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'''''Homeward Bound''''' is a stage drama by [[Elliott Hayes]]. It was originally commissioned by the [[Stratford Festival]] and produced for its 1991 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stratfordfestival.ca/AboutUs/OurHistory/PastProductions|title=Past Productions : Our Production history|website=Stratfordfestival.ca|accessdate=6 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/theatre/stratford-festivals-david-william-mourned|title=Stratford Festival’s David William Mourned |
'''''Homeward Bound''''' is a stage drama by [[Elliott Hayes]]. It was originally commissioned by the [[Stratford Festival]] and produced for its 1991 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stratfordfestival.ca/AboutUs/OurHistory/PastProductions|title=Past Productions : Our Production history|website=Stratfordfestival.ca|accessdate=6 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/theatre/stratford-festivals-david-william-mourned|title=Stratford Festival’s David William Mourned |first=Pat|last=Donnelly|newspaper=Montreal Gazette|date=30 July 2010|accessdate=24 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =https://archives.stratfordfestival.ca/AIS/Details/productions/412 | title = Homeward Bound (1991) production credits | website = Stratford Festival Archives | access-date = 2019-06-02}}</ref> |
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Novelist [[Margaret Atwood]] wrote about the play: "Elliott Hayes has fashioned a brisk, intricate, deranging and tightly strung play...[his] art is a funhouse mirror, and what we see in it are fragments of ourselves, distorted, grotesque even, but recognizable."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dramaticpublishing.com/homeward-bound|title=Homeward Bound|website=Dramaticpublishing.com|accessdate=6 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0871291916|title=Homeward Bound|first=Elliott|last=Hayes|date=6 February 1992|publisher=Dramatic Publishing|accessdate=6 February 2019|via=Google Books}}</ref>. |
Novelist [[Margaret Atwood]] wrote about the play: "Elliott Hayes has fashioned a brisk, intricate, deranging and tightly strung play...[his] art is a funhouse mirror, and what we see in it are fragments of ourselves, distorted, grotesque even, but recognizable."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dramaticpublishing.com/homeward-bound|title=Homeward Bound|website=Dramaticpublishing.com|accessdate=6 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0871291916|title=Homeward Bound|first=Elliott|last=Hayes|date=6 February 1992|publisher=Dramatic Publishing|accessdate=6 February 2019|via=Google Books}}</ref>. |
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The play has been produced numerous times since its Stratford debut. Notable productions include: |
The play has been produced numerous times since its Stratford debut. Notable productions include: |
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* [[Theatre Three]], [[Dallas]] (1992)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dramaticpublishing.com/authors/profile/view/url/elliott-hayes|title=Author Profile - Elliott Hayes|website=Dramaticpublishing.com|accessdate=6 February 2019}}</ref> |
* [[Theatre Three]], [[Dallas]] (1992)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dramaticpublishing.com/authors/profile/view/url/elliott-hayes|title=Author Profile - Elliott Hayes|website=Dramaticpublishing.com|accessdate=6 February 2019}}</ref><ref name=star19940108>{{Citation|last=Wagner|first=Vit|newspaper=The Toronto Star|title=Writer Homeward Bound after trip through grief|date=8 January 1994|page=J4}}</ref> |
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* [[Griffin Theatre Company]], [[Illinois Theatre Center]], [[Chicago]] (1992)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/generationshomeward-bound/Content?oid=880557|title=Generations/Homeward Bound|first=Stephanie|last=Shaw|website=Chicago Reader|accessdate=6 February 2019}}</ref> |
* [[Griffin Theatre Company]], [[Illinois Theatre Center]], [[Chicago]] (1992)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/generationshomeward-bound/Content?oid=880557|title=Generations/Homeward Bound|first=Stephanie|last=Shaw|website=Chicago Reader|date=1 October 1992|accessdate=6 February 2019}}</ref> |
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* [[Canadian Stage]], [[Toronto]] (1994)<ref>{{ |
* [[Canadian Stage]], [[Toronto]] (1994)<ref>{{citation|title=All in the family|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=15 January 1994|page=C4|last=Kirchhoff|first=H.J.}}</ref> |
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* [[Vancouver Playhouse (theatre venue)|Vancouver Playhouse]] (1995) |
* [[Vancouver Playhouse (theatre venue)|Vancouver Playhouse]] (1995) |
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* [[Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre]], [[Winnipeg]] (1995)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.royalmtc.ca/steven-schipper/exhibits/show/homeward-bound/homeward-bound-grid|title=Homeward Bound · Homeward Bound · Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre Archives|website=Archives.royalmtc.ca|accessdate=6 February 2019}}</ref> |
* [[Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre]], [[Winnipeg]] (1995)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.royalmtc.ca/steven-schipper/exhibits/show/homeward-bound/homeward-bound-grid|title=Homeward Bound · Homeward Bound · Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre Archives|website=Archives.royalmtc.ca|accessdate=6 February 2019}}</ref> |
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* [[National Arts Centre]], [[Ottawa]] (1999)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/stratford-director-revitalizes-ottawas-national-arts-centre-com-75216|title=Stratford Director Revitalizes Ottawa's National Arts Centre|date=8 May 1998|website=Playbill.com|accessdate=6 February 2019}}</ref> |
* [[National Arts Centre]], [[Ottawa]] (1999)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/stratford-director-revitalizes-ottawas-national-arts-centre-com-75216|title=Stratford Director Revitalizes Ottawa's National Arts Centre|date=8 May 1998|website=Playbill.com|accessdate=6 February 2019}}</ref> |
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* [[Grand Theatre (London, Ontario)|Grand Theatre]], [[London, Ontario]] (1999)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grandtheatre.com/node/1579|title=Production History - Grand Theatre London|website=Grandtheatre.com|accessdate=6 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usc.uwo.ca/gazette/1999/March/3/Arts_and_Entertainment1.htm|title=UWO Gazette - Volume 92, Issue 81|website=Usc.uwo.ca|accessdate= |
* [[Grand Theatre (London, Ontario)|Grand Theatre]], [[London, Ontario]] (1999)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grandtheatre.com/node/1579|title=Production History - Grand Theatre London|website=Grandtheatre.com|accessdate=6 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usc.uwo.ca/gazette/1999/March/3/Arts_and_Entertainment1.htm|title=UWO Gazette - Volume 92, Issue 81|website=Usc.uwo.ca|accessdate=24 November 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041216052728/http://www.usc.uwo.ca/gazette/1999/March/3/Arts_and_Entertainment1.htm|archivedate=16 December 2004}}</ref> |
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* [[Neptune Theatre (Halifax)|Neptune Theatre]], [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]] (2001)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neptunetheatre.com/default.asp?id=190&pagesize=1&sfield=content.id&search=598&mn=1.24.75|title=History|website=Neptunetheatre.com|accessdate= |
* [[Neptune Theatre (Halifax)|Neptune Theatre]], [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]] (2001)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neptunetheatre.com/default.asp?id=190&pagesize=1&sfield=content.id&search=598&mn=1.24.75|title=Neptune Theatre Production History|website=Neptunetheatre.com|accessdate=24 November 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608015115/http://neptunetheatre.com/default.asp?id=190&pagesize=1&sfield=content.id&search=598&mn=1.24.75|archivedate=8 June 2017}}</ref> |
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* [[Citadel Theatre]], [[Edmonton]] (2003)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.citadeltheatre.com/about-us/archives/past-seasons|title=Seasons Since 1965 - Citadel Theatre|website=Citadeltheatre.com|accessdate=6 February 2019}}</ref> |
* [[Citadel Theatre]], [[Edmonton]] (2003)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.citadeltheatre.com/about-us/archives/past-seasons|title=Seasons Since 1965 - Citadel Theatre|website=Citadeltheatre.com|accessdate=6 February 2019}}</ref> |
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* Gateway Theatre, [[Vancouver]] (2005)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.straight.com/article/homeward-bound|title=Homeward Bound|date=20 October 2005|website=Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly|accessdate=6 February 2019}}</ref> |
* Gateway Theatre, [[Vancouver]] (2005)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.straight.com/article/homeward-bound|title=Homeward Bound|date=20 October 2005|website=Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly|accessdate=6 February 2019}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 01:06, 25 November 2020
Homeward Bound is a stage drama by Elliott Hayes. It was originally commissioned by the Stratford Festival and produced for its 1991 season.[1][2][3]
Novelist Margaret Atwood wrote about the play: "Elliott Hayes has fashioned a brisk, intricate, deranging and tightly strung play...[his] art is a funhouse mirror, and what we see in it are fragments of ourselves, distorted, grotesque even, but recognizable."[4][5].
Canadian journalist and theatre artist Richard Ouzounian wrote in 2004 that Homeward Bound "remains one of the greatest plays that anybody has written in this country in my lifetime".[6]
Productions
The play has been produced numerous times since its Stratford debut. Notable productions include:
- Theatre Three, Dallas (1992)[7][8]
- Griffin Theatre Company, Illinois Theatre Center, Chicago (1992)[9]
- Canadian Stage, Toronto (1994)[10]
- Vancouver Playhouse (1995)
- Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Winnipeg (1995)[11]
- National Arts Centre, Ottawa (1999)[12]
- Grand Theatre, London, Ontario (1999)[13][14]
- Neptune Theatre, Halifax (2001)[15]
- Citadel Theatre, Edmonton (2003)[16]
- Gateway Theatre, Vancouver (2005)[17]
- Western Gold Theatre, Vancouver (2017)[18]
References
- ^ "Past Productions : Our Production history". Stratfordfestival.ca. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ Donnelly, Pat (30 July 2010). "Stratford Festival's David William Mourned". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ "Homeward Bound (1991) production credits". Stratford Festival Archives. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
- ^ "Homeward Bound". Dramaticpublishing.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ Hayes, Elliott (6 February 1992). "Homeward Bound". Dramatic Publishing. Retrieved 6 February 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ Richard Ouzounian (28 February 2004). "No one has come by to rival Elliott Hayes". Toronto Star. p. H13.
- ^ "Author Profile - Elliott Hayes". Dramaticpublishing.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ Wagner, Vit (8 January 1994), "Writer Homeward Bound after trip through grief", The Toronto Star, p. J4
- ^ Shaw, Stephanie (1 October 1992). "Generations/Homeward Bound". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ Kirchhoff, H.J. (15 January 1994), "All in the family", The Globe and Mail, p. C4
- ^ "Homeward Bound · Homeward Bound · Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre Archives". Archives.royalmtc.ca. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "Stratford Director Revitalizes Ottawa's National Arts Centre". Playbill.com. 8 May 1998. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "Production History - Grand Theatre London". Grandtheatre.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "UWO Gazette - Volume 92, Issue 81". Usc.uwo.ca. Archived from the original on 16 December 2004. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ "Neptune Theatre Production History". Neptunetheatre.com. Archived from the original on 8 June 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ "Seasons Since 1965 - Citadel Theatre". Citadeltheatre.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "Homeward Bound". Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly. 20 October 2005. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "vancouverplays: Vancouver's arts and culture website providing theatre news, previews and reviews - Theatre Preview". Vancouverplays.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.