General:Mapping Theatrical Relationships

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|field = theatre historiography, literary production, contemporary Canadian & 19th C British feminist theatre
|field = theatre historiography, literary production, contemporary Canadian & 19th C British feminist theatre
|selfDescription = I am a sessional instructor at University of Guelph and St. Jerome's University (Waterloo), where I've taught pretty much everything from the medieval lyric to contemporary drama. My main research focus is in theatre historiography, especially feminist theatre. In practical terms, I'm interested in investigating the material conditions in which theatre is produced, and what effect they have both on the production of the theatrical event itself and on the way it is subsequently preserved and valued. On frequent occasions, this net has widened to consider non-theatrical literary production as well.
|selfDescription = I am a sessional instructor at University of Guelph and St. Jerome's University (Waterloo), where I've taught pretty much everything from the medieval lyric to contemporary drama. My main research focus is in theatre historiography, especially feminist theatre. In practical terms, I'm interested in investigating the material conditions in which theatre is produced, and what effect they have both on the production of the theatrical event itself and on the way it is subsequently preserved and valued. On frequent occasions, this net has widened to consider non-theatrical literary production as well.
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|project = This project returns to and builds on earlier research into the material conditions of production in Canadian feminist theatre. In that research, I focussed on the “textual residues” that were created and remained to shape a particular type of historical visibility and representation of those productions. While I briefly glanced at the issue of personal relationships among the theatre workers, that remained more tangential because it was too difficult to identify and track. However, it’s no secret that theatrical production is a highly networked cultural practice, where knowing “the right people” can mean the difference between success and constant struggle.
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Canadian women playwrights, in fact, have often written about the existence of the “old boys’ club” that governed theatrical production and effectively disenfranchised them. I’d like to see whether this perception is, in fact, accurate, and additionally, whether women playwrights have developed an “old girls’ club” to counteract it.
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|scope = These practices would be shared by anyone with a materialist focus in theatre history.
|scope = These practices would be shared by anyone with a materialist focus in theatre history.

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Name: D.A. Hadfield

Email: dhadfiel@uoguelph.ca

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Role: part-time instructor

Institution: University of Guelph

Field of Study/Creative Endeavor: theatre historiography, literary production, contemporary Canadian & 19th C British feminist theatre

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I am a sessional instructor at University of Guelph and St. Jerome's University (Waterloo), where I've taught pretty much everything from the medieval lyric to contemporary drama. My main research focus is in theatre historiography, especially feminist theatre. In practical terms, I'm interested in investigating the material conditions in which theatre is produced, and what effect they have both on the production of the theatrical event itself and on the way it is subsequently preserved and valued. On frequent occasions, this net has widened to consider non-theatrical literary production as well.

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This project returns to and builds on earlier research into the material conditions of production in Canadian feminist theatre. In that research, I focussed on the “textual residues” that were created and remained to shape a particular type of historical visibility and representation of those productions. While I briefly glanced at the issue of personal relationships among the theatre workers, that remained more tangential because it was too difficult to identify and track. However, it’s no secret that theatrical production is a highly networked cultural practice, where knowing “the right people” can mean the difference between success and constant struggle.

Canadian women playwrights, in fact, have often written about the existence of the “old boys’ club” that governed theatrical production and effectively disenfranchised them. I’d like to see whether this perception is, in fact, accurate, and additionally, whether women playwrights have developed an “old girls’ club” to counteract it.



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Scope: These practices would be shared by anyone with a materialist focus in theatre history.


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* Historicize
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* Integrated History of Women's Writing in Canada
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Keywords: Aggregate, Consider, Discover, Archive/Preserve, Visualize, Map, Historicize


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