Publications
Here you will find a collection of useful English Theatre resources and materials referred to throughout the website.
- Annotated Reading List of Selected Canadian Plays
- Great Plays Reading List
- Theatre Lore: Where does it come from?
- List of works consulted for ArtsAlive.ca English Theatre
Study Guides from NAC English Theatre Productions
Study guides are listed in alphabetical order by NAC Programing Season
| Study Guide Name | Current NAC Season | |
| The Edward Curtis Project by Marie Clements |
2012-2013 | |
| Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
2012-2013 | |
| The Glace Bay Miners’ Museum by Wendy Lill |
2012-2013 | |
| thirsty by Dionne Brand |
2012-2013 | |
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Sanctuary Song by Abigail Richardson-Schulte and Marjorie Chan |
2012-2013 |
| Salt-Water Moon by David French |
2011-2012 | |
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2 Pianos 4 Hands by Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt |
2011-2012 |
| Oliver! by Lionel Bart |
2011-2012 | |
| Creation by Peter Anderson |
2011-2012 | |
| King Lear by William Shakespeare |
2011-2012 | |
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i think i can Co-created by Florence Gibson and Shawn Byfield Directed by Conrad Alexandrowicz |
2010-2011 |
| Saint Carmen of the Main By Michel Tremblay |
2010-2011 | |
| Agokwe By Ed Roy |
2010-2011 | |
| Nativity By Peter Anderson |
2010-2011 | |
| Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare |
2010-2011 | |
| Vimy By Vern Thiessen |
2010-2011 | |
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A Christmas Carol Based on the novel by Charles Dickens (1.5 mb) |
2009-2010 |
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The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare (1.19 mb) |
2009-2010 |
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The Drowsy Chaperone Music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison; book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar (1.1 mb) |
2009-2010 |
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Elephant Wake written and performed by Joey Tremblay (565k) |
2009-2010 |
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Holy Cow! script by Javier Swedzky (422k) |
2009-2010 |
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Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht in a new version by Peter Hinton (1.1 mb) |
2009-2010 |
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Mrs. Dexter and her Daily by Joanna McClelland Glass (696k) |
2009-2010 |
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Night a collective creation by Human Cargo, written and directed by Christopher Morris (1.16 mb) |
2009-2010 |
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Where the Blood Mixes by Kevin Loring (1.3 mb) |
2009-2010 |
| 2008-2009 | ||
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A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (3.2 mb) |
2008-2009 |
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Belle Moral: A Natural History by Ann-Marie MacDonald (3.2 mb) |
2008-2009 |
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The Blue Dragon by Marie Michaud and Robert Lepage (3.2 mb) |
2008-2009 |
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The Changeling by Selma Lagerlof |
2008-2009 |
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The Ecstacy of Rita Joe by George Riga (3.2 mb) |
2008-2009 |
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Happy Days by Samuel Beckett (650k) |
2008-2009 |
| 2007-2008 | ||
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And All for Love by Alison Lawrence (3 mb) |
2007-2008 |
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Dying to be Sick by Molière (2.1 mb) |
2007-2008 |
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Falstaff by John Wood and Roger Forbes (475k) |
2007-2008 |
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Macbeth by William Shakespeare (1.8 mb) |
2007-2008 |
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The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood (1.8 mb) |
2007-2008 |
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Shakespeare's Dog by Rick Chafe (320k) |
2007-2008 |
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The Way of the World (The) by William Congreve (2.5 mb) |
2007-2008 |
| 2006-2007 | ||
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7 Important Things written and directed by Nadia Ross in collaboration with by Jason George Acheson (220k) |
2006-2007 |
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The Bookshop Written by Marie-Josée Bastien, Translated by Maureen Labonté (380k) |
2006-2007 |
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Copper Thunderbird by Marie Clements (4 mb) |
2006-2007 |
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Dream Machine by Blake Brooker (1.4 mb) |
2006-2007 |
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Frida K by Gloria Montero (1.1 mb) |
2006-2007 |
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The Little Years by John Mighton (712k) |
2006-2007 |
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Rough House written and performed by Andy Massingham (148k) |
2006-2007 |
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Scorched by Wajdi Mouawad (1.5mb) |
2006-2007 |
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The Snow Show: East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon adapted by Amiel Gladstone from the Norwegian folktake (872k) |
2006-2007 |
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The Wrong Son by Allen Cole (1.8 mb) |
2006-2007 |
| 2005-2006 | ||
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After the Orchard by Jason Sherman (398k) |
2005-2006 |
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Beneath the Banyan Tree by Emil Sher (1.6 mb) |
2005-2006 |
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Brilliant! The Blinding Enlightenment of Nikola Tesla by Electric Company: Kim Collier, David Hudgins, Kevin Kerr, Jonathon Young (1.6 mb) |
2005-2006 |
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Caribou Song by Tomson Highway (370k) |
2005-2006 |
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The Donnellys : Sticks and Stones By James Reaney (398k) |
2005-2006 |
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Dumb Waiter (The) by Harold Pinter (1.6 mb) |
2005-2006 |
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George and Martha by James Marshall (370k) |
2005-2006 |
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I Am My Own Wife by Doug Wright (400k) |
2005-2006 |
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Raven Stole the Sun by Drew Hayden Taylor (370k) |
2005-2006 |
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The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard (1.1 mb) |
2005-2006 |
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recovery by Greg MacArthur (288 k) |
2005-2006 |
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The Zoo Story by Edward Albee (1.6mb) |
2005-2006 |
| 2004-2005 | ||
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A Woman in Waiting by Yael Farber and Thembi Mtshali (1 mb) |
2004-2005 |
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Danish Play (The) by Sonja Mills (1.2 mb) |
2004-2005 |
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Humble Boy by Charlotte Jones, a Vancouver Playhouse / National Arts Centre coproduction (1.3 mb) |
2004-2005 |
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Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare (425k) |
2004-2005 |
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The Odyssey (1 mb) | 2004-2005 |
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Portrait of an Unidentified Man by Pierre Brault (2.5 mb) |
2004-2005 |
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Rutherford and Son a drama by Githa Sowerby (2.8 mb) |
2004-2005 |
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Trying a new play by Joanna McClelland Glass (1.7 mb) |
2004-2005 |
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Vanya by Anton Chekhov, a new version by Tom Wood (1.1 mb) |
2004-2005 |
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Victoria presented by Dulcinea Langfelder & Co. (400k) |
2004-2005 |
| 2003-2004 | ||
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Ant and the Grasshopper (The) by Elizabeth Gorrie (900k) |
2003-2004 |
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Arms and the Man by Bernard Shaw (500k) |
2003-2004 |
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Hamlet by William Shakespeare (240k) |
2003-2004 |
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I met a Bully on the Hill by Martha Brooks and Maureen Hunter (310k) |
2003-2004 |
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MacHomer written and performed by Rick Miller (168k) |
2003-2004 |
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Pélagie: An Acadian Musical Odyssey a musical by Vincent de Tourdonnet and Allen Cole (1.3 mb) |
2003-2004 |
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simpl by Peter Froehlich (400k) |
2003-2004 |
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Tiger of Malaya by Hiro Kanagawa (165k) |
2003-2004 |
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Well Being (The) created by Andrew Buckland, Lionel Newton, and Lara Food-Newton collectively known as mouthpiece theatre (400k) |
2003-2004 |
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Written on Water by Michel Marc Bouchard, translated by Linda Gaboriau (200k) |
2003-2004 |
| 2002-2003 | ||
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Angel Square based on the book by Brian Doyle (1.4 mb) |
2002-2003 |
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Copenhagen by Michael Frayn (112k) |
2002-2003 |
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Governor of the Dew and The Velvet Devil by Floyd Favel; by Andrea Menard and Robert Walsh (435k) |
2002-2003 |
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Lulie the Iceberg written by Her Imperial Highness Princess Takamado of Japan Adapted for the stage by Raymond Storey (112k) |
2002-2003 |
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Mary's Wedding by Stephen Massicotte (1.1 mb) |
2002-2003 |
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Mur-Mur (The Wall) (384k) | 2002-2003 |
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"Vaudevilles" of Chekhov (The) by Anton Chekhov (900k) |
2002-2003 |
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Winter's Tale (The) by William Shakespeare (180k) |
2002-2003 |
Backgrounders
| Backgrounder Name | NAC Season | |
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William Shakespeare: an overview of his life, times and work |
2008-2009 |
