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[Peterson, Len - Interview]

Item number (ISN):

304030

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1995-12-04

Item number (ISN):

304030

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

ALLIANCE OF CANADIAN CINEMA, TELEVISION AND RADIO ARTISTS

Accession:

1999-0045

Media:

Sound

Part:

3 of 3

Production date:

1995-12-04

Production company:

Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists Fraternal Oral History Project

Production credit:

interviewer, Alex Barris

Description:

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Alex Barris interviews playwright Len Peterson who describes his career as a radio dramatist at the CBC. In 1938, Rupert Lucas, Head of CBC Drama, bought his play "It Happened In College" and then Rupert [Kapland] in Montreal, Esse Ljungh in Winnipeg and Andrew Allan in Vancouver began using his material. In 1942 Peterson entered the Canadian infantry and he describes how he was invited to write for the Canadian Army after MacLeans Magazine published his story "Look At One Of Those Faces". For the army he wrote dramas for private station broadcast and the CBC series COMRADES IN ARMS. After his discharge, Peterson returned to the CBC, where he became active in unionising the writers. Peterson describes how he and Lister Sinclair wrote the first contract on four foolscap pages and how the writers and performers united to form the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA). Peterson also comments on: the lack of creative freedom for Canadian writers; the splintering of ACTRA; the bureaucracy at the CBC; CBC Presidents Al Johnson, Davidson Dunton and Alphonse Quimet; the Americanization of Canadian culture through the medium of television; the need for a history department at the CBC; the reasons why Quebec actors are not ACTRA members; and his lobbying to get writers life insurance.

Language:

English

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Vault ISN:

365824

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1999-0045/16
1999-0045/17
1999-0045/18

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Technical description:

POLY

Duration:

222:00

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

536682

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

304030-1999-0045-16-S1.wav
304030-1999-0045-16-S2.wav
304030-1999-0045-17-S1.wav
304030-1999-0045-17-S2.wav
304030-1999-0045-18.wav

Number of items:

5

Kind of sound:

WAV

Duration:

233:16

Made from:

1999-0045/16
1999-0045/17
1999-0045/18

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

544758

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

304030-1999-0045-16-S1.mp3
304030-1999-0045-16-S2.mp3
304030-1999-0045-17-S1.mp3
304030-1999-0045-17-S2.mp3
304030-1999-0045-18.mp3

Number of items:

5

Kind of sound:

MP3

Duration:

233:16

Made from:

1999-0045/16
1999-0045/17
1999-0045/18

Status:

REF
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Open

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