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Adaptor 1 Gass, Ken
Date of First Production
1993, September 18-October 10
Title Claudius
Director
Ken Gass
Place of First Production
Factory Theatre Lab, Toronto
Production Company
Canadian Rep Theatre
Technical Design/Direction
Set Design: Marian Wihak
Costume Design: Lea Carlson
Lighting Design: Peter Freund
Fight Direction: John Stead
Original Music: Wayne Kelso
Stage Management: Paul Mark
Cast/Performers
Claudius: Michael Ayoub
Priest: David Bolt
Laertes: Tome Barnett
Emilia: Julia Donovan
Osric: Alex Fallis
Polonius: Dean Hawes
Gertrude: Susan Hogan
Hamlet: Peter Outerbridge
Genevieve: Jane Spidell
Ophelia: Victoria Tengelis
Performance History
1997, December
Concordia University

Director: Ken Gass

Awards
1993, Claudius nominated for Chalmers Award
Publishing and Multimedia
*Gass, Ken. Claudius. Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 1995.
 
*Gass, Ken. Claudius. Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 1995.
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Secondary Materials
*Frazer, Francis. "Dramatic Depression." Canadian Literature 152-153 (Spring/Summer 1997): 219-21.
*Houpt, Simon. Rev. of Claudius dir. by Ken Gass. Theatrum Magazine 37 (Feb./Mar. 1994): 41.
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Adaptor 1 Biography
"Ken Gass founded the Factory Theatre in 1970 and remained artistic director until 1979. Currently artistic director of Canadian Rep Theatre, he has written many plays including Amazon Dream, Winter Offensive, Private Chambers, The Boy Bishop, and Hurray for Johnny Canuck. He has also written for film, television, and radio" (qtd. from Gass, Ken 6).
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Adaptor 1 Bibliography
*"Factory Theatre." Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia. 28 Aug. 2003.
http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Factory%20Theatre.
*Garebian, Keith. "Gass light." Forever Young. 3 January 2002. N.URL.
*Gass, Ken. "Toronto's Alternates: Changing Realities." Canadian Theatre History: Selected Readings. Ed. Don Rubin. Toronto: Copp Clark Ltd., 1996: 404-410.
*Gass, Ken. "What is a Canadian Play?" Canadian Theatre History: Selected Readings. Ed. Don Rubin. Toronto: Copp Clark Ltd., 1996: 341-345.
*"Ken Gass." Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia. 28 Aug. 2003.
http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Gass%2C%20Ken.
*"Ken Gass/Performing Arts Award." Arts Toronto. 28 Aug. 2003.
http://artstoronto.edionysus.com/awards/2001awards.html.
*Wallace, Robert. "Ken Gass." The Oxford Companion to Canadian Theatre. Eds. Eugene Benson and L.W. Conolly. Toronto, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 1989: 225-226.
*Wallace, Robert. "Ken Gass." The Work. Eds. Robert Wallace and Cynthia Zimmerman. Toronto: The Coach House Press, 1982.
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http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Gass%2C%20Ken
http://artstoronto.edionysus.com/awards/2001awards.html
Keywords
Professional
Adaptation of
Hamlet
Entry Last Updated 28Aug03 10:45AM

 

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