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SHAW, Grace Lydiatt

1987-0460

Enregistrement sonore

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1961-12-09

Grace Lydiatt Shaw

interviewer, Dorothy Lydiatt Ogden Vokes.

In this interview by Dorothy Lydiatt Ogden, with Grace Lydiatt Shaw speaking in the background, Dorothy White describes her involvement in Ottawa amateur theatre. White worked with the amateur society when it was the Ottawa Drama Guild, just after the First World War. She also remembers the building of the Ottawa Little Theatre in 1928 and the group's change of name, the Russell Theatre, the Canadian Repertory Theatre, the Amateur Children's Theatre and the school of the theatre. The Governors General Lord Grey, Lord Willingdon and Lord Bessborough are described with reference to their involvement in the theatre. Play writing, competition, training in the theatre and funding are discussed. The names of amateurs from Ottawa who have turned professional are given, including Amelia Hall and Betty Leighton.

English

Libre

MSS 25997

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