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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=2>Department of Drama
and Speech Communication<br>
The 2007 Silversides Event<br>
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<font size=2>The Department of Drama and Speech Communication is pleased
to announce Canadian playwright and director PAUL THOMPSON as the 2007
Silversides speaker at the 8th annual Silversides Event. The event will
be held at the UW Bookstore on October 3rd at 12:30. Everyone is welcome
to attend.<br>
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<font size=2>Paul Thompson is a playwright and director born in
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. From 1971 to 1982, he served as
Artistic Director of <br>
Theatre Passe Muraille in Toronto, and from 1987 to 1991 as
Director-General of the National Theatre School in Montréal . For the
past <br>
30 years Thompson has been involved in numerous productions which have
since become Canadian classics, including Doukhobors (1971), The Farm
Show (1972), 1837: The Farmers' Revolt (1973), Les Maudits Anglais
(1978), and Maggie and Pierre (1979). Thompson has directed shows in
theatres across Canada, including the Centaur Theatre, Alberta Theatre
Projects, Blyth Festival, Native Earth Performing Arts, and
De-ba-jeh-mu-jig theatre company on Manitoulin Island. While his
directorial output has been eclectic, his style of theatre has been
compared to Roger Planchon's socially and politically committed theatre
in France.<br>
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