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LEONARD PETERSON fonds ACCESSION NO.: 358/85.4

The Leonard Peterson Fonds Accession No. 358/85.4

MANUSCRIPTS ............................................................................................................................................... 2

Almighty Voice .......................................................................................................................................... 2

Burlap Bags ............................................................................................................................................... 3

Chipmunk .................................................................................................................................................. 5

Return to Saint-Malo ................................................................................................................................ 6

The Great Hunger ...................................................................................................................................... 6

They're all afraid ....................................................................................................................................... 9

D'Arcy McGee ......................................................................................................................................... 11

The Trail of James Whelan ...................................................................................................................... 11

Death of a Bitter Dream .......................................................................................................................... 12

Gently, Gently...My Countrymen ............................................................................................................ 12

Women in the Attic ................................................................................................................................. 13

The Trouble with Giants .......................................................................................................................... 14

The Two-Faced Angel .............................................................................................................................. 15

Francois' Mother dramas ........................................................................................................................ 16

Virgil Kelley dramas ................................................................................................................................. 17

The Widow of the Mississagi .................................................................................................................. 18

Look at One of Those Faces .................................................................................................................... 19

Occupied Country ................................................................................................................................... 19

With Freedom in Their Eye ..................................................................................................................... 19

Under the Feet of the CBC's Stampeding Bureaucracy .......................................................................... 20

Thoughts That Try To Go Somewhere, But Stop Short; Canadian Style ................................................. 20

A Short Speech Written on the Back of A Large Envelope By A Playwright For A Actress ..................... 21

The Mountain and The Valley ................................................................................................................. 21

The Tin Flute............................................................................................................................................ 21

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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE

MANUSCRIPTS

Almighty Voice Almighty Voice or On the Trail of Almighty Voice - Published by The Book Society of Canada Limited, Agincourt, Ont.

1974

1.1-.17

- Holograph outline

[n.d.]

1.1

- Holograph and typescript draft

[n.d.]

1.2

- Carbon copy of typescript manuscript (incomplete)

[n.d.]

1.3

- Holograph and typescript manuscript

[n.d.]

1.4

- Typescript manuscript

1969

1.5

- Carbon copy of typescript manuscript with holograph revisions

1969

1.6

- Carbon copy of typescript manuscript

1969

1.7

- Photocopy of publisher's typescript draft with holograph revisions

[n.d.]

1.8

- Photocopy of publisher's proofs with

[n.d.]

1.9

Page 3



holograph revisions

- Photocopy of publisher's proofs with holograph revisions

[n.d.]

1.10

- Photocopy of publisher's proofs with revisions

[n.d.]

1.11

- Typescript manuscript "On the trail of Almighty Voice" with holograph revisions

1972

1.12

- Carbon copy of typescript manuscript "On the trail of Almighty Voice"

1972

1.13

- Carbon copy of typescript text used on the dustjacket. Copy of printed dustjacket

[n.d.]

1.14

- Carbon copy of typescript manuscript "Almighty Voice" revised for older children

1974

1.15

- Holograph rehearsal notes

[n.d.]

1.16

- Newsclippings, typescript notes, itinerary, etc. for "Almighty Voice"

[n.d.]

1.17

Burlap Bags

2.1-.12

Page 4



- Carbon copy of typescript manuscript 1945 2.1

- Mimeo copy of typescript radio broadcast repeat (with "All about Emily" by Lister Sinclair), March 20

1949

2.2

- Mimeo copy of typescript radio manuscript. Programme #16 Summer stage, Sunday, Sept. 12th

1954

2.3

- Mimeo copy of typescript sample radio script distributed by National Script Department, CBC for study purposes

1945

2.4

- Mimeo copy of typescript sample television manuscript, distributed by National Script Department, CBC, for study purposes (broadcast on Q for Quest, CBC-TV, Jan. 3, 1961)

1945

2.5

- Typescript manuscript

1945

2.6

- Carbon copy of typescript manuscript. [Stage play first produced by Toronto Workshop Productions, director: George Luscombe, Toronto, 1960, supplied by L. Peterson]

1945

2.7

- Typescript and photocopy selection for "Look both ways". Edited by Herman Voaden, MacMillan of Canada [1975]

1945

2.8

Page 5



(Also an excerpt in Stage One, ed. by Andre Parkin, Van Nostrand Reinhold, Toronto, 1973, but not included here)

- Carbon copy of typescript manuscript [Revised, 1975, supplied by L. Peterson]

1945

2.9

- Missing

2.10

- Photocopy of typescript manuscript "Burlap Bags". Mark IV. (To be published by The Book Society of Canada)

1977

2.11

- Newsclippings, photocopies etc. for "Burlap Bags"

[n.d.]

2.12

Chipmunk - Published by McClelland & Stewart Limited

3.1-4.2

- Typescript manuscript with holograph revisions

1949

3.1-3.4

- Carbon copy of typescript manuscript published by McClelland & Stewart, Toronto

1949

4.1

- Correspondence, reviews, newsclippings, etc.

1949-1951

4.2

Page 6



Return to Saint-Malo 4.3-.8

- Holograph manuscript

[n.d.]

4.3

- Typescript manuscript with holograph revisions

[n.d.]

4.4

- Mimeo copy of typescript manuscript. FM-Bazaar "Return to Saint-Malo" CBC-FM. Broadcast date: November 3

1975

4.5

- Typescript manuscript of stage play with cut and paste typescript revisions

1977

4.6

- Photocopy of typescript manuscript "Return to Saint-Malo". Mark II

1977

4.7

- Miscellaneous typescript and holograph notes

[n.d.]

4.8

The Great Hunger - Published by The Book Society of Canada Limited, Agincourt, Ont.

1967

5.1-6.9

- Carbon copy of typescript page. Outline proposal for TV play, CBC (Title: Tomorrow we hunt)

[n.d.]

5.1

- Carbon copy of typescript manuscript.

[n.d.]

5.2

Page 7



Detailed outline of TV play

- Typescript manuscript with cut and past typescript revisions as well as holograph revisions. Titled: Tomorrow we hunt

1958

5.3

- Carbon copy of typescript TV manuscript, "Tomorrow we hunt"

[n.d.]

5.4

- Carbon copy of typescript radio manuscript, "Tomorrow we hunt", Part One

1959

5.5

- Carbon copy of typescript radio manuscript, "Tomorrow we hunt", Part Two

1959

5.6

- Mimeo copy of typescript manuscript, "Tomorrow we hunt", Part One. Broadcast on CBC Stage III, Sunday Jan. 25, 7:00-8:00 p.m. E.S.T.

1959

5.7

- Mimeo copy of typescript manuscript, "Tomorrow we hunt", Part Two. Broadcast on CBC Stage III, Sunday Feb. 1, 7:00-8:00 p.m. E.S.T.

1959

5.8

- Carbon copy of typescript manuscript, "Tomorrow we hunt" (radio play lasting 90 minutes supplied by Len Peterson)

[n.d.]

5.9

Page 8



- Typescript manuscript with cut and paste typescript revisions as well as holograph revisions. Title changed to "The Great Hunger". Stage play

[n.d.]

5.10

- Typescript manuscript with cut and paste typescript revisions as well as holograph revisions of "The Great Hunger". Completed

[n.d.]

5.11

- Mimeo copy of typescript manuscript with cut and paste typescript revisions as well as holograph revisions. Stage play

[n.d.]

6.1

- Mimeo copy of typescript manuscript with further holograph revisions. Stage play

[n.d.]

6.2

- Mimeo copy of typescript manuscript for first production, Arts Theatre, Toronto

1960

6.3

- Mimeo copy of typescript manuscript "The Great Hunger". Radio play broadcast, Tuesday, March 20, 8:00-9:20 EST on CBC

1962

6.4

- Carbon copy of typescript radio manuscript of "The Great Hunger"

[n.d.]

6.5

- Mimeo copy of typescript manuscript.

Page 9



Part Two, radio play version of "The Great Hunger" broadcast Sunday Feb 25, 2:03-3:00 p.m. CBL - national (Part One missing)

1968 6.6

- Reviews, newsclippings, etc.

[n.d.]

6.7

- Typescript manuscript with holograph revisions of preface for the published stage play

[n.d.]

6.8

- Carbon copy of typescript manuscript. Preface of "The Great Hunger"

[n.d.]

6.9

They're all afraid 7.1-8.3

- Typescript manuscript. Original radio play. Produced by CBC network, from Toronto, Stage "45", 9:00-9:30, Oct. 8. Producer-Director: Andrew Allan, Ohio drama award winner, 1945

1944

7.1

- Mimeo copy of original typescript radio manuscript. "Stage 45", production #2. Produced from Toronto to the Trans-Canada Network, Sunday, Oct. 8, 9:00-9:30 p.m. EST

1944

7.2

- Carbon copy of typescript manuscript. Revised radio play. Produced from

1948

7.3

Page 10



Winnipeg, Dec. 9, and subsequent productions

- Carbon copy of typescript manuscript of TV play. Produced on "Playbill", CBLT, Toronto, 8:30-9:00 p.m. May 26

1953

7.4

- Typescript manuscript with holograph revisions of the TV play

1953

7.5

- Mimeo copy of typescript manuscript of radio play. Produced on Shoestring Theatre, 18 October. Producer: Mervyn Rosenzveig

1964

7.6

- Typescript manuscript of short story, "They're all afraid". Typescript manuscript with holograph revisions

1947

7.7

- Typescript manuscript of stage play. Published, hardcover and paperback, by The Book Society of Canada, with preface: Fear is an Instructor of Great Sagacity, and notes

1981

7.8

- Typescript and holograph notes for stage play

[n.d.]

7.9

- Typescript and holograph notes for Preface

[n.d.]

7.10

Page 11



- Holograph notes for workshop production

[n.d.]

8.1

- Mimeo copy of typescript manuscript. The Globe Theatre Writers Workshop, May, 1980

1980

8.2

- Typescript manuscript with cut and paste typescript revisions of the stage play (with preface: Fear is an Instructor of Great Sagacity). Mark III, Nov. 1977-May, 1978

1977-1978

8.3

D'Arcy McGee

8.4-.6

- Mimeo copy of typescript manuscript of radio play. "TransCanada Theatre", July 1st. Producer: J. Frank Willis

1951

8.4

- Typescript manuscript with holograph revisions of the radio play

1951

8.5

- Carbon copy of typescript manuscript of the radio play

1951

8.6

The Trail of James Whelan

8.7-.8

- Typescript manuscript of TV play, CBC

1957

8.7

Page 12



Folio, Nov. Producer: Mario Prizek

Death of a Bitter Dream

9.1-.3

- Mimeo copy of typescript manuscript of the radio drama, broadcast on the series, CBC Wednesday, September 24, 1958, 8:00-10:00 p.m. Producer: J. Frank Willis

1958

9.1

- Typescript manuscript with holograph revisions. 30 minute radio drama, produced on CBC series, Famous Canadian Trials, May, 1962. Producer: Rupert Caplan

1962

9.2

- Typescript manuscript. Production copy of the 30 minutes radio drama

1962

9.3

Gently, Gently...My Countrymen

9.4-.5

- Typescript manuscript with cut and paste and holograph revisions of the radio play

1967

9.4

- Mimeo copy of typescript manuscript with holograph revisions. CBC radio production, CBC Stage, 2:03-3:00 p.m., May 28. Producer: Esse W. Ljungh

1967

9.5

Page 13



Women in the Attic 9.6-10.8

- Carbon copy of typescript manuscript. Formerly "Lilith". First draft of stage play

1971

9.6

- Typescript manuscript with holograph revisions. Second draft of stage play

1971

9.7

- Typescript manuscript with cut and paste typescript revisions, August 15, 1973, Apr. 15, 1974 and Jan. 10, 1975

1973-1975

9.8

- Photocopy of typescript manuscript with cut and paste typescript revisions of the stage play

1971

9.9

- Mimeo copy of typescript manuscript with cut and paste typescript revisions. 1st edition, Playwriters Co-op

1972

9.10

- Typescript manuscript of two-hour radio play with cut and paste and typescript revisions

1973

10.1

- Mimeo copy of typescript manuscript of the 2 hour radio play. Produced on CBC Tuesday Night. Production: Jean Bartels

1973

10.2

- Holograph casting notes for Toronto Workshop Productions, production of

1975

10.3

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stage play, Nov. Director: Frank Norris

- Typescript and holograph revision notes

1975

10.4

- Holograph rehearsal notes for November Toronto Workshop productions production

1975

10.5

- Photocopy of newsclipping of review, Globe and Mail, Nov. 24

1975

10.6

- Mimeo copy of 1st edition of Playwrights Co-op manuscript, "Women in the Attic". Cut and paste typescript and holograph revisions made in 1976

1976

10.7

- Photocopy of typescript manuscript. Playwrights Co-op Revised 1979. Second edition

1979

10.8

The Trouble with Giants

11.1-.3

- Typescript manuscript with cut and paste and holograph revisions. 90 minute radio play, winner of ACTRA Award in the dramatic mode (radio and television)

1973

11.1

- Carbon copy of typescript manuscript of 90 minute radio play

1972

11.2

Page 15



- Mimeo copy of typescript manuscript. Broadcast by CBC Feb. 17. Producer: Jean Bartels

1973 11.3

The Two-Faced Angel

11.4-.6

- Typescript and holograph manuscript of TV play (most of it scribbled in the woods)

1962

11.4

- Carbon copy of typescript manuscript of TV play

1962

11.5

- Mimeo copy of typescript manuscript of TV drama telecast on CBC "Playdate", Dec. 13, 1962. Telecast in England, 1963. Producer: Norman Campbell

1962

11.6

Two-Faced Angel (formerly The Two-Faced Angel)

11.7-.8

- Typescript manuscript of radio play, one hour

[n.d.]

11.7

- Mimeo copy of typescript manuscript of one hour radio drama broadcast on CBC from Montreal on "Mid-Week Theatre", 9:00-10:00 p.m., May 12, 1965. Producer: Rupert Caplan

1965

11.8

Page 16



Francois' Mother dramas 12.1-.8

An Echo of Unholy Men

12.1-.2

- Typescript manuscript with holograph revisions of the outline of the TV drama

1959

12.1

- Carbon copy of typescript manuscript of the outline

1959

12.2

Mme Bouchette (formerly: An Echo of Unholy Men)

- Carbon copy of typescript manuscript with cut and paste and holograph revisions. TV play

12.3

And She Did (formerly" Mme Bouchette)

- Carbon copy of typescript manuscript of TV play

1959

12.4

The Desperate Search (formerly: And She Did)

- Mimeo copy of typescript manuscript of TV play. Telecast on CBC series, General Motors Presents, Nov. 1, 1959. Repeat 1960. Director: Melwyn Breen. Telecast

1959

12.5

Page 17



in England 1960. Telecast in U.S.A. 1962

- Carbon copy of revised typescript manuscript, Oct. 21, 1959

1959

12.6

Francois' Mother (formerly: The Desperate Search)

- Typescript manuscript of radio drama on CBC Midweek Theatre, from Montreal, 8:00-9:00 p.m. Producer: Rupert Caplan, Dec. 23, 1964

1964

12.7

- Mimeo copy of typescript manuscript of the radio play production

1964

12.8

Virgil Kelley dramas

Forever Amuk

12.9-.11

- Mimeo copy of typescript manuscript of the T.V. drama telecast on CBC-TV net on "Family" series, March 10. Director: Jack Nixon Browne

1971

12.9

- Typescript and holograph manuscript of the T.V. drama

1971

12.10

Page 18



- Typescript manuscript with holograph revisions of T.V. drama. Carbon copy of typescript manuscript

1971 12.11

Virgil Kelley

12.12-.13

- Carbon copy of typescript manuscript of the radio drama adapted from the T.V. drama, "Forever Amuk". One hour. CBC Stage Director: Eithne Black

1975

12.12

- Typescript manuscript with holograph revisions of the radio drama

1971

12.13

Virgil Kelley: Forever Amuk

- Miscellaneous papers

12.14

The Widow of the Mississagi

13.1-.3

- Carbon copy of typescript manuscript with cut and paste typescript revisions. Radio drama broadcast on CBC Stage, 9:00-10:00, Jan. 8, 1956. Producer: Esse W. Ljungh

1956

13.1

- Carbon copy of typescript manuscript of the original T.V. drama, without ballad:

1956

13.2

Page 19



"The Widow"

- Mimeo copy of typescript manuscript of the T.V. drama, with ballad, "The Widow", telecast on CBC, 10:00-11:00 p.m., May 6, 1956. Producers: Esse W. Ljungh and Harvey Hart. Ballord music by Harry Somers

1956

13.3

Look at One of Those Faces

- Carbon copy of typescript manuscript of the radio play, Pacific Playhouse, Sept. 15, 1942. Printed short story adapted from the radio play, Maclean's Magazine, July 1, 1942

1942

14.1

Occupied Country

14.2-.4

- Typescript manuscript with holograph revisions of article

1982

14.2

- Typescript manuscript of article

1982

14.3

- Published article in ACTRA SCOPE, June

1983

14.4

With Freedom in Their Eye

Page 20



- Typescript manuscript of article published in Canadian Theatre Review, Fall, 1982, adapted from an address given to the Association for the Study of Canadian Radio & Television in Toronto, 1982, with extracts from Preface to "They're All Afraid"

1982

14.5

Under the Feet of the CBC's Stampeding Bureaucracy

- Carbon copy of typescript manuscript with holograph revisions. Newspaper clipping of printed article, "Globe and Mail", Toronto, Nov. 27, 1976 (the appearance of this article caused the author to be summoned to Ottawa by the President of the CBC for a long discussion. Nothing changed)

[n.d.]

14.6

Thoughts That Try To Go Somewhere, But Stop Short; Canadian Style

14.7-.8

- Carbon copy of typescript manuscript of article published in "Divided We Stand", edited by Gary Geddes and published 1977 by Peter Martin Associates, Toronto

1977

14.7

- Typescript manuscript with holograph

Page 21



revisions of article. Correspondence re: article

1977 14.8

A Short Speech Written on the Back of A Large Envelope By A Playwright For A Actress

14.9-.10

- Typescript manuscript with holograph revisions of a speech

1980

14.9

- Photocopy of typescript manuscript of the speech delivered in theatres in Canada on World Theatre Day

1980

14.10

The Mountain and The Valley

14.11-.12

- Typescript manuscript with cut and paste typescript and holograph revisions of the radio dramatization of Ernest Buckler's novel. Ninety minutes. Broadcast on CBC Jan. 8, 1965 and Nov. 1966. Producer: Esse W. Ljungh

1965

14.11

- Carbon copy of typescript manuscript of the original radio dramatization

1965

14.12

The Tin Flute

14.13-.15

Page 22



- Carbon copy of typescript manuscript of the radio dramatization of Gabrielle Roy's novel, broadcast on CBC Wednesday Night, March 3, 8:30-10:00 p.m. Director: Rupert Caplan

1960 14.13

- Typescript manuscript with cut and paste typescript and holograph revisions

1960

14.14

- Mimeo copy of typescript manuscript of the radio dramatization

1960

14.15


The Leonard Peterson Fonds Accession No. 426/88.7

THE REGINA PLOT OF THEY SHALL NOT PASS ............................................................................................... 2

THE EYE OF THE STORM ................................................................................................................................ 2

MISCELLANEOUS RADIO DRAMAS ................................................................................................................ 3

THE PRIVATE WAR ON NAN WHITE BEACH .................................................................................................. 4

MISCELLANEOUS RADIO DRAMAS ................................................................................................................ 4

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THE REGINA PLOT OF THEY SHALL NOT PASS (3 packages)

Working papers. Typescript with holograph revisions

1984

1.1

Correspondence: Peterson, John Juliani, executive producer of Disasters! series, Jana Veverka, script editor of series and memos. Working manuscript of outline. Carbon copy of typed outline. Three working copies of summaries. Carbon copy of one typed summary. Carbon of character list for casting purposes. Peterson's personal assessment re: drama possibilities

1984

1.2

Working manuscript of radio play, Mark I. Typescript of play, Mark I. Working manuscript of play, Mark II. Photocopy of play, Mark II. Typescript of Mark II, with carbon copy of typescript of Host's intro, Mark III, as broadcast on CBC national network from Regina, direction by John Tulizni and Wayne Schmatz, April, 1985

1984

1.3

THE EYE OF THE STORM

Working papers

1985

1.4

Correspondence: Peterson to Ken Kramer, artistic director, Globe Theatre, Regina. Globe Theatre

1985

1.5

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press release on The Eye of the Storm. Write-up on Peterson by Edward Schroefer clipped from the Leader-Post, Regina, October 10, 1985. Program of Globe Theatre production of The Eye of the Storm. Try-out, Yorkton, October 15, Try-out, Moose Jaw, October 16, premier, Regina, Saskatchewan, October 18, 1985

Author's working/production manuscript for premiere production of the play at the Globe Theatre, Regina, Saskatchewan, October 19, 1985. Typescript with holograph revisions

1985

1.6

Post-premiere final revision of play. Typescript copy

1985

2.1

An autobiography--1938: a university assignment, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois with comment by the Dean, Ralph B. Dennis. Typescript

1938

2.2

MISCELLANEOUS RADIO DRAMAS The Plague. A one hour radio dramatization of Alberta Camus' novel The Plague. Carbon of typescript of the one hour radio play. Broadcast on CBC Stage '51, CBC National Net., November 19, 1950

1950

2.3

Love...in the Lab: the story of Antoine Lavoisier, the Father of Modern Chemistry. Plot for radio series on Men of Science. Working manuscript. Typescript with holograph revisions. Typescript of

1983

2.4

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play, produced by not broadcast (play extended into five 15-minute episodes under the title The Father of Chemistry. See separate file with that title

Woman's Lot: a drama series (five 15 minute episodes about Ignaz Semmelweis, conqueror of childbed fever. CBC mimeo production copy of Episode one, Morningside drama, May 29, 1984. CBC mimeo production copy of Episode Two, May 29, 1984. CBC mimeo production copy of Episode Three, May 30, 1984. CBC mimeo production copy of Episode Four, May 30, 1984. CBC mimeo production copy of Episode Five, May 30, 1984. Producer-Director of the series: Fred Diehl

1984

2.5

THE PRIVATE WAR ON NAN WHITE BEACH (one package)

Working manuscript of the radio drama (completed April 13, 1969). Carbon copy of the typescript of the play (60 minutes). CBC mimeo production copy of the plan, broadcast on CBC Stage, June 1, 1969. This was Esse W. Ljungh's last production as supervisor of the CBC Radio Drama Department

1969

2.6

MISCELLANEOUS RADIO DRAMAS Clear Sky and Thunder: an Inuit Children's Song Battle cantata. Music: Ruth Watson Henderson. Working papers. Working manuscript for Song Battle, Mark I. Typescript of the Song Battle, Mark I. Xerox copy of the Song Battle, Mark III, used as

1984

2.7

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Working manuscript for Mark III. Typescript of the Song Battle, Mark III. Globe and Mail ad for premier performance, October 20, 1984. Programs re performances of excerpts. Carbons of typescripts of promotion info. Letter: Ruth Henderson to Len Peterson. Clear sky and thunder performed for a week at Expo '86, Vancouver, by the Toronto Children's Chorus. Music Director: Jean Ashworth Bartle. Stage Director: Fredrich H. Thury. Peterson's Expo '86 rehearsal notes. Still forthcoming: musical score by Ruth Watson Henderson

Miss Flowers loves Mr. Death (one package). Carbon copy of typescript of play (60 minutes). CBC mimeo production copy of radio play, December (?), 1970. Repeated June 6, 1972. Director: Jean Bartels. Working manuscript of play

1970

3.1

To keep the Lightning Out (one package). Working manuscript of the 90 minute radio play. Carbon typescript of the play. CBC mimeo production copy for broadcast on the National Net, July 3, 1968

1968

3.2

The Mathematics Teacher: a thirty minute play for radio (one package). Working manuscript. Typescript of play produced on CBC radio Cameo series, 1960, by Sandy Stewart, Toronto. CBC mimeo production copy of play produced from Montreal on Drama in Sound series and Late Night Theatre Series, March, 1961, and November, 1962, by Rupert Caplan

1960

3.3

Page 6



Passenger Pigeon Pie (one package). Working manuscript of one hour radio play. CBC mimeo production copy of play, broadcast April 21, 1963. Director-producer: Esse W. Ljungh

1963

3.4

Jane Mallett. Handwritten in ink working manuscript. Printed article from Actrascope magazine, 1985

1985

3.5

The Drainie Award (one package). Printed article in ACTRA Writers Guild Newsletter, September, 1982

1982

3.6

John Drainie. Working manuscript. Carbon copy of typescript. Printed article on the tenth page of The Fifteenth annual ACTRA Awards program, 1986

1986

3.7

Reminiscences of Luther College, Regina, 1935-1936. Carbon copy of typescript of manuscript. Luther: the history of a college, by Ken Mitchell. Peterson's reminiscences: pages 21-23

1981

3.8

Masks, Mirrors and Glue. Working manuscript. Typescript of address delivered to The Role of Drama in Canada. Conference, Stanley House, New Richmond, Quebec, 8/7/82

1982

3.9

Strike One (one package). Xerox of manuscript. Article, published in Actrascope, April, 1985, xerox

1985

3.10

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copy

Return to Saint-Malo. Addition to Return to Saint-Malo file shipped to U of C Library Archives, November 24, 1977. Photocopy of the stage play published in Quarry magazine, Summer, 1979 (with some typo corrections by the author)

1977-1979

3.11

The Newlyweds (one package). Working papers. Working manuscript of play. Carbon copy of typescript of radio play, broadcast on CBC Playhouse, September 16, 1952

1952

3.12

Man with a bucket of ashes. Working manuscript of play. Carbon copy of typescript. CBC mimeo of production copy broadcast May 4, 1952. Comments. Note: the play in its radio form is being published in Andrew Allan Anthology, a critical anthology of plays produced by Andrew Allan during the "golden age" of radio drama. Anthology edited by Howard Find, 1987

1952

4.1

The Marilyn Bell story. Written and directed by Len Peterson (one package). Research notes. Newspaper clippings. Directors production copy of the special feature broadcast live on radio stations CKFH and CFRB, Toronto and other Canadian stations, September 16, 1954

1954

4.2

Evariste Galois (one package). This is a further development of Peterson's radio play, The

1982-1984

4.3

Page 8



Mathematics Teacher, and his TV play, The Mathematics Teacher. Working manuscript of outline. Outline, 1982, typescript, and carbon of typescript with director-producer's notes. Working papers. Working manuscript, Mark I. Typescript of radio play, one hour, Mark I. Working manuscript, Mark II. Typescript of play, Mark II. CBC mimeo production copy of play, Mark II, director-producer: Bill Howell. Evariste-Galois won an ACTRA Award for best writer--Radio Drama, 1984. ACTRA award material. Initial reaction of Richard Horenblas, script editor, and Bill Howell, director-producer, to the play proposal. And Peterson's scribbled reactions

The Architects (one package). Working manuscript of the Dramatic Pastiche and Lament, Act One. CBC mimeo production copy of, Act One, CBC Stage, January 8, 1967. Working manuscript of the Dramatic Pastiche and Lament, Act Two, CBC Stage, January 15, 1967. The Architects directed and produced by Esse W. Ljunch

1967

4.4

Right you are (one package). Mimeo copy of an English translation by Eric Bentley of Luigi Pirandello's stage play, Right you are. Carbon copy of typescript of radio adaptation. Introduction to the radio play by Len Peterson. CBC mimeo production copy of radio play, 90 minutes, produced by Rupert Caplan, Montreal, on CBC Wednesday Night series on the National net, August 16, 1961

1961

5.1

The Power of Words (one package). Series

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development notes by Peterson & Schools Department, CBC. Working papers. Working manuscript of No. one in the series, Righting Wrongs. Carbon copy of typescript of Righting Wrongs. CBC mimeo production copy of script, Righting Wrongs broadcast: November 17, 1967. Won Columbus Award in Educational Broadcasting, Columbus, Ohio. Carbon copy of typescript of No. Two in the series, Words of War. CBC mimeo production copy of script, Words at War, broadcast: 24/11/67. Working manuscript of No. Three in the series, The Word. Carbon copy of typescript of The Word. CBC mimeo production copy of script, The Word, broadcast: December 1, 1967. Working manuscript of No. Four in the series, Talking Union. Carbon copy of typescript of Talking Union. CBC mimeo production copy of script, Talking Union, broadcast: December 8, 1967. Working manuscript of No. Five in the series, Words in Revolt. Carbon copy of typescript of Words in Revolt. CBC mimeo production copy of script, Words in Revolt. Director-producer of the series-Lola Thompson

1967 5.2

The Mathematics Teacher: a one our play for television (one package). This is a further development of Peterson's radio play, The Mathematics Teacher Working notes. Working manuscript, handwritten, mostly in pencil. Carbon copy of typescript of television play, one hour. List of production team, cast list and production schedule. CBC mimeo production copy of television play, telecast on CBC-TV network on drama series, Playdate, November 4, 1963.

1963

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Director: David Gardner

Fire on Ice--or--Ice on Fire (two packages). Working manuscript of short outline of one hour television play. Working manuscript of detailed outline. Typescript of detailed outline. Working manuscript of television play, Fire on Ice, Acts I, II and III, Mark I

1957

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Working manuscript of T.V. play, Mark II. Working manuscript of T.V. play, Mark II. Carbon copy of typescript of T.V. play, Mark II. Typescript of T.V. play, Mark III. CBC mimeo production copy of T.V. play, Mark III, telecast on CBC T.V. net, October 10, 1957, Producer-Director: W. Kotcheff. Working papers

1957

6.1

Caligula: a ninety minute radio adaptation of Alberta Camus' stage play, Caligula (one package). Working manuscript of the radio play. Carbon copy of typescript of the radio play. CBC mimeo production copy of the radio play, 1970. Producer: Jean Bartels. Production notes and working papers

1970

6.2

The Misunderstanding: a one our radio adaptation of Albert Camus' stage play, The Misunderstanding. Working manuscript of the radio play. Working notes. Carbon copy of manuscript. CBC mimeo production copy of the radio play, CBC State, 1970

1970

6.3

The Girl in the Lake: a further development of The

1968

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Maryily Bell Story (one package). Working notes. Revisions, June 15, 1986. Working manuscript, computer printout, Mark I. Working manuscript, computer printout, Mark II. Working manuscript, computer printout, Mark III. Working manuscript and final draft, computer printout, Mark IV. CBC mimeo production copy of radio play, one hour, in series, "Playing for keeps"

The Father of Chemistry -- Anoine Lavoisier. Radio drama series, five episodes, 15 minutes each, 1984 (one package). Episode one. Working manuscript of play. CBC xerox production copy. Episode Two. Working manuscript of play. CBC xerox production copy. Episode Three. Working manuscript of play. CBC xerox production copy. Episode Four. Working manuscript of play. Typescript of play. Episode Five. Working manuscript of play. CBC xerox production copy

1984

7.2

Never Shoot a Devil. Part One and Part Two (one package). Two one hour radio plays, a further development of the earlier one hour radio play, Don Juan in Toronto--or--Never Shoot a Devil. CBC mimeo of production script, Part One, 60 minutes (with Peterson's production notes). Broadcast May 3, 1953. CBC mimeo production script, Part Two, 60 minutes (with Peterson's production notes). Broadcast May 10, 1953. Working manuscript of Part One

1953

7.3

Don Juan of Toronto--or--Never Shoot a Devil. One our radio play (one package). Carbon copy of

1951-1957

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typescript. Broadcast CBC Stage '51, March 11, 1951. producer: Andrew Allan. CBC Sunday Stage, February 24, 1957. Producer: Esse W. Ljungh

The Third Temptation. Radio dramatization (one hour) based on Charles Templeton's novel of the same name. Correspondence. Working papers. Working manuscript of radio dramatization, Mark I. Working manuscript of radio dramatization, Mark II. Carbon typescript of drama, Mark I. Carbon typescript of drama, Mark II. CBC mimeo of production copy of play. Broadcast: fall of 1982

1982

8.1

Aku-Aku series. Thirty-minute radio dramatizations based on Aku-Aku by Thor Heyerdahl. Working papers. Carbon typescript of series outlines. Handwritten list of characters. Handwritten breakdown of series. Chapter One: The Call of the South Seas. CBC mimeo production copy. Broadcast January 5, 1963. Chapter Two: The Worlds Navel. CBC mimeo production copy. Broadcast, January 12, 1963. Chapter Three: Lost in a cave. CBC mimeo production copy. Broadcast: January 19, 1963. Chapter Four: The Mystery of the Giants. CBC mimeo production copy. Broadcast: January 26, 1963. Chapter Five: The Long-Ear's Secret. CBC mimeo(?) production copy. Broadcast: February 2, 1963. Chapter Six: The Walking Statutes. CBC mimeo(?) production copy. Broadcast: February 9, 1963. Chapter Seven: Tricking the Spirits. CBC mimeo production copy. Broadcast: February 16, 1963. Chapter Eight: The Boats that Sank a Continent. CBC mimeo production copy. Broadcast: February 23, 1963.

1963

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Chapter Nine: The Hanging Threat. CBC mimeo production copy. Broadcast: March 2, 1963. Chapter Ten: A Gift of the Devils. Working typescript of play. CBC mimeo production copy. Broadcast: March 9, 1963. Chapter Eleven: The Family Skeletons. Working typescript of play. CBC mimeo production copy. Broadcast: March 16, 1963. Chapter Twelve: The Mayor's Disgrace. CBC mimeo production copy.

Broadcast: March 23, 1963. Chapter Thirteen: Going Native. CBC mimeo(?) production copy. Broadcast: March 30, 1963

Documents

Leonard Peterson fonds. ACU SPC F0095 · Page 2 LEONARD PETERSON fonds ACCESSION NO.: 358/85.4 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE MANUSCRIPTS Almighty Voice . Almighty Voice or On the Trail