| Adaptor 1 |
Nolan, Yvette
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| Adaptor 2 |
Adams, Philip |
| Date of First
Production |
1997, March 20-22 |
| Title |
Shakedown Shakespeare |
| Director |
Philip Adams |
| Place of First
Production |
Guild Hall, Nakai Theatre, Whitehorse, Yukon |
| Production
Company |
Nakai Theatre |
| Technical
Design/Direction |
Stage Manager: Joanne Lantz |
| Cast/Performers |
Hamlet, Romeo, Cordelia, Macduff: Shane Dewald
The Fool, Nurse, Elder, Regan, Servant: Jennifer Jones
Juliet, Goneril, Macbeth, Gertrude: Amanda Leslie
The Dishwasher, Mercutio, the Prince, Capulet, Lear, the Ghost, Lady Macbeth, Claudius: Marty Waldman |
| Year Play
Written |
1997
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| Performance
History |
2003, May 1-3
Mike McAstocker Theatre, Sardis Secondary School, Chilliwack, British Columbia
Director: Maria Dimas
Fool: Devon Remington
Hamlet: Blake Tancock
Romeo, Macbeth: Dave Johnson
Three characters: Sarah Simpson
Three characters: Ashley Caringi
Three characters: Michelle Andrew
Two characters: Laura Hutt
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2003, March 6-9
Le Theatre, Terrace, British Columbia
NW High School Drama Festival
Skeena Jr. Secondary School (Terrace)
Keith Robinson
Kyla O'Donnell
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2001, Saturday June 16
Boardmore Playhouse, Sydney, Nova Scotia
UCCB Youth Drama Festival
Cape Breton School School of the Arts
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1997, March 26-May 3
Production toured the Yukon with the original cast. |
| Publishing
and Multimedia |
*Adams, Philip, and Yvette Nolan. Shakedown Shakespeare. Toronto: Playwrights Union of Canada, 1997. |
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*Adams, Philip, and Yvette Nolan. Shakedown Shakespeare. Toronto: Playwrights Union of Canada, 1997.
No URLs ...
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| Secondary
Materials |
*Chambers, Robyn. "Sardis targets the funny bone." Chilliwack Times 17 Apr. 2003. 25 June 2003.
[Link1].
*"Get Ready for the UCCB Second Annual Youth Drama Festival." University College of Cape Breton. 6 June 2001. 11 Aug. 2003.
[Link2].
*"Results from NW High School Drama Festival 2003." Theatre BC. 25 June 2003.
[Link3].
*"Season 17: 1996-97." Nakai Theatre. 11 Aug. 2003.
[Link4].
*"Shakedown Shakespeare." Playwrights Guild of Canada. 11 Aug. 2003.
[Link5]. |
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http://www.chilliwacktimes.com/043203/entertainment/043203sh2.html
http://www.uccb.ns.ca/main/News/archive/06_06_2001.htm
http://www.theatrebc.org/SKZ/HSFest.htm
http://www.nakaitheatre.com/seasons/17/
http://www.playwrightsguild.ca/cgi-bin/puc/catalogue.cgi?function=play_details&Plays_uid=1308
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| Adaptor 1
Biography |
"Yvette Nolan's plays include: BLADE, Job's Wife, Video And A Marginal Man and Donne In. Shakedown Shakespeare, co-written with Philip Adams, toured Yukon communities in the spring of 1997. The premiere production of Annie Mae's Movement played in Whitehorse, Yukon; Winnipeg, Manitoba and Dartmouth, Nova Scotia in 1999. Her directing credits include: Miche Genest's The Fasting Girl, Drew Haydon Taylor's Someday, Philip Adam's Free's Point. She has served as dramaturge on Bev Brett's The Margaret, Catherine Banks' Three Story Ocean View, Donna Smith's Soul Survivors, Sharon Shoty's Trickster Visits The Old Folks Home, The Fasting Girl, and Free's Point. Yvette is currently President of the Playwrights Union Of Canada" (12 Aug. 2003 qtd. in http://webhome.idirect.com/~naterth/yvette.html). |
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http://webhome.idirect.com/~naterth/yvette.html
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| Adaptor 1
Bibliography |
*Babos, J. "Storytelling in the Americas: Conference Presenters." Brock University, St. Catherines. 12 July 2001. 25 July 2001.
http://www.brocku.ca/storytelling/presenters.htm.
*Glaap, Albert-Reiner. "The Yukon: A New Theatreland in the Canadian North." N.T. 9-17.
*McRae, Andrew. "Trans/Forming Community: From Perseverence to Power." York University Gazette Online 29.19. 10 February 1999. 20 June 2002.
http://www.yorku.ca/ycom/gazette/past/archive/021099/issue.htm.
*"Yvette Nolan." Manitoba Association of Playwrights. 12 Aug. 2003.
http://www.autobahn.mb.ca/~map/ynolan.htm.
*"Yvette Nolan." Native Earth Performaing Arts. 12 Aug. 2003.
http://webhome.idirect.com/~naterth/yvette.html. |
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http://www.brocku.ca/storytelling/presenters.htm
http://www.yorku.ca/ycom/gazette/past/archive/021099/issue.htm
http://www.autobahn.mb.ca/~map/ynolan.htm
http://webhome.idirect.com/~naterth/yvette.html
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| Adaptor
2 Biography |
"Philip Adams was born in Creemore, Ontario when the brewery was a creamery. In 1982, he moved to the Yukon where he was Artistic Director of Nakai Theatre in Whitehorse. He is the Artistic Director of Mulgrave Road Theatre in Guysborough, Nova Scotia. His focus is to identify, develop, and produce new Canadian plays. He is the Co-Artistic Director of Hardley Art and works as a dramaturge, director, and occasional performer" (20 June 2002 qtd. from http://www.puc.ca/cgi-bin/puc/catalogue.cgi?function=detail&Authors_uid=2).
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http://www.puc.ca/cgi-bin/puc/catalogue.cgi?function=detail&Authors_uid=2
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| Adaptor
2 Bibliography |
*Pope, Al. "Questions, questions, questions." Yukon News 14 Dec. 1998: 4-6. 1 Nov. 2002.
http://www.yukonweb.com/community/yukon-news/1998/dec14.html.
*Pritchard, Anne. "Nakai Fires Artistic Director." Yukon News 9 Dec. 1998: 1-22. 25 July 2001.
http://yukonweb.com/community/yukon-news/1998/dec9.htm.
*"Philip Adams." Playwrights Union of Canada. 20 June 2002.
http://www.puc.ca/cgi-bin/puc/catalogue.cgi?function=detail&Authors_uid=2.
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http://www.yukonweb.com/community/yukon-news/1998/dec14.html
http://yukonweb.com/community/yukon-news/1998/dec9.htm
http://www.puc.ca/cgi-bin/puc/catalogue.cgi?function=detail&Authors_uid=2
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| Synopsis |
"A fast and funny take on 4 of the Bard's finest: Romeo & Juliet, King Lear, Macbeth and Hamlet. Introduces the stories, themes and language of Shakespeare to youngsters" (11 Aug. 2003 qtd. from http://www.playwrightsguild.ca/cgi-bin/puc/catalogue.cgi?function=play_details&Plays_uid=1308). |
| Keywords |
Aboriginal/First Nations
Amateur
Children's Theatre
Professional
Youth Culture |
| Adaptation
of |
Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet
King Lear
Macbeth |
| Entry Last Updated |
15Dec03 3:33PM |
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