A Letter To My Son

In the fall of 1978, Kam Lab was in residency in Sault Ste. Marie. We were rehearsing what was to become the Eastern Canada premiere of George Ryga’s Ploughmen of the Glacier. During the run of that production. two members of the company caught the telecast of George’s screenplay for The Newcomers s...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Canadian Theatre Review
Main Author: Ryga, George
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) 1982
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/ctr.33.007
https://ctr.utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/ctr.33.007
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Summary:In the fall of 1978, Kam Lab was in residency in Sault Ste. Marie. We were rehearsing what was to become the Eastern Canada premiere of George Ryga’s Ploughmen of the Glacier. During the run of that production. two members of the company caught the telecast of George’s screenplay for The Newcomers series. an episode about Ukrainian immigrant s. Moved and excited by the program. we discussed the possibility ofthis story as a stage play. how strong and ‘right’ it seemed. Nothing further was said.