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Christie, Robert - Interview

Item number (ISN):

304510

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1984-03-09

Item number (ISN):

304510

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CARLETON UNIVERSITY: INSTITUTE FOR CANADIAN STUDIES

Accession:

1985-0225

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1984-03-09

Production company:

Carleton University Institute For Canadian Studies

Production credit:

interviewer, Ross Eaman

Description:

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Ross Eaman interviews actor Robert Christie. Christie discusses: his arrival at CBC; radio drama environment; progress in his career in CBC drama; soap operas in the post-war period; SOLDIERS WIFE and BRAVE VOYAGE; Claire Drainey, the wife of John Drainey; STAGE series; sponsor's control over program content; transition to television; character parts; typical week; radio rehearsal period; early shows; Frank Willis, Andrew Allan, John Reeves; beginnings of Stratford Festival; Tyrone Guthrie's background in Canadian theatre; CBC/Stratford connections; forces that shaped TV drama; differences in acting for radio, TV, film and stage; improvements in acting technique as performers became accustomed to medium; his connection with New Play Society; Bob Allen; radio adaptation of OTHELLO with Lorne Greene and John Drainey; his leading roles; attempt to form union in drama department; structure of drama department; Sydney Newman in early 1950s; Michael Saddler and drama department; and time in New York performing Robertson Davies work. <1h 31mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Recorded in Toronto.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

339734

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

C05187

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

407340

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A1 2005-01-0033

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Duration:

60:53

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

407341

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A1 2005-01-0034

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Duration:

61:37

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1002508

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A4 2005-01-0033

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Made from:

C05187

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1002509

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A4 2005-01-0034

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Made from:

C05187
C05188

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1178955

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

304510-C05187.WAV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

BWF

Duration:

3:17

Made from:

C05187

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

A1 2005-01-0033
A1 2005-01-0034

Restrictions on consultation:

~Consultation was restricted for five years from date of interview without the permission of the Research Director, CBC Oral History Project.

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictions : release forms signed by interviewee and interviewers available in Finding Aid for restrictions on individual interviews

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