Greystone Theatre - "Flowers for Algernon"
- A-4999
- Item
- Mar. 1971
Scene from the play starring Greg Gregoire (left) and Ken Johnstone.
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Greystone Theatre - "Flowers for Algernon"
Scene from the play starring Greg Gregoire (left) and Ken Johnstone.
Greystone Theatre - "A Doctor In Spite of Himself"
Murray Edwards (left), Frances Hyland, and two students in costume pose in front of a forest themed backdrop.
Bio/Historical Note: Frances Jean Hyland was born in 1927 in Shaunavon, Saskatchewan. She was raised by her mother's family in Ogema, Saskatchewan. Her mother put herself through teacher's college to support her daughter's acting career. Hyland graduated in 1948 from the University of Saskatchewan with a BA in English. She earned a scholarship to and graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. After graduation Hyland made her professional debut in London in 1950, as Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire. In 1954 she returned to Canada to perform as Isabella in the Stratford Festival production of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure. She became a regular at the festival, performing in ten seasons. Her roles there included Isabella (in Measure for Measure), Portia (in The Merchant of Venice), Olivia (in Twelfth Night), Perdita (in The Winter's Tale), Desdemona (in Othello) and Ophelia in (in Hamlet). Hyland directed the Stratford Festival's 1979 production of Othello. She also performed with the Shaw Festival and on Broadway (opposite Tony Perkins in Look Homeward, Angel). On television Hyland co-starred on The Albertans and played Nanny Louisa on Road to Avonlea. Hyland was considered a champion of Canadian actors' campaign for higher status and pay. In 1970 Hyland was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1994, Hyland received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts, for her lifetime contribution to Canadian theatre. Frances Hyland died of respiratory failure following surgery in 2004.
Greystone Theatre - "Candida" and "Picnic"
Top image is a scene from Candida, starring Frances Hyland and directed by Emrys Jones. This play, the inaugural production of the Department of Music, was performed in Convocation Hall in March 1946. Bottom image is a scene from Picnic, was performed at Greystone Theatre in December 1965. Actors (l to r): Don Evanishen, Helen Burton and Eric Peterson.
Greystone Theatre - "Death of a Salesman"
Actors Ron Williams as Willie Loman, Marjorie Gilbart as Willie's wife Linda, Dale Hicks as Biff, and Lloyd Widenmaier as Happy.
Greystone Theatre - "The Immigrant"
Scene from the play "The Immigrant," written by Frank Holroyd, assistant professor, Department of Drama. The play starred Volodymyr Romanow and was mimed by the entire Greystone Theatre company.
[Greystone Theatre] - Unidentified Scene
Two students in costume on stage; one dressed as a priest.
[Greystone Theatre] - "Blossom Time"
Images from the theatre production of Blossom Time showing the pit band and Murray Adaskin, conductor. Also actors in costume, on stage and off stage.
Greystone Theatre - "Royalty is Royalty"
Scenes from "Royalty is Royalty", produced in celebration of the University's Golden Jubilee in 1959. Also the world premiere of the W.O. Mitchell play.
[Greystone Theatre] - Unidentified Scene
Two students dressed in costume; one is miming choking the other.
[Greystone Theatre] - Unidentified Scene
Six students dressed in costume standing on outdoor stage.
[Department of Drama] - Students
Students performing outside while other students sit on grass.
Head and shoulder image of author and playwright W.O. Mitchell. Greystone Theatre in celebration of the University's Golden Jubilee in 1959 presented the world premier of the W.O. Mitchell play "Royalty is Royalty".
Greystone Theatre - "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds"
Actors in the play "Marigolds," are Linda Leigh (top); Wendy Smith, Julianne Labreche (second row); Sharon Bakker, Deborah Anderson (bottom row).
Greystone Theatre - Royalty is Royalty
Group of actors in costume sitting on a set that appears to be a train station. Possibly a photo from the production "Royalty is Royalty" which was written by W.O. Mitchell and performed for the University of Saskatchewan's Golden Anniversary in 1959.