The Theatre of Linda Griffiths

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dc.contributor.advisorCreet, Julia
dc.contributor.authorAttrell, Amanda Anne
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-03T13:58:22Z
dc.date.available2022-03-03T13:58:22Z
dc.date.copyright2021-09
dc.date.issued2022-03-03
dc.date.updated2022-03-03T13:58:22Z
dc.degree.disciplineEnglish
dc.degree.levelDoctoral
dc.degree.namePhD - Doctor of Philosophy
dc.description.abstractLinda Griffiths, actor and playwright, is a charismatic and vital presence on the Toronto theatre scene from the early 1970s until her untimely death in 2014. She travels across Canada and to Broadway, performing Maggie & Pierre after it premiers in the Backspace of Theatre Passe Muraille in 1980. She performs in her final play, Heaven Above, Heaven Below, with Layne Coleman in this same intimate space in 2013. Between these two shows, Griffiths works in theatres across Canada all the while maintaining her dedication to Theatre Passe Muraille. Her beginnings in collective creation lead her to experiment with process and with the formal composition of her plays, as well as to continuously navigate between her roles as actor and playwright. This dissertation studies the arc of Griffiths's career in order to reposition her in the field. It explores Griffiths's experiments with form as well as her embodiment and continuation of the spirit and enthusiasm of the alternative theatre movement in Canada. I trace the development of her uvre as that of a playwright whose creative process travels the arc from collective, to collaboration, to writing solo for backspaces and mainstages, for both intimate venues and large national theatres, ultimately establishing her as one of Canada's most original and vibrant playwrights. This dissertation analyzes Griffiths's career as she discovers her actor-playwright identity, develops her own distinct creative process, and using her own unique methods writes and performs meaningful, powerful pieces which imagine new possibilities in women's representation. I draw on original archival research from the Linda Griffiths fonds held at the University of Guelph as well as archives and papers in the private possession of Layne Coleman, Griffiths's long-term fellow theatre practitioner. As a kaleidoscopic creator, Griffiths's work necessitates a kaleidoscopic study. The methods of analysis, however, remain focused on archival research into her process. Because of her tendency to write from lived experience and to thoroughly research her subjects, who are often derived from real people, I investigate Griffiths's alchemical methods of transforming truthful material into illusory, fantastical, ephemeral, yet poignant and impactful performances.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/39064
dc.languageen
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dc.subjectWomen's studies
dc.subject.keywordsLinda Griffiths
dc.subject.keywordsCanadian drama
dc.subject.keywordsCanadian dramatists
dc.subject.keywordsCanadian playwrights
dc.subject.keywordsWomen Canadian playwrights
dc.subject.keywords20th century
dc.subject.keywords21st century
dc.subject.keywordsTheatrical producers and directors
dc.subject.keywordsCanadian actors
dc.subject.keywordsWomen authors
dc.subject.keywordsArchives
dc.subject.keywordsArchival research
dc.subject.keywordsWomen in Canadian archives
dc.subject.keywordsArchival materials
dc.subject.keywordsTheatre
dc.subject.keywordsTheater
dc.subject.keywordsCanadian theatre
dc.subject.keywordsTheater history
dc.subject.keywordsCanadian theatre history
dc.subject.keywordsCanadian theatre historiography
dc.subject.keywordsTheater historiography
dc.subject.keywordsCanadian literature
dc.subject.keywordsWomen
dc.subject.keywordsWomen in theatre
dc.subject.keywordsWomen in Canadian theatre
dc.subject.keywordsPerformance
dc.subject.keywordsContemporary theatre
dc.subject.keywordsTheatre Passe Muraille
dc.subject.keywordsTheatre and performance in Toronto
dc.subject.keywordsAlternative theatre
dc.subject.keywordsAlternate theatre
dc.subject.keywordsCollective creation
dc.subject.keywordsImprovisation
dc.subject.keywordsTheatrical process
dc.subject.keywordsProcess
dc.subject.keywordsTheatricality
dc.subject.keywordsAuto/biography
dc.subject.keywordsBiography
dc.subject.keywordsAutobiography
dc.subject.keywordsLife-performing
dc.subject.keywordsWomen's representation
dc.subject.keywordsCanadian arts and culture
dc.subject.keywordsFeminist literary criticism
dc.subject.keywordsTheatre in the archives
dc.subject.keywordsLayne Coleman
dc.subject.keywordsPaul Thompson
dc.subject.keywordsAnne Anglin
dc.subject.keywordsJanet Amos
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dc.subject.keywordsIf You Are So Good Why Are You in Saskatoon?
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dc.subject.keywordsGeneration and 1/2
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dc.subject.keywordsMaggie and Pierre
dc.subject.keywordsPierre Elliott Trudeau
dc.subject.keywordsMargaret Trudeau
dc.subject.keywordsAlien Creature
dc.subject.keywordsAlien Creature: A Visitation from Gwendolyn MacEwen
dc.subject.keywordsGwendolyn MacEwen
dc.subject.keywordsWallis Simpson
dc.subject.keywordsJessica
dc.subject.keywordsThe Book of Jessica
dc.subject.keywordsThe Book of Jessica: A Theatrical Transformation
dc.subject.keywordsMedicine Shows
dc.subject.keywordsMaria Campbell
dc.subject.keywordsYvette Nolan
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dc.subject.keywordsHeaven Above Heaven Below
dc.subject.keywordsBaby Finger
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dc.subject.keywords25th Street House Theatre
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dc.subject.keywordsSid Adilman
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dc.titleThe Theatre of Linda Griffiths
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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