-088.WAV
175723-1989-0460-089.WAV

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

BWF

Duration:

68:59

Made from:

1989-0460/088
1989-0460/089

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

A1 9810-0031
A1 9902-0047

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of Bill McNeilCBC has rights only for one broadcast of each of the programs.Contact for Bill McNeil: Dawn McNeil Lemaire.

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