| Adaptor 1 |
Betts, Jim
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| Date of First
Production |
1976 |
| Title |
On A Summer's Night |
| Place of First
Production |
The University of Toronto |
| Production
Company |
New Faces |
| Year Play
Written |
1976
|
| Performance
History |
1979, June 19-Sept. 15
Confederation Centre for the Arts, Charlottetown, PEI
Production company: Confederation Centre for the Arts
Charlottetown Festival
Director: Pat Armstrong
Artistic Director: Alan Lund
Music and Lyrics: Jim Betts
Music Director: Bob Ashley
Musical arrangements: Bob Ashley and John Fenwick
Musical numbers: Alan Lund
Set and Costumes: Brian Jackson
Stage manager: Suzanne Maynard
Lighting: Ron Montgomery
Lighting Assistant: Ian Gaskill
Orchestration: John Fenwwick
Wigstyling: Sheila Yakimov
Hairdresser: Don Dennison
Lysander: Brian McKay
Helena: Michelle Fisk
Bottom: Grant Cowan
Quince: Kenneth Wickes
Snout: Bill Hosie
Ralph: Jamie Graham
Flute: Jim White
Demetrius: Patrick Young
Hermia: Charlotte Moore
Puck: Stan Lesk
Serena: Linda Third
Oberon: Doug Chamberlain
Titania: Wanda Cannon
Mustardseed: Maxine Miller
Peaseblossom: Glenda Landry
Cowbeb: Lenore Zann
Understudies:
Serena: Lenore Zann
Titania: Maxine Miller
Puck: Jim White
Hermia: Glenda Landry
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1985, May
Hart House Theatre, U. of Toronto
Production Company: The Group of Several |
| Publishing
and Multimedia |
*Betts, Jim and Lezley Havard. "Outline for a script of On a Summer's Night." Ts. NDWT Archives, L.W. Connolly Theatre Archives, U. of Guelph, ON. 1976.
*"Starlight." Northern River. 13 Nov. 2003.
[Link1]. |
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http://www.northernriver.com/Starlight.mp3
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| Secondary
Materials |
*Betts, Jim. "On a Summer's Night." Email to Mat Buntin. 13 Nov. 2003.
*Betts, Jim. On a Summer's Night. Program. The 15th Anniversary of the Charlottetown Festival. June 19-Sept. 15 1979.
*Bourdon, Mary. "On a Summer's Night Would Please Even Shakespeare." Journal Pioneer 26 June 1979. N. pag.
*"Charlottetown's 15th Season Opens." St. Catherine's Standard 23 June 1979. N. pag.
*"Elaborate Festival Program Now in the Works." N. T. 22 June 1979. N. pag.
*Gallagher, Noel. "Charlottetown premiere disappointing." The London Free Press 26 June 1979. N. T.
*"Magic World of Fairies Brought Back to Life." The Gleaner 27 June 1979. N. T.
*Musgrove, M.J. "New Summer Festival Musical Lacks Some Vital Ingredients." Guardian 26 June 1979. N. T.
*Nelson, James. "Musical Revives World of Fairies." Evening Patriot 26 June 1979. N. T.
*"New Charlottetown Comedy sets Shakespeare to Music." The Star Phoenix 27 June 1979. N. T.
*"On a Summer's Night." Collection. Playwrights' Workshop Montreal. 18 Mar. 2002.
[Link1].
*Portman, Jamie. "Musical Disaster at Charlottetown." The Citizen 16 Aug. 1979. N. pag.
*"Stars in our Midst: The performing arts thrive at Vic." VicReport (Winter 2000-2001): 5-9. |
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http://playwrightsworkshop.org/cgi-laywrightsworkshop/db/db.cgi/default.htm?view_records=1&ID=31&ww=1
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| Adaptor 1
Biography |
"Ontario-based playwright, composer, and producer, well-known for his work in and concern for both musical theatre and young people's theatre. He studied at the University of Toronto, before working as a singer and actor and beginning to compose and write for regional theatres across the country" (qtd. from http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Jim%20Betts). |
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http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Jim%20Betts
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| Adaptor 1
Bibliography |
*"Jim Betts." 18 August 2000. Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia. 27 July 2001.
http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Jim%20Betts.
*"Jim Betts - Canadian musical Theatre Writer." Northern River Arts and Entertainment. 13 January 2002.
http://northernriver.com/jimbetts.html. |
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http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Jim%20Betts
http://northernriver.com/jimbetts.html
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| Keywords |
Festival
Musical
Professional |
| Notes |
Jim Betts and Lezley Havard worked on a version of On A Summer's Night after its first production. This version is held in the University of Guelph's L.W. Connolly Theatre Archives, but was never produced.
As of November 2003, Jim Betts was preparing a new production of On a Summer's Night to be included in Hart House Theatre's 2004-2005 season. |
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| Adaptation
of |
A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Entry Last Updated |
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