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1977-1989 (Creation)
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- Arbor Theatre
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45 cm of textual records
ca. 200 photographs
27 prints : posters
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Arbor Theatre began in Peterborough in 1976 when John Plank arrived to direct "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds" for the Peterborough Theatre Guild. The following year, local support led to the creation of Arbor Productions and John Plank directed "Private Lives" followed by "Belle of Amherst" and "Lady Audley's Secret" in 1978. In 1979 the group was reorganized as a professional theatre company performing during the summer season at Trent University's Wenjack Theatre.
Arbor Theatre Schedule of Plays, 1977-1990
1977:
"Private Lives" by Noel Coward, Aug.11-21; directed by John Plank; set by Richard Hayman; costumes Janice Lindsay; starring Cynthia Long, Ron Young, Bill Jordan, Margot Hull, Jan Stirling
1978:
"The Belle of Amherst" by William Luce, Jan.26-29; directed by John Plank; design Janice Lindsay; starring Margot Hull
1978:
"Lady Audley's Secret" Aug. 1-13; directed by John Plank; design Janice Lindsay; starring Graham Hart, William Crane, Bill Jordan, Rosemary Sidorko, Margot Hull, Kate Cairns, Paul Morgan
1979:
"Same Time Next Year" by Bernard Slade, Jul. 10-22; directed by John Plank; design Janice Lindsay; starring Ken James and Sheila Junor-Moore
"Sleuth" by Anthony Shaffer, Jul. 24-Aug. 5; directed by John Plank; design Janice Lindsay; starring Neil Vipond, Art Burns, Philip Farrell, Ivan Newman, Roger Prunell
"A Life in the Theatre" by David Mamet, Aug. 7-19; directed by John Plank; set Roy Robitschek; costumes Janice Lindsay; starring Larry Lewis, Neil Vipond, Rob McRae
"Billy Bishop Goes To War" by John Gray, Aug. 21-Sept. 2; directed by John Gray; design Paul Williams; starring Eric Peterson; piano John Gray
1980:
"The Star Spangled Girl" by Neil Simon, July 8-19; directed by John Plank; design Roy Robitschek; starring Peter Dvorsky, Robert Searle, Rosemary Dunsmore
"Waiting For the Parade" by John Murrell, July 22-Aug.2; directed by Christopher Covert; design Roy Robitschek; starring Mary-Ann Coles, Rosemary Dunsmore, Margot Finley, Jacquie Presly, Ruth White
"A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams, Aug.5-16; directed by John Plank; design Barbara Matis; starring Nancy Beatty, Marcus Bruce, Mary-Ann Coles, Rosemary Dunsmore, Paul-Emile Frappier, Fred Lynch, Tim Saukiavicus, Robert Searle, Ann Stirling, John Wiseman
"The Drunkard" by W.H. Smith, Aug.19-31; directed by John Plank; design Barbara Matis; starring Nancy Beatty, Paul-Emile Frappier, Lynda Langford, Libbi McTavish, Paul Mason, Tim Saukiavicus, Robert Searle
1981:
"The Last of the Red Hot Lovers" by Neil Simon, June 23-Jul.11; directed by John Plank; set art Penson; costumes Janice Lindsay; starring Paul-Emile Frappier, Heather Ritchie, Paula Barrett, Helen Hughes
"Night Must Fall" by Emlyn Williams, Jul.14-25; directed by William Lane; set Art Penson; costumes Janice Lindsay; starring Helen Hughes, Nancy Beatty, Paul-Emile Frappier, Ruth White, Shirley Josephs, Paula Barrett, Anthony Parr, Robert Searle
"Equus" by Peter Shaffer, Jul.28-Aug.15; directed by John Plank; design Art Penson; starring John Gilbert, Nicholas Bowrin, Ellen McDermid, Heather Ritchie, Anthony Parr, Shirley Josephs, Robert Searle, Bill Jordan, Gaye Burgess, Paul Dagg, Gregory Ellwand, Christopher Greaves, Paul Ibey, Daniel Woods
"Dames At Sea" book and lyrics by George Haimsohn and Robin Miller, music by Jim Wise, Aug. 18-29; directed by John Plank; design Art Penson; starring Mary Trainer, Patti James, Ralph Small, Gaye Burgess, Blaine Parker, David McCann
1982:
"Two for the Seesaw" by William Gibson, June 17-Jul.3; directed by John Plank; design Janice Lindsay; starring Richard Blackburn, Sheila McCarthy
"I'll Be Back Before Midnight" by Peter Colley, July 8-24; directed by Simon Johnston; design Janice Lindsay; starring Ron White, Gaye Burgess, Patrick McFadden, Deborah Grover
"Blithe Spirit" by Noel Coward, July 29-Aug.14; directed by John Plank; design Janice Lindsay; starring Deborah Grover, Marion Gilsenan, John Cutts, Patrick McFadden, Gillian Wilson, Gwen Brown, Sheila McCarty
"Talley's Folly" by Lanford Wilson, Aug. 19-Sept. 4; directed by Edward Gilbert; design Janice Lindsay; starring Lubomir Mykytiuk, Deborah Kipp
1983:
"How the Other Half Loves" by Alan Ayckbourn, June 10-25; directed by Raymond Clarke; design Janice Lindsay; starring John J. Dee, Jack Mather, Elva Mai Hoover, Grant Roll, Susannah Hoffman, Charles Jolliffe, Eric Schneider
"Artichoke" by Joanna M. Glass, June 30-July 16; directed by James Roy; design Janice Lindsay; starring John J. Dee, Jack Mather, Elva Maid Hoover, Grant Roll, Susannah Hoffman, Charles Jolliffe, Eric Schneider
"Twelfth Night" by William Shakespeare, July 21-Aug.6; directed by John Plank; design Janice Lindsay; starring Geoffrey Creane, Warren Hubbard; Gregory Ellwand, Tim Gallop, Wenna Shaw, Jerry Allen, George Merner, Mary Trainor, Mark Christmann, Bob Dermer, Dorothy-Ann Haug, Michael Fawkes, Valerie Mutton, Grant Roll, David Hubank, Paul-Emile Frappier, Robin Mason, Jerry Allen
"The Caretaker" by Harold Pinter, Aug. 11-27; directed by John Plank and Michael Fawkes; design Janice Lindsay; starring John Plank, Michael Fawkes, Bernard Hopkins
"Mass Appeal" by Bill C. Davis, Sept. 1-17; directed by Neil Munro; set Roderik Mayne; costumes Janice Lindsay; starring Ron Hastings and Ron White
"Brew" by Claude Meunier, Jean-Pierre Plants, Francine Ruel, Louis Saia, Michel Cote, Marcel Gauthier, Mark Messier, Sept. 19-24; directed by and starring Marc Messier, Michel Cote, Marcel Gauthier
1984:
"Relatively Speaking" by Alan Ayckbourn, June 20-July 7; directed by John Plank; design Janice Lindsay; starring Richard Binsley, Alison MacLeod, Barrie Baldaro, Carolyn Hetherington
"We Can't Pay! We Won't Pay!" by Dario Fo, July 11-28; directed by Don Shipley; design Janice Lindsay; starring Victoria Snow, Alison MacLeod, Paul-Emile Frappier, Bernard Hopkins, Michael Caruana
"The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde, Aug. 1-18; directed by John Plank; design Janice Lindsay; starring Lorne Kennedy, Howard Eaton, Kimble Hall, Bernard Hopkins, Wenna Shaw, Gwen Brown, Alison MacLeod, Barrie Baldaro
"Last Call" by Morris Panych; music by Ken MacDonald, Aug. 22-Sept. 8; directed by Don Shipley; design Francine Tanguay; starring Peter Donaldson, David Sereda (pianist also)
1985:
"Private Lives" by Noel Coward; directed by J. Plank; design Janice Lindsay; starring Lorne Kennedy, Jill Frappier, Caroline Yeager, Damon Redfern, Catherine Disher
"Sea Marks" by Gardner McKay; directed by William Scouler; design Reginald Bronskill; starring Elizabeth Shepherd, Maurice Good
"Nurse Jane Goes to Hawaii" by Allan Stratton; directed by Gregory Peterson; design Margaret Coderre-Williams; starring Sharon Dyer, Virginia Roncetti, Paul-Emile Frappier, Keith Knight, Christina James, William Beddoe, Paul Wing
"Dracula" by Hamilton Dean/John L. Balderston; directed by Richard Ousounian; design Janice Lindsay; starring Kimble Hall, Anthony Bekenen, Lorne Kennedy, Nicholas Rice, Ian White, Caroline Yeager, Catherine Disher, James Battersby
1986:
"Deathtrap" by Ira Lavine; directed by David Hamblin; design Janice Lindsay; starring Brian Tree, Robert Seale, Tod Postlethwaite, Beth Robinson, Diana LeBlank
"Sister Jude" by Dave Carley; directed by Bob White; design Reginald Bronskill; starring Stephen Ouimette, Deborah Kimmett, Jacqueline Blais, Jennifer Dean, Stewart Clow
"The Mystery of Irma Vep" by Charles Ludlam; directed by J. Plank; design Julia Tribe; starring Richard Partington, Robert Seale, Dorothy Evans, Jeremy Carruthers, George Winterbotham, Agnes McCracken, Sandy Sharrif Ghandi
"Children of a Lesser God" by Mark Medoff; directed by Tod Postlethwaite; design Janice Lindsay; starring Brian Torpe, Karen Braun, Stewart Clow, Jacqueline Blais, Jennifer Dean, Syd Waldron, Darlene Laferriere
1987:
"Charley's Aunt" by Brandon Thomas; directed by J. Plank; design Terry Gunvordahl; starring Michael Lamport, Hugo Dann, Catherine Barroll, Paul Craig, Carolyn Hetherington, Janet Land, Ross Manson, Cara McDowell, Syd Waldron, Kenneth Wickes
"Salt Water Moon" by David French; directed by Linda Moore; design Terry Gunvordahl; starring Robert Wisden, Kelly Denomme
"Wait Until Dark" by Frederick Knott; directed by J. Plank; design Terry Gunvordahl; starring Frank Moore, Victor Redick, David Conne, Gabrielle Rose, James Haworth, Katie Leahy, Leslie Wood
"Letter From Wingfield Farm" by Dan Neeles; directed by Douglas Beattie; starring Rod Beattie
1988:
"Billy Bishop Goes to War" by John Gray/Eric Peterson; directed by Brian Richmond; starring David Ferry, Susan Fox
"Corpse" by Gerald Moon; directed by J. Plank; starring Michael Lamport, David Hughes, Judith McGilligan, Syd Waldron
"Midnight Madness" by Dave Carley; directed by Bill Glassco; starring John Dolan, Michelle Fisk, Graham Greene
"Wingfield's Progress" by Dan Neeles; directed by Douglas Beattie; starring Rod Beattie
1989:
"Educating Rita" by Willy Russel; directed by Charles McFarland; design Stephen Degenstein; starring Bridget O'Sullivan, John Cutts
"Gaslight" by Patrick Hamilton; directed by Charles McFarland; design Stephen Degenstein; starring Peg Christopherson, Gwen Brown, Jack Burke, Stewart Clow, Lisa Robertson, Harvey Sokoloff, Syd Waldron
"My Darling Judith" by Norm Foster; directed by Charles McFarland; design Stephen Degenstein; starring John Bayliss, Alison MacLeod, Bruce Clayton, Jill Frappier
"Mrs. Warren's Profession" by George Bernard Shaw; directed by Charles McFarland; starring Hazel Desbarats, Janet MacDonald, Hume Baugh, Richard Partington, Patricia Collins, Paul Mason
1990:
"The Sneeze" by Anton Chekhov; Adpt. Michael Frayn; directed by Charles McFarland; design Stephen Degenstein; starring Karen Agnew, Paul Bettis, Christina Collins, Ralph Small, Robert Widdowson, Peter Williams
"The Woman in Black" by Susan Hill; Adpt. Stephen Mallatratt; directed by Charles McFarland; starring Matthew Gibson, Richard Partington
"Top Girls" by Caryl Churchill; directed by Charles McFarland; design Stephen Degenstein; starring Peg Christopherson, Alison MacLeod, Louisa Martin, Maggie Nagle, Diana Reis, Lisa Robertson, Wenna Shaw
"Colours in the Storm" by Jim Betts; directed by Michael Ayoub; music director Stephen Woodjets; orchestra Ed Henderson; design Roderick Hillier; starring Ralph Small, Suzanne Bennett, Shane McPherson, Elise Dewsberry, Shelley Hanson, Michael Allen, Shelley Coopersmith
Custodial history
This fonds was created by and in the custody of Arbor Theatre until it was donated to the Trent University Archives.
Scope and content
This addition to the fonds consists of publicity materials such as photographs, slides and newspaper clippings for Arbor Theatre.
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This fonds was donated by Arbor Theatre via Elaine Goselin.
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None.
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Associated materials
For related records see: 90-009 and 95-022.
Accruals
This fonds along with 86-008, 86-025, 87-008, 87-012, 87-013 and 93-019 is an addition to 85-007.
General note
Over-sized items located in Large Materials Cabinet - Drawer 32.
General note
Series A:
Publicity (Part 1) Media-related publicity materials ie. press releases; newspaper clippings; touring productions and related press releases, correspondence, etc.
Publicity (Part 2) Advertising and promotional materials ie. posters; programs; invitations; brochures; etc.
Series B: Photographs, negatives, slides, etc.
Series A:
Publicity (Part 1): Media-related publicity materials
Box 1
Folder
1: Arbor Lites publication Dec. 1983; News releases 1984; Letter to editor of Peterborough Examiner 1984
2: Newsletter 1985
3: Newspaper clippings 1985
4: Press mention 1985 (photocopies)
5: Press releases 1985
6: "HMS Pinafore" 1985-86 (show was never done)
red binder in box: Publicity 1986
7: Newspaper clippings 1986
8: Press mention 1986 (photocopies)
9: Press releases 1986
10: "Mein" September 1986
11: "Cake-Walk" October 1986 (Blyth Festival)
12: "Macbeth" November 1986 Touring (Stratford Young Co.) Productions
13: "Life After Hockey" (February 1987)
14: Press mention 1987
15: Press releases 1987
16: Newspaper clippings October 1987 - October 1989
Publicity (Part 2): Advertising and promotional materials
17: Gala opening invitation 1983; Gala opening invitation 1986 (2 copies); Season telephone campaign for patrons - literature 1986; 1987
18: Gala opening invitation 1987 (2 copies); Newsletters - fall 1987 (2 copies); "Shades of Autumn" program (2 copies); Catalogue for art and dream auction Art Gallery October 30, 1987
Large Materials Cabinet - Folder 1: Christmas gift certificate poster 1987 (2 copies)
19: 10 Years-1988 brochure (2 copies); "Wingfield's Progress" flyer (2 copies); Gala program - 10 Years-1988 (2 copies); "Billy Bishop Goes to War" program (2 copies); "Corpse" program (2 copies); "Letter from Wingfield Farm" & "Wingfield's Progress" program (2 copies); "Midnight Madness" program (2 copies); "Bordertown Cafe" program (2 copies)
Large Materials Cabinet - Folder 1: 1988 season poster (2 copies); "Billy Bishop Goes to War" poster (2 copies); "Corpse" poster (2 copies); "Letter from Wingfield Farm" & "Wingfild's Progress" poster (2 copies); "Midnight Madness" poster; "Bordertown Cafe" poster (Blyth Festival)
20: "Bordertown Cafe" poster (2 copies); Souvenir supplement (2 copies); 10th anniversary souvenir program; Celebrate the season 10th anniversary - become a patron brochure (2 copies); 10th anniversary ticket envelope; 10th anniversary season news release stationary (2 copies); Summer matinee group tours brochure (2 copies); Gala opening invitation (2 copies); Letters of congratulations for Arbor's 10th anniversary - from Bill Domm (M.P.), Peter Adams (M.P.P.), Sylvia Sutherland (Mayor); "Billy Bishop Goes to War", reverse side Two hilarious comedies `The Wingfield plays' (2 pink copies, 2 blue copies); Arbor Theatre News - 10th anniversary season review (2 copies); Art Gallery art fantasy night program; "Shades of Autumn" program (2 copies); "Shades of Autumn" bidder registration form (2 copies); "Shades of Autumn" silent auction B and live auction A - lists of designer and antique clothing courtesy Molly Lindsay; Christmas gift certificate card; Early bird offer expires Dec. 31st flyer (2 copies); This was me after last year's Christmas shopping (2 copies); Peterborough and Kawartha Lakes 1988 travel guide; Acorn winter drama classes brochure (2 copies); Children's summer drama camp brochure; Acorn fall drama classes brochure (2 copies); Magic toybox festival stationary (2 copies); Peterborough children's theatre workshop stationary (2 copies);
Large Materials Cabinet - Folder 1: Summer season 1989 poster (2 copies) *Note: There were no individual play posters for Arbor's summer season; "Lucien" poster (2 copies); "The Mail Order Bride" Touring poster (2 copies); Play "The Second City" National Posters Touring Company poster (2 copies); Souvenir supplement Peterborough Examiner (2 copies); Poster folder with media releases May 1 - June 14, 1989
21: Summer season 1989 brochure (2 copies); "Educating Rita" program with 2 inserts (2 copies); Gaslight program with 1 insert (2 copies); "My Darling Judith" program with 2 inserts (2 copies); "Mrs. Warren's Profession" program with 4 inserts (2 copies); "Olde Charlie Farquharson's Testament... and the Magic Lantern Show" program with 1 insert (2 copies); "Lucien" program with 1 Touring insert (2 copies); Play "The Mail Order Bride" Programs progrqam (2 copies); "The Second City" National Touring Company program (2 copies)
22: Revitalization of Arbor Theatre's volunteer program report; Front of house volunteer job desciptions (2 copies); Reception Tasks and responsibilies of & gala reception volunteer orienta- (2 copies); tion for Arbor Theatre volunteer volun- assistant office (2 copies) teers
23: News conference May 29, 1989 at Quaker Oats folder
24: Spring newsletter 1989 (2 copies); Summer season 1989 standup flyer (2 copies); 1989 season flyer, on reverse 1989 group day trip packages (2 copies); Summer theatre in the Kawarthas (Red Oak Inn and Arbor Theatre Company) (2 copies); Arts in Peterborough brochure (Peterborough Arts Council calendar) (2 copies); Arbor Theatre invites you and a guest to opening nights - passes (4 copies); Season gala reception invitation (2 copies); Xerox Canada Inc. program inserts (2 copies); Gaslight treasure hunt at reception flyer (2 copies); News conference Aug. 30, 1989 at Holiday Inn with Don Harron (2 copies); Invitation to media and tourists to attend opening night of "Olde Charlie Farquharson's Testament"; "Business After Hours Goes to the Theatre" brochure (2 copies); Customer survey (box office) forms (2 copies); Customer survey (theatre) forms (2 copies); A message from the artistic director folder (2 copies); "Shades of Autumn" poster (2 copies); "Shades of Autumn" program (2 copies); Procedures for silent auction (on tables) (2 copies); Business cards (1 James Brown, 1 Charles McFarland); Arbor Theatre Company envelope and sheet of letterhead; Heart and Stroke Foundation bidder card - silent auction; "Dargason" program with 2 inserts; Peterborough Festival of the Arts bookmark (2 copies); R. Murray Schafer "From Myth to Art" brochure (2 copies)
25: Peterborough Festival of the Arts 1989 - productions (2 copies); Peterborough Summer Festival of Lights program; Peterborough Kawartha Tourism and Convention Bureau map; Peterborough and the Kawarthas Travel Guide 1989; Kawarthas Today magazine June 1989 (Pg. 7 - Charles McFarland); Toronto Tonight magazine; The Children's summer drama camp brochure (2 copies); Fall drama classes for children brochure (2 copies); 1989 season reorder form (2 copies); Peterborough Festival of the Arts "Carnival of Shadows" poster (2 copies); `Arbor Theatre Company' (1 sheet); Lady Audley's Secret, 1978 (Bill Jordan and Rosemary Sidorko)
Series B:
Photographs, negatives, slides, etc.
Box 2
Folder
1: Photography - items donated by Paul Goddard in 1988; Private Lives 1977; 5 contact sheets and negatives (4 black & white; 1 colour); 1 5x8 colour; Lady Audley's Secret 1978; 9 contact sheets and negatives (7 black & white; 2 colour); 2 contact sheets and negatives (1 black & white; 1 colour); 4 sheets of 3x5's and 1 6x9; 2 contact sheets and negatives (1 black & white; 1 colour)
2: Contact sheets and negatives 1980
3: Photos 1981 - 1985; negatives 1985 poster
4: Bio photos with resumes 1986
5: Bio photos with resumes 1987
6: Contact sheet, negatives and photo of Patricia McKinna
7: 2 colour photos Bata Library
8: Miscellaneous negatives used for Souvenir Book 1988
Yellow Box #1: ("Photographs - John Plank"): Miscellaneous photos
Yellow Box #2: ("Photographs - Arbor Theatre 1987"): photos and slides of "Charley's Aunt" 1987 (+ 2 rolls negatives and 2 envelopes with negatives)
Brown Envelope: 3 rolls negatives - John Plank