| Adaptor 1 |
Coyne, Susan [Writer]
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| Adaptor 2 |
McKinney, Mark [Writer] |
| Adaptor 3 |
Meredith, Michael
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| Date of First
Production |
2005, June 27, July 4, 11, 18, 25, August 1 |
| Title |
Slings & Arrows II |
| Alternate Title |
Slings and Arrows II |
| Director |
Peter Wellington |
| Place of First
Production |
The Movie Network, Movie Central |
| Production
Company |
Rhombus Media |
| Technical
Design/Direction |
Executive Producer: Niv Fichman
Creative Producer: Bob Martin
Producer: Daniel Iron
Producer: Sari Friedland
Director of Photography: Rudolf Blahacek
Editor: Christopher Donaldson
Production Designer: Kathleen Climie
Costume Designer: Lea Carlson
Stunt Coordinators: John Stoneham Jr., John Stead
Unit Publicist: Cynthia Amsden |
| Cast/Performers |
Geoffrey Tennant: Paul Gross
Oliver Welles: Stephen Ouimette
Ellen Fanshaw: Martha Burns
Henry Breedlove: Geraint Wyn Davies
Brian: Leon Pownall
Patrick: David Alpay
Sarah: Joanne Kelly
Sanjay Rainier: Colm Feore
Kate McNab: Rachel McAdams
Jack Crew: Luke Kirby
Lionel Train: Jonathan Crombie
Darren Nichols: Don McKellar
Anna Conroy: Susan Coyne
Richard Smith-Jones: Mark McKinney
Cyril: Graham Harley
Frank: Michael Polley
Maria: Catherine Fitch
Sloan: Matt Fitzgerald
Nehum: Rothaford Gray
Oliver Dennis
Special Appearances: Jennifer Baxter, Jackie Burroughs, Sean Cullen, Diane D'Aquila, Graham Greene, Peter Keleghan, Arsinee Khanjian, Eric Peterson, Veronica Tennant |
| Publishing
and Multimedia |
*Slings & Arrows, directed by Peter Wellington. Press book. Rhombus Media, 2005.
[Link1]
[Link2]
[Link3] |
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http://www.themovienetwork.ca/slingsandarrows/
http://www.showcase.ca/ontv/titledetails.aspx?titleid=92753
http://www.moviecentral.ca/content3/slings/
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| Secondary
Materials |
*Zekas, Rita. "Gross: Rumple of the Burbage." Toronto Star 5 Feb. 2005, Ontario ed.: H04.
*"Showbits." Winnipeg Free Press 27 June 2005: D1.
*Doyle, John. "Well, knock me down with a feather boa." Globe and Mail 27 June 2005: R7.
*"Canadian Slings & Arrows a critical rave in U.S." Globe and Mail 10 Aug. 2005: R2.
*Doyle, John. "The Americans like us, they really like us!" Globe and Mail 11 Aug. 2005: R2.
*Porter, Stephanie. "Life and Times: CFA on set." Independant [Newfoundland and Labrador] 14 Aug. 2005 [Link1].
*Berson, Misha. "Series satirizes theatre actors' backstage antics." Seattle Times 19 Feb. 2006. 21 Apr. 2006 [Link2].
*Aurthur, Kate. "TELEVISON." The New York Times 19 Feb. 2006, Late ed.: SECT2.
*Goodale, Gloria. "Tubegazing: Slings and Arrows." Christian Science Monitor 17 Feb. 2006: 12.
*Poniewozik, James. "6 Totally Funny TV Series." Time 20 Mar. 2006, U.S. ed.: 118.
*Strachan, Alex. "Straight through the heart: Slings & Arrows is unapologetically Canadian." National Post 27 June 2005: AL5.
*Hays, Matthew. "Sex & Shakespeare." Canadian Screenwriter Summer (2005): 8-11.
*Kennedy, Louise. "Theater lovers' good fortune arrives with 'Slings & Arrows'. Boston Globe 6 Aug. 2005
*Ryan, Maureen. "A former 'Kid in the Hall' shoots a few 'Slings and Arrows'. Chicago Tribune [online] 16 Feb. 2006 [Link3]
*Ryan, Maureen. "Marathons aplenty, plus a Kinky candidate." Chicago Tribune [online] 16 Feb. 2006 [Link4]
*Spencer, David. "Slings & Arrows: Season Two." AISLE SAY New York [Link5]
*Leonard, John. "Slings and Arrows" New York Magazine [online] 20 Feb. 2006 [Link6]
*Perry, Douglas. "Slings & Arrows delivers comedy: Series offers outrageous fortune, with a touch of the Bard." The Oregonian [online] [Link7] |
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http://www.theindependent.ca/article.asp?AID=852&ATID=6
http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=slings19&date=20060219&query=series+satirizes
http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2006/02/a_former_kid_in.html#more
http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/slings_and_arrows/index.html
http://www.aislesay.com/NY-SLINGS-2.html
http://newyorkmetro.com/arts/tv/reviews/15925/
http://www.oregonlive.com/living/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/living/1140222370201210.xml&coll=7
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| Adaptor 1
Biography |
"Susan Coyne, Writer and plays Anna Conroy. Susan Coyne's acclaimed childhood memoir, Kingfisher Days, was published in 2001 by Random House Canada, and will be published in the U.S this fall. She later adapted the book for the Tarragon Theatre, where it had a sold out run this spring. Coyne is a founding member of Toronto's Soulpepper Theatre, for whom she adapted (with Laszlo Marton) Anton Chekhov's Platonov, and co-wrote The Old Business with Jason Sherman. Her adaptation of Chekhov's Three Sisters was produced by the Shaw Festival this summer. She is a playwright-in-residence at the Tarragon Theatre.
As an actor, Coyne has appeared at theatres across Canada, including the Stratford Festival where her roles included Juliet, Portia, Regan, and Laura in The Glass Menagerie. At the Tarragon, her credits include An Acre of Time and Patience; (Dora nominations for each); A Woman's Comedy; Waiting for the Parade; Albertine in Five Times; and Aunt Dan and Lemon (Dora nomination). Other recent stage credits include A Chorus of Disapproval; The Winter's Tale; A Christmas Carol; Betrayal; Platonov; and Don Carlos, all for Soulpepper. She was a lead player in CBC television's The Broad Side, and a series regular on CBC radio's weekly satire, National Affairs" (qtd. from 14 Nov. 2003 http://www.tmn.ca/slingsandarrows/creators3.php). |
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http://www.tmn.ca/slingsandarrows/creators3.php
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| Adaptor 1
Bibliography |
*"Theatre is a well-lit hell." The Movie Network. 14 Nov. 2003.
http://www.tmn.ca/slingsandarrows/creators3.php. |
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http://www.tmn.ca/slingsandarrows/creators3.php
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| Adaptor
2 Biography |
"Mark McKinney, writer and actor plays Richard Smith-Jones. Mark McKinney is a founding member of Kids in the Hall, the Canadian comedy troupe with Bruce McCulloch, Scott Thompson, Kevin McDonald and Dave Foley. The troupe is one of the most successful in Canadian history having a five year run on television which has aired all over the world, as well as numerous live appearances including two major North American tours. Stage credits include The Ugly Man in the One Yellow Rabbit Tour at Edinburgh Festival and Glasgow's Tron Theatre, A Flea in Her Ear at the Roundabout Theatre, NYC, The Rivals at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Fuddy Meers at the Manhattan Theatre Club" (qtd. from 14 Nov. 2003. http://www.tmn.ca/slingsandarrows/creators4.php). |
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http://www.tmn.ca/slingsandarrows/creators4.php
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| Adaptor
2 Bibliography |
*"Theatre is a well-lit hell." The Movie Network. 14 Nov. 2003.
http://www.tmn.ca/slingsandarrows/creators4.php. |
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http://www.tmn.ca/slingsandarrows/creators4.php
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| Synopsis |
"Slings & Arrows is based in the fictional town of New Burbage where legendary theatrical madman Geoffrey Tennant (Paul Gross) returns to the New Burbage Theatre Festival -- the site of his greatest triumph and most humiliating failure, to assume the Artistic Directorship after the sudden death of his mentor, Oliver Welles.
Now firmly installed as Artistic Director of the New Burbage Festival, Geoffrey Tennant inherits the problems of late Oliver Welles' (Stephen Ouimette), plus a few of his own making. Labouring under the now glorified shadow of his predecessor, Geoffrey is forced to stage Macbeth, the cursed play, which Oliver had obsessively researched for years. Working from Oliver's notes, Geoffrey chafes at the bit, particularly with the casting of seasoned theatre actor, Henry Breedlove (Geraint Wyn Davies), as Macbeth being a foregone conclusion. Geoffrey rebels, and Oliver reappears. . ."
(qtd. from 21 Apr. 2006 http://www.themovienetwork.ca/slingsandarrows/synopsis.php) |
| Keywords |
Professional
Television
Theatre Industry |
| Adaptation
of |
Hamlet
Macbeth |
| Entry Last Updated |
19Feb07 2:57PM |
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