These are the reading lists that informed the podcast for its first 12 Episodes - a list of Canadian plays from 1967 onward and the syllabus for Canadian Theatre History.
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The Plays
Les Belle Sœurs by Michel Trembly, 1968
1837: The Farmers Revolt by Rick Salutin and Theatre Passé Muraille, 1973
Billy Bishop Goes to War by John MacLauchlan Gray and Eric Peterson, 1978
Waiting for the Parade by John Murrell, 1980
Blood Relations by Sharon Pollock, 1980
Crack Walker by Judith Thompson, 1981
Criminals in Love by George F. Walker, 1984
Salt-Water Moon by David French, 1988
Unidentified Human Remains and The True Nature of Love by Brad Fraser, 1988
Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing by Tomson Highway, 1989
Never Swim Alone by Daniel McIvor, 1991
Almighty Voice and His Wife by Daniel David Moses, 1992
Fronteras Americanas by Guillermo Verdecchia, 1993
The Glace Bay Miner’s Museum by Wendy Lil, 1995
The Little Years by John Mighton, 1996
Harlem Duet by djanet sears, 1997
Consecrated Ground by George Boyd, 1999
Angelique by Lorena Gale, 2000
Scorched by Wajdi Mouwad, 2003
China Doll by Marjorie Chan, 2004
da kink in my hair by Trey Anthony, 2005
The Drawer Boy by Michael Healy, 2005
What Lies Before Us by Morris Panych, 2006
Age of Arousal by Linda Griffiths, 2007
Brimful of Asha by Ravi Jain, 2007
December Man by Colleen Murphy, 2008
Kim’s Convenience by Ins Choi, 2011
Seeds by Annabel Soutar, 2012
Carried Away on the Crest of a Wave by David Yee, 2013
Jabber by Marcus Yousef, 2015
Up the Garden Path by Lisa Codrington, 2016
The Syllabus
Benson, Eugene, and L. W. Conolly. “Preface.” English-Canadian Theatre, Oxford Univ. Press, 1987, pp. vii-viii.
Clements, Marie. The Unnatural and Accidental Women. Talon Books, 2005.
Collective, Playwrights. “The Gaspe Manifesto.” Canadian Theatre History: Selected Readings, by Don Rubin, Playwrights Canada Press, 2007, pp. 292–296.
Davies, Robertson. “A Dialogue on the State of Canadian Theatre.” Canadian Theatre History: Selected Readings, by Don Rubin, Playwrights Canada Press, 2007, pp. 153–172.
Davis-Fisch, Heather, and Jessica Riley. “Invisibility and Early New Play Dramaturgy: Bill Glassco's Development of David Freeman's Creeps.” Canadian Performance Histories and Historiographies, Playwrights Canada Press, 2017, pp. 179–201.
Davis-Fisch, Heather. “Double Lives and Disappearing Acts: Canadian Performance Histories.” Canadian Performance Histories and Historiographies, vol. 7, Playwrights Canada Press, 2017, pp. 1–27. New Essays on Canadian Theatre.
“The Ecstasy of Rita Joe.” The Ecstasy of Rita Joe and Other Plays, by George Ryga and R. Brian. Parker, General Publ., 1982.
Freeman, John. “Creeps .” Modern Canadian Plays, Volume 1, by Jerry Wasserman, Talonbooks, 1993.
“Government and Theatre; The Lessons of 1967; The Alternate Theatre; Three Alternative Playwrights.” English-Canadian Theatre, by Eugene Benson and Leonard W. Conolly, Oxford Univ. Press, 1987, pp. 68–95. Perspectives on Canadian Culture.
Herbert, John. “Fortune in Men's Eyes.” The Penguin Book of Modern Canadian Drama, Penguin Books, 1984.
Highway, Tomson. “Native Mythology.” Canadian Theatre History: Selected Readings, edited by Don Rubin, Playwrights Canada Press, 2007.
Kerr, Kevin. Unity: (1918). Talonbooks, 2011.
Pollock, Sharon. “Canada' Playwrights Finding Their Place.” Canadian Theatre History: Selected Readings, by Don Rubin, Playwrights Canada Press, 2007, pp. 376–379.
Rubess, Banuta, and Ann-Marie MacDonald. Good Night Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet . 1989.
Rubin, Don, and Don Rubin. “Introduction .” Canadian Theatre History: Selected Readings, Playwrights Canada Press, 2007, pp. vii-viii.
Solga, Kim, and Kim Solga. “One Dead White Guy at a Time: Miss Julie: Sheh’Mah, by Tara Beagan.” New Canadian Realisms, edited by Roberta Barker, Playwrights Canada Press, 2012.