| Adaptor 1 |
Gilbert, Sky
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| Date of First
Production |
1996, May 29-June 9 |
| Title |
Ten Ruminations on an Elegy Attributed to William Shakespeare |
| Director |
Franco Boni |
| Place of First
Production |
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre |
| Production
Company |
Buddies in Bad Times |
| Series Festival
Title |
Tallulah's Cabaret |
| Technical
Design/Direction |
Associate director: Kirsten Johnson
Set & Costumes: Teresa Przybylski
Lighting: Ruthe Whiston
Stage manager: Susann Casasanta
Production manager: Gwen Bartleman |
| Cast/Performers |
Patrick Conner
Gavin Crawford
Sky Gilbert |
| Performance
History |
Toured as part of Freedom Arts Festival, with productions at Riverside Studios (London, England), The Zap (Brighton, England), Chapter Arts Centre (Cardiff, Wales) |
| Publishing
and Multimedia |
*Gilbert, Sky. Ten Ruminations on an Elegy Attributed to William Shakespeare. Toronto: Playwrights Union of Canada, 1997. |
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*Gilbert, Sky. Ten Ruminations on an Elegy Attributed to William Shakespeare. Toronto: Playwrights Union of Canada, 1997.
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| Secondary
Materials |
*"Company History." Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. 14 May 2002.
[Link1].
*"Ten Ruminations on an Elegy Attributed to William Shakespeare" by Sky Gilbert. Press Release. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto. May 29-June 9 1996. |
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http://www.buddiesinbadtimestheatre.com/company.html
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| Adaptor 1
Biography |
"Writer, filmmaker, director, or drag queen extraordinaire...Sky Gilbert is one of Canada's most controversial artistic forces. In his earlier years (as Artistic Director of Buddies in Bad Times theatre from 1979-1997) his work was mainly theatrical. His hit plays Drag Queens on Trial and Drag Queens in Outer Space were produced in New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, Houston, Phoenix, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Washington D.C., and London, England. For the Shaw Festival Mr. Gilbert directed Anything Goes and Wilde's Salome in 1987. Recently, Sky has seen his non-theatrical writing (novels and poetry) burst into print. And his first feature film My Summer Vacation was released (through Waterbearer Films) to video stores in the USA and Canada in fall 1999" (from 28 Aug. 2003. http://www.puc.ca/cgi-bin/puc/catalogue.cgi?function=detail&Authors_uid=126). |
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http://www.puc.ca/cgi-bin/puc/catalogue.cgi?function=detail&Authors_uid=126
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| Adaptor 1
Bibliography |
*Corbeil, Carole. "Sky Gilbert sets his own limits." The Globe and Mail n.d. N.pag.
*Gilbert, Sky. Ejaculations From the Charm Factory: A Memoir. Toronto: ECW Press, 2000.
*Hunt, Nigel. "Gay theatre: different & proudly so." eye (9 Apr. 1992): 11.
*Leonard, Paul. "The Development of a director: Sky Gilbert takes the stage by storm." epicene n.d: 41-42.
*Salem, Rob. "Ambitious young director moving in from the fringe." Toronto Star n.d. N.pag.
*"Sky Gilbert." Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia. 28 Aug. 2003.
http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Sky%20Gilbert.
*"Sky Gilbert." U of Toronto. 28 Aug. 2003.
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry/gilbert/bio.htm.
*Wallace, Robert. "Gay theatre 'different & proudly so.'" eye 9 Apr. 1992: 11.
*"Sky Gilbert, Actor." 28 Aug. 2003.
http://home.istar.ca/~anita/actor.htm.
"Sky Gilbert, Playwright." 28 Aug. 2003.
http://home.istar.ca/~anita/playwright.htm. |
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http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Sky%20Gilbert
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry/gilbert/bio.htm
http://home.istar.ca/~anita/actor.htm
http://home.istar.ca/~anita/playwright.htm
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| Synopsis |
"In Ten Ruminations on an Elegy Attributed to William Shakespeare, Sky Gilbert continues his exploration of artists and writers who were (or might have been) gay questioning the relation their sexuality may have had to their work, and its relevance to us today. Is any artist's sexuality relevant to how we look at their work? If not, why do so many academics get so worked up at the suggestion that Shakespeare may have had at least one gay relationship?" (qtd. from "See it before the Queen!" Press Release 1996). |
| Keywords |
Gay/Lesbian/Queer
Shakespeare as a Character
Professional |
| Adaptation
of |
Shakespeare's life |
| Entry Last Updated |
11Dec03 11:18AM |
