Week of July 6 - Theatre – Ruth Lawrence (guest editor)

Wikipedia Needs Assessment –
Newfoundland and Labrador Theatre

A Selection of Existing Articles to Improve:

Donald Brian (needs citations)
David Ferry (needs improvement)
Andy Jones (needs expansion and citations)
Jillian Keiley (needs citations)
Susan Kent (needs expansion)
Florence Paterson (needs expansion)
Gordon Pinsent (needs citations)
Greg Thomey (needs citations)
Agnes Walsh (needs expansion)

Suggested New Articles to Create:
Geoff Adams
Terri Andrews
Patricia Andrews
Emily Austin
Sofia Banzhaf
Barbara Barrett
Frank Barry
Mercedes Barry
Rick Boland
Tim Borlase
Heather Braaten
Mara Bredovskis
Petrina Bromley
Chris Brookes
Lois Brown
Donna Butt
Grace Butt
Sharon King Campbell
Michael Chiasson
Megan Coles
Dudley Cox
Diana Daly
Patrick Dempsey
Jenn Deon
Jane Dingle
Phil Dinn
Prajwala Dixit
Brian Downey
Glenn Downey
Clar Doyle
Jerry Doyle
Janet Edmonds
Jerry Etienne
Mallory Fisher
Aiden Flynn
Patrick Foran
Robert Gauthier
Deidre Gillard-Rowlings
Meghan Greeley
Santiago Guzmán
Renée Hackett
Shannon Hawes
Bryan Hennessey
Todd Hennessey
Chuck Herriott
Kathleen Hicks
Brad Hodder (Jonathan Lewis)
John Holmes
Darryl Hopkins
Amy House
Danielle Irvine
Flip Janes
Marie Jones
Willow Kean
Allison Kelly
Brian Kenny
Ed Kielly
Alexis Koetting
Rory Lambert
Frank LaPointe
Ruth Lawrence
Kevin Lewis
Ken Livingstone
Arvo MacMillan
Jane Maggs
Beni Malone
Amelia Manuel
Tara Manuel
Edmund McLean
George Morgan
Pamela Morgan
John Moyes
Louise Moyes
Baptiste Neis
Carol Nelson
Geoff Panting
Lynn Panting
Sean Panting
Lorne Pardy
Jim Payne
Rhonda Payne
Keith Pike
Jeff Pitcher
Al Pittman
Renate Pohl
Irene Poole
Paul Power
Tina Randell
Michelle Rex
Jody Richardson
Edward Riche
George Robertson
Nicole Rousseau
Paul Rowe
John Ryan
Jamie Skidmore
Wendi Smallwood
Pete Soucy
Janis Spence
Berni Stapleton
Joan Sullivan
Christine Taylor
Sara Tilley
Charlie Tomlinson
Leigh Ann Vardy
Wendy Vey
Michael Wade
Michael Waller
Des Walsh
Monica Walsh
Vanessa Cardoso Whelan
Anahareo White-Malone Dölle
Alison Woolridge
Kevin Woolridge

Artistic Fraud
Beothuck Street Players
Best Kind Productions
Beyond the Overpass Theatre Company
Corey & Wade’s Playhouse
Grand Bank Theatre Festival
Gros Morne Theatre Festival
Isle aux Mort Theatre Festival
Labrador Creative Arts Festival
Mummer’s Troupe
New Curtain Theatre
Newfoundland Travelling Theatre Company
Opera on the Avalon
Perchance Theatre
Performing Arts Group
Persistence Theatre
Poverty Cove Theatre
Power Productions
Resource Centre for the Arts
Rising Tide Theatre
St. John’s Players
Shadowy Souls (Tara Manuel)
Shakespeare by the Sea Theatre Company
Sheila’s Brush
Spirit of NL Productions
Stephenville Theatre Company
SWIFT
TADA
Theatre Newfoundland and Labrador
Theatre St. John’s
White Rooster Theatre
Wonderbolt Circus
Wreckhouse Productions

Online Resources on Newfoundland and Labrador Theatre
“Theatre” in Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador Volume 5, pp. 364-368
Theatre – Heritage Newfoundland and Labrador website
"Newfoundland and Labrador" - Encyclopedia of Canadian Theatre
Performance Wiki
Stage Project Collection (Archives and Special Collections)
Devine, Michael. “Cultural evolution in Newfoundland theatre: The rise of the Gros Morne Theatre Festival”. Theatre Research in Canada, Spring and Fall 2004, Vol.25(1&2), pp. 67-88.
Ferry, David. “The development of professional theatre in St. John's 1967-1982: A personal perspective”. Theatre Research in Canada, 2005, Vol. 26(1-2), pp. 142-155.
Pelley, Rhonda. “Resource Centre for the Arts: Celebrating 30 years at the LSPU Hall”. Newfoundland Quarterly, December 2002, new series (Introductory Issue), pp. 42-44.
“Theatre”. Decks Awash, August 1979, Vol. 8(4), pp. 46-52.

Also consult Online Resources with Newfoundland and Labrador Content.

Recommended readings and potential citations for articles:

Barrett, Barbara B. Theatre : My Other Love Affair. St. John's, NL: DRC Pub., 2007.

Brookes, Chris. A Public Nuisance : A History of the Mummers Troupe. St. John's, Nfld.: Institute of Social and Economic Research, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1988.

Collective Encounters : Documentary Theatre in English Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto, 1987.

Foster, Charles. Donald Brian : The King of Broadway. St. John's, N.L.: Breakwater, 2005.

Green, Lynda Mason, and Tedde Moore. Standing Naked in the Wings : Anecdotes from Canadian Actors. Toronto: Oxford UP, 1997.

Lynde, Denyse C. The Breakwater Book of Contemporary Newfoundland Plays. St. John's, NL : [Toronto]: Breakwater ; Playwrights Canada, 2012.

Malone, Greg. You Better Watch out : A Memoir. Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2009.

On-stage and Off-stage : English Canadian Drama in Discourse. St. John's, Nfld.: Breakwater, 1996.

Peters, Helen. The Plays of Codco. New York: Peter Lang, 1992.

Pinsent, Gordon. By the Way. Toronto: Stoddart, 1992.

Pinsent, Gordon, and George Anthony. Next. Toronto, Ontario : McClelland & Stewart, 2012.

Soper, P. Lloyd. The St. John's Players, 1937-1990 : Newfoundland Historic Trust Time Capsule Project. St. John's: St. John's Players, 1990.

Stars in the Sky Morning : Collective Plays of Newfoundland and Labrador. St. John's, Nfld.: Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1996.

Voices from the Landwash : 11 Newfoundland Playwrights. Toronto: Playwrights Canada, 1997.

Compiled July 3, 2020
Centre for Newfoundland Studies
cnsqeii@mun.ca