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      Interview with Mary Haney, actress and member of the Shaw Festival Theatre for many years. Seasons with the Shaw Festival: 1978-80, 1986, 1988-99 Transcription only; audio file not available.

      Article "Laughter & Tears. The 1960s" about beginnings of the Shaw Festival, featuring interviews with some of the performers.

      reverse: "Fiona Reid Photo (black and white). Fiona Reid as Amanda Prynne in Noel Coward's Private Lives. The spectacular performance played at the Shaw Festival Theatre for two seasons in a row: 1983 and 1984."

      reverse: "1984 - Members of Youth League at the Hate Rally."

      reverse: "1984 - Execution of a Spy at Hate Rally"

      reverse: "1984 - Big Brother"

      "Oceania" ID card for a participant in theatrical recreation of Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four" by the Shaw Festival Theatre in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Folded and stapled; with individual number and stamp inside. "Nineteen Eighty-Four" is set in Oceania, one of three inter-continental superstates that divided the world among themselves after a global war.

      Announcement of one performance only "Nineteen Eighty-Four" - a clipping from the Shaw Festival program for season 1984.

      Newspaper created for one-night only performance - theatrical recreation of Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four" by the Shaw Festival Theatre which took place on September 18, 1984 in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Size:27.7cm x 40.7cm; 4 pages

      Transparencies for overhead projector used during "Nineteen Eighty-Four" live theatrical performance in Niagara-on-the-Lake by the Shaw Festival Theatre. three thin transparent sheets with black drawings on them: 1. "Big Brother is watching you. 1984. Shaw Festival, September 18" 2. "Freedom is slavery. War is peace. Ignorance is strength" 3. "Big ...

      A three-ring binder with collection of official documents, letters, photographs, newspaper clippings, and assorted other papers, related to beginnings of the Court House Theatre and Shaw Festival in the old Courthouse in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Compiled by the Shaw Festival Theatre Library. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Page 1 : The Court House Theatre ...

      50 Years of Shaw Festival Volunteers. History prepared by Faye Goodwin and Nancy Butler, Shaw Festival Library. In 2011, the Shaw Librarians prepared a "History of Volunteering at the Shaw", in recognition of the volunteers who have been such an integral part of the theatre over the past 50 years. ...

      Heritage easement agreement between Ontario Heritage Foundation and Corporation of the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, regarding the Courthouse building in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Document prepared by Ministry of Citizenship and Culture, and signed by: Jim Marino, Mayor, and Robert Howse, Clerk (Corporation of the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake) and George H. U. Bayly, Chairman, ...

      Program of a special performance "You never can tell" by Bernard Shaw marking the visit of Elizabeth II Prince Philip to the Shaw Festival Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario on June 28, 1973. A gate fold brochure made by folding both end panels of a page inward so they meet in the ...

      The following narrative has been provided as a background or guide for Docents who are conducting tours at the Royal George Theatre. Gift of Faye Goodwin (inscription on inner cover). Booklet: 25 pages with paper covers and black & white photographs/sketches; size:21cm x 28cm;

      Undated newspaper clipping with article about beginnings of the Shaw Festival, its co-founder Brian Doherty and his newest idea for Christmas performance. Colour photographs of different animal masks being prepared for this play by staff at the Shaw Theatre.

      "My memories of the Shaw Festival" by Joan Draper, covering some events during 1967-1978 period (including royal and state visits in 1973). Transcription only; audio file not available.

      Compilation of different interviews with the founders, actors, designers, volunteers, people involved in the creation and first years of the Shaw Festival Theatre. Among them: Brian Doherty, Calvin Rand, Alice Crowley, Sandy Webster, Tim Devlin, Dorothy Middleditch, Barbara Ransom, Thomas Burrows, Raymond Wickens, Betty Taylor, Mary Coltart, Margherita Howe, Tony ...

      Village Wooing. Chapter 1. First Draft. A memoir of the Shaw Festival's early days by Calvin Rand, one of the co-founders. 12 pages of "very rough draft".

      Interview with actor Jack Medley. Seasons with the Shaw Festival: 1964, 1979-81, 1983-7, 1989-96