MemorySask

A-10128
Item
Mar. 1981

Parte de University of Saskatchewan Photograph Collection

Students rehearsing for "The Elephant Man". L to r: Denise Beamish, Erick Schneider, Glen Cairns (as the Elephant Man, under wrap), and Kim Coates.

Bio/Historical Note: Kim F. Coates was born 21 February 1958 in Saskatoon. He first saw a play while attending the University of Saskatchewan, where he enrolled in a drama course as an elective. This experience inspired him to pursue an acting career. Coates portrayed Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire and was the youngest ever to play the title role of Macbeth at the Stratford Festival. Coates made his screen debut in the film The Boy in Blue (1986). This role opened up opportunities for him, and he has appeared in over 100 titles to date (2024). Coates has worked in both Canadian and American films and television series. He has worked on Broadway portraying Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire and in the lead role of Macbeth performed at the Stratford Festival. He is best known for his role as Alexander "Tig" Trager in the FX series Sons of Anarchy and as Declan Gardiner in the Citytv series Bad Blood, as well as his recurring roles in Prison Break, Cold Case, CSI and CSI: Miami. He has also had film roles in The Last Boy Scout (1991), Bad Boys (1995), King of Sorrow (2006), and Goon (2011). Coates In 2018 he had his first stage role in almost thirty years, playing Johnny "Rooster" Byron in the Outside the March production of Jez Butterworth's play Jerusalem. Coates became a United States citizen in 2010. In 2017 Coates received an honourable Doctor of Laws degree at the U of S. He received the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal (Saskatchewan) 28 March 2023.

Greystone Theatre - "Royalty is Royalty"

Parte de University of Saskatchewan Photograph Collection

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.

Frank Holroyd

A-2530
Item
[195-?-196-?]

Parte de University of Saskatchewan Photograph Collection

Frank holroyd, professor of Drama, points to two dioramas designed for the Greystone Theatre production of "The Wild Ones" by W.O. Mitchell.

[Greystone Theatre] - "The Desert Song"

A-2569
Item
1951-1952

Parte de University of Saskatchewan Photograph Collection

Three actors on stage, dressed in costumes.

[Greystone Theatre] - "Blossom Time"

A-2571
Dossiê/Processo
1955-1956

Parte de University of Saskatchewan Photograph Collection

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.

W.O. Mitchell - Portrait

Parte de University of Saskatchewan Photograph Collection

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 - Royalty is Royalty

A-2973
Item
June 1959

Parte de University of Saskatchewan Photograph Collection

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.

Hangar Building - Exterior

Parte de University of Saskatchewan Photograph Collection

Image of main doors of the Hangar Building. Sign among weeds and brush in foreground.

Bio/Historical Note: The Hangar Building was originally constructed as a World War II Royal Canadian Air Force training facility at Dafoe, Saskatchewan. At a cost of $156,560, the hangar was dismantled and completely reassembled on campus by January 1947. It was intended to provide temporary teaching space for the Department of Household Science. The shingle clad wooden structure was built of post and beam construction on a concrete slab base, and many part-time students participated in its construction. It contained lecture rooms with seating space for 300, 200, 150, 125, 25 and 25 persons respectively, as well as three laboratories. Eight offices were also built for administrative staff so that offices on the ground floors of Qu’Appelle Hall and Saskatchewan Hall could be made available as residence space for returning veterans. While the Hangar Building had been designed to house the Department of Household Science the building was eventually occupied by the College of Commerce, while Household Science was relocated to the Physics Annex. Original intentions were to convert the building into a student curling rink after approximately five years. However such plans were abandoned by the mid-1950s in favour of a new curling facility located near Rutherford Rink, where it could share the existing ice-making plant. In 1967 the College of Commerce vacated the building to occupy the new Law-Commerce Complex, and the Department of Drama moved in. The Hangar Building thus became home to the Greystone Theatre. In September 1993 the Drama Department vacated the building to move into the recently renovated John Mitchell Building. The Hangar Building then remained unoccupied until its demolition in May 1994.