File FL0006 - The Marriage Bed

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CA ACU SPC F0001-S0004-FL0006

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The Marriage Bed

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  • 1979 January [?] - 1985 May 3 (Creation)

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2 files (174 p. ; 134 p.)

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Beresford-Howe, Constance

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University of Calgary Special Collections

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  • File consists of items, primarily relating to The Marriage Bed. Includes letters from friends, fans, publishers, editors and others as well as newspaper clippings of reviews and articles from various journals and newspapers.
  • Includes letters regarding C. Beresford-Howe's readings at libraries and schools, and to various literary groups; participation on a panel at the Hugh MacLennan Conference, February 25-27, 1982, University of Toronto, and in 1982 National Film Board/Canadian Broadcasting Corporation film Hugh MacLennan : portrait of a writer;
  • Participation in Canadian Authors Association one day writer's seminar New Dimensions '82, May 29, 1982, in Winnipeg, Man., and in the Writers' Development Trust's Night of One Hundred Authors, October 1982, in Toronto, Ont. Includes article in Brown Alumni Monthly, June 1981, regarding C. Beresford-Howe receiving a 1981 Graduate Alumni Citation;
  • Reviews and articles about Theatre Plus's production of Larry Fineberg's play Eve adapted for the stage from The Book of Eve, presented May 19 - June 11, 1983, starring Madeleine Thornton-Sherwood as Eva, and Lyric Studio's Hammersmith, England production of the play, January 19 - February 18, 1994, starring Constance Cummings.
  • Also includes Québec Ministère de l'Éducation Secondary School English leaving exam, June 1983, with excerpt from The Book of Eve, Running Away From Home.

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      Originally collected in a large green three-ring binder. Scrapbooks containing original items were photocopied by Special Collections staff and returned to C. Beresford-Howe.

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      The Marriage Bed was produced for television by CBC-TV in 1986.

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      17.03-17.04

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      00010417376

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      MsC 250

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