Eight Men Speak: A Play by Oscar Ryan et al.

Dossier: Documents, Reports and Reviews

57 Dossier documents, reports and reviews 1. Program, Standard Theatre, Toronto, 4 December 1933. 2. Toronto Daily Star, report of performance, 5 December 1933. 3. The Varsity, Review of Eight Men Speak, 5 December 1933. 4. Response from the Student League: The Varsity, 6 December 1933. 5. m.b.l. replies, The Varsity, 6 December 1933. 6. Letter from R.C. Matthews to R.B. Bennett, 20 December 1933. 7. The Varsity, report of cancellation, 12 January 1934. 8. The Varsity, report on mass meeting, 17 January 1934. 9. The Varsity, editorial, 19 January 1934. 10. The Worker, review of Eight Men Speak, 9 December 1933, 1. 11. The Worker, report on the ban, 20 January 1934, 1. 12. Toronto Daily Star, report on ban, 13 January 1934. 13. Toronto Daily Star, continuing report on ban, 15 January 1934. 14. Toronto Daily Star, editorial, 15 January 1934. 15. Mass Meeting Resolution on the Freedom of the Stage in Canada. 16. E. Cecil-Smith condemns the government response. 1934 (March–April). Masses, 2: 12: 7. 17. Program, Walker Theatre, Winnipeg, 2 May 1934. 18. Winnipeg Free Press, editorial against the ban, 3 May 1934. 19. E.W. Harrold reviews the published edition of Eight Men Speak, Ottawa Citizen, 26 May 1934. 20. Eight Men Speak banned by post office, June 1934. 21. Will Ferris reviews Eight Men Speak, published text, 1934 (July–August). New Theatre, 30. 58 Eight Men Speak 1. Program, Standard Theatre, Toronto, 4 December 1933 Progressive Arts Club presents Workers’ Theatre in “EIGHT MEN SPEAK” Standard Theatre Monday, December 4th, 1933 * * * “EIGHT MEN SPEAK” A Play in Six Acts by ed. cecil-smith oscar ryan h. francis mildred goldberg Directed by: Oscar Ryan, Ed. Cecil-Smith, Cecil Greenwold, Toby Gordon. Stage Management: Lilian Cecil-Smith. Settings: Avrom, Nat Patterson, W. Penny, Helen Nelson, Joy, F. Gray. Properties: Mildred Goldberg, Helen Lehrer, Toby Gordon, Al Hershkovitz. Music: Standard Theatre Orchestra. act 1 Scene 1: A terrace on the grounds of the Warden’s estate. Evening, late October, 1932, Kingston, Ont. Scene 2: Tim Buck’s cell, Kingston, September 1932. Scene 3: Office of Minister of Justice. Shortly after. Ottawa. act 11 Scene 1: Voices from the prison. Night, October 17, 1932. Scene 2: Newspaper office. Oct. 17, Toronto. Scene 3: Cabaret, Oct. 17, Montreal. Scene 4: A street car, Oct. 18, Winnipeg. 59 59 Dossier: Documents, Reports and Reviews Scene 5: A home, Oct. 17, Vancouver. Scene 6: Cross-section. Scene 7: A scene from the trial of The Eight, Nov. 12, 1931, Toronto and from the trial of Buck, July, 1933, Kingston. act 111 Scene 1: The Workers’ Court. The present. Scene 2: A whipping, in prison. Scene 3: The Esteven miners speak. Scene 4: Peter Grabowski speaks. Scene 5: Nick Zynchuk. Scene 6: Tim Buck’s cell. act 1v The Eight Speak. act v The Workers’ Court, the present. act v1 The Workers’ Court, the present. curtain * * * CAST In the Order of Their Appearance mrs. berkley……….........………………Lillian Cecil-Smith [Lilian on first page] mrs. stone…....................................................……………………….Jim Watts stone (warden)…..............................................................………Ed Smith deputy-warden……....................................................……………..Ben Koza guard x………...................................................……………………..Max Bloom tim buck…….............................................……………………….Al Hershkovitz mr. dufrie………….........................................………………..Cecil Greenwold stenographer……..............................................……………….Helen Lehrer superintendant of pens…................................................……John Haig Eight Men Speak 60 editor…………………...................................................……………..H. Francis sobsister........................................……………………………Mildred Goldberg cameraman………..............................................………………..Jack Sheppard copy boy……..................................................……………………….Bruce Ewen newsboy………...........................................…………………….Abie Smaltzman waitress.……...................................................……………………..Kay Phillips man in cabaret………...........................................…………...Chas. Croxford woman in cabaret….....................................................……………Lil Conn girl on streetcar…………...............................................……Helen Lehrer man on steetcar….................................................……………Harry Napier old man…………………........................................................…………..Avrom capitalist judge……….................................................…………Lon Lawson mountie……….....................................…………………….. Charles Drinkwater tom ewen…….................................................………………………Bruce Ewen matthew popovich…….........................................…………Cecil Greenwold tom cacic………..............................................……………………William Miles malcolm bruce……..................................................………………J.P. Smith sam carr……….........................................................……………………Avrom john boychuk…………………...........................................................O. Ryan tom hill……………...................................................………………..H. Francis clerk of court………................................................……………Lon Lawson workers’ judge……………….....................................................…...O. Ryan co-judge…….....................................................………………………..Lil Conn co-judge…………...........................................…………………..Chas. Croxford mr. capitalism……………............................................………..E. Cecil-Smith cldl oprganizer…….........................................…………........Toby Gordon guardsmith………...........................................………………..TedBroomfield convict brown……...................................................………………Fred Gray gryshko………....................................................……………………..John Haig nargan………....................................................……………………….R. Brown markunas…………………....................................................…………Ben Koza peter grabowski………............................................………….William Miles nick zynchuk……..........................................…………………Percy Matthews convict jones…………….............................................…………Harry Napier guard thompson……..................................................…………….Joe Burns guard harris………………....................................................………Saunders rev. scrymgeour…...................................................………………J. P. Smith Dossier: Documents, Reports and Reviews 61 mr. bedwin……….....................................………………….Charles Drinkwater note—The Workers’ Theatre welcomes new members for its troupe, as well as members for its Supporters’ Club. Scripts of plays, sketches, mass recitations, etc., can be obtained at a nominal rate. Performances by Workers’ Theatre can be arranged for a small fee.—Persons...