| Adaptor 1 |
Liitoja, Hillar
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| Date of First
Production |
1989, January 21-February 4 |
| Title |
Hamlet |
| Alternate Title |
7 1/2 Hour Hamlet |
| Director |
Hillar Liitoja |
| Place of First
Production |
Theatre Centre, Toronto, ON |
| Production
Company |
DNA Theatre with Buddies in Bad Times |
| Technical
Design/Direction |
Director: Hillar Liitoja
Portraits: Ed Fielding
Production Manager: Ed Fielding
Costumes: Carol Garling
Fight Choreography: Braun McAsh
Japanese Coach: Allan Kassner
Sound Recording: Dominic Giovinazzo
Lighting Operator: William Holutiak
Technican/Sound Operator: Greg Beiles
Production Assistants: Brenda Irwin, Steve Johnson, Charlie Rhindress |
| Cast/Performers |
Hamlet: Andrew Scorer
Ghost: B. Bob Bridges
Polonius: Ed Fielding
Claudius: Sky Gilbert
Ophelia: Kirsten Johnson
Gertrude: Shirley Josephs
Laertes: Scott Maudsley
Osric: Peter Lynch
Rosencrantz: Ken McDougall
Guildenstern: Charlie Rhindress
Horatio: Glenn Christie
Player King: Sean Brennan
Teacup Dancers: Heather Carr, Ruth Danziger, Sara Galea-Davis
Player Queen: Sara Clenyg-Jones
Dancer: Erika Johnson
Luciano: David Warren
Explicator: Adrean Foster
A Japanese: Akascha Kerekes
Notary: Caryn Lemke
Mistress of the Underworld: Rosalia Martini |
| Performance
History |
1989
Festival de théâtre des Amériques, in collaboration with Éspace Libre
Director: Hillar Liitoja |
| Awards |
1989, Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Direction, Small Theatre Company Division (Hillar Liitoja) |
| Secondary
Materials |
*Gilbert, Sky. "Childish Glee: The Scenography of Hillar Liitoja." Canadian Theatre Review 70 (Spring 1992): 27-8.
*"Hamlet." Festival de théâtre des Amériques FTA. 4 Sept. 2003.
[Link1].
*Hunt, Nigel. "The Theatre Festival of the Americas." Rev. of Hamlet dir. by Hillar Liitoja. Theatrum 15 (Sept./Oct. 1989): 37-38.
*Leonard, Paul. "Privacy and Senses: The Scenography of Hillar Liitoja." Canadian Theatre Review 70 (Spring 1992): 29-31.
*Wagner, Vit. "Make your own intermissions in nine-hour Hamlet 'monstrosity.'" Toronto Star 20 Jan. 1989: E12. |
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http://www.fta.qc.ca/archives/89/06_hamlet.html
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| Adaptor 1
Biography |
"... based in Toronto, Ontario. He has worked as director, playwright, light and sound designer and artistic director for DNA Theatre. His play, This is What Happened in Orangeville, caused a sensation at the Festival de Théâtre des Amériques in 1987 (where it won a prize for innovation in theatrical writing) and when it was translated for the Groupe Multidisciplinaire de Montréal in 1992 as Voilà ce qui se passe à Orangeville.
Mr. Liitoja won the Chalmers Award in 1994 for The Last Supper (1993, directed by the author for DNA). Other plays include: Incidental texts for Hamlet (1989), Incidental texts for The Deputation (1990), Walkie-talkie texts for Ultimate Night (1992) all directed by the author for DNA" (qtd. from 4 Sept. 2003. http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Hillar%20Liitoja). |
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http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Hillar%20Liitoja
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| Adaptor 1
Bibliography |
*"Artistic Director Hillar Liitoja."
http://home.istar.ca/~dna/hillar.htm.
*"Artistic Director Hillar Liitoja." DNA Theatre. 4 Sept. 2003.
http://www.dnatheatre.com/bios.html.
*"Hillar Liitoja." Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia. 4 Sept. 2003.
http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Hillar%20Liitoja.
*Hunt, Nigel. "Chaos and Control." Canadian Theatre Review 52 (Fall 1987): 45-9.
*Todd, Rebecca. "Theatre Without Limits." eye (1 Feb. 2001).
http://www.eye.net/eye/issue/issue_02.01.01/arts/lead.html. |
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http://home.istar.ca/~dna/hillar.htm
http://www.dnatheatre.com/bios.html
http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Hillar%20Liitoja
http://www.eye.net/eye/issue/issue_02.01.01/arts/lead.html
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| Keywords |
Professional |
| Adaptation
of |
Hamlet |
| Entry Last Updated |
19May04 2:24PM |
