The Caucasian Chalk Circle [Canadian Players touring production, 1960-1961]

The Caucasian Chalk Circle [Canadian Players touring production, 1960-1961]

theatre production / spectacle de théâtre

Canadian Players

multiple locations / lieux multiples

1960-10 to 1960-12 [performances, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Maritimes]; 1961-01 to 1961-04 [performances, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia]

Berlau, Ruth; author/auteur.

Holmstrom, John; transl./traduct.

Surdin, Morris; compos.

McCowan, George; dir./metteur en scène

Laufer, Murray; sets/scénogr.

Laufer, Murray; costumes

Behrens, Bernard; act. (role: Simon) | Cass, Deborah; act. (role: Governor's Wife, Sister-in-Law, Old Lady, Story Teller, Wedding Guest) | Coates, Judith; act. (role: Nursemaid, Peasant) | Fitzgerald, Maureen; act. (role: Cook, Elder Lady, Mother-in-Law, Ludowika) | Foster, Herbert; act. (role: Schauwa, Ironshirt) | Jenoff, Art; act. (role: Corporal, Jussup, Irakli) | Kozlik, Al; act. (role: Doctor, Architect, Nephew, Lawyer) | Lerner, Yafa; act. (role: Grusha) | Maher, Joseph; act. (role: Shalva, Farmer, Lavrenti) | Nixon, Lester; act. (role: Governor, Ironshirt, Monk) | Shaffner, Nancy; act. (role: Servant, Young Lady, Old Woman) | Shannon, Jay; act. (role: Doctor, Peasant, Ironshirt, Old Man) | Webster, Hugh; act. (role: Story Teller, Azdak) | White, David; act. (role: Duke Kazbeki, Landlord, Lawyer)

Shannon, Jay; musician/musicien. (harmonica)

lang.: English / anglais

Brecht work(s)/oeuvre(s): Der kaukasische Kreidekreis

The itinerary of the tour included the following performance dates and venues:
22 Oct. 1960: dress rehearsal, Toronto, Ontario
24 Oct. 1960: Brockville, Ontario
late Oct. 1960: Quebec City
St. John, New Brunswick
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
7 December: Arvida High School, Arvida, Saguenay, Quebec; sponsor: University Women’s Club
Jan. 1961: Armoury Theatre, Sault St. Marie
13 and 15 Feb. 1961: Capitol Theatre, Regina, Saskatchewan; sponsor: University Women’s Club
18 Feb. 1961: Gymnasium, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon; sponsor: Saskatoon Art Centre
4 March 1961: Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary, Alberta
7 March 1961: Senior High School, Nanaimo, British Columbia
23 March 1961: Red Deer, Alberta
25 March 1961: Jubilee Auditorium, Edmonton, Alberta
7 April 1961: Auditorium, Glebe Collegiate, Ottawa, Ontario; sponsor: Theatre Foundation Ottawa

Advertisement for The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Canadian Players 1960. Star Phoenix [Saskatoon], 10 Nov. 1960, p. 4.
Blakely, Edna. “Canadian Players Plan Four Plays for Road.” Brantford Expositor, 21 Sept. 1960, p. 19.
“Canadian Players Are Brilliant in Brecht, Sag in Shakespeare.” Le Lingot, 15 Dec. 1960, p. 19.
“Canadian players.” Leader Post [Regina], 19 Dec. 1960, p. 7.
“Caucasian Chalk Circle Has Twofold Plot.” Le Lingot, 10 November 1960, p. 21.
“Chalk Circle Stirs Up Controversy on Players’ Tour.” Sault Daily Star, 17 Jan. 1961, p. 12.
Cobb, Dave. “Players’ Offering Theatrical Treat.” Calgary Herald, 6 March 1961, p. 19.
Creighton, Martha. “Canadian Players Draw Enthusiastic Audience.” Nanaimo Daily News, 8 March 1961, p. 9.
Forrest, Al. “Canadian Players Thrill City Audience.” Red Deer Advocate, 24 March 1961, p. 5.
Keatley, G. “Webster’s Azdak Is Brillian.” Sault Daily Star, 21 Jan. 1961, p. 16.
Luhde-Brecht, Ingeborg. “Brecht in Kanada. Zum erstenmal: Der Kaukasische Kreidekreis.” Darmstädter Echo, 23 Nov. 1960.
“Players End Edmonton Stay.” Edmonton Journal, 27 March 1961, p. 3.
“Stark realism startles first nighter audience.” Leader Post [Regina], 14 Feb. 1961, p. 6.
Thistle, Lauretta. “Player’s Chalk Circle Funny, Folksy Satire.” Ottawa Citizen, 8 April 1961, p. 7.
Twardowski, Astrid. “Hugh Webster Stands Out In Bertolt Brecht Work.” The Albertan [Calgary], 6 March 1961, p. 29.

Catalog.: Joerg Esleben, University of Ottawa