a Shaw Festival (Niagara-on-the-Lake) production Study Guide THE NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE ENGLISH THEATRE PROGRAMMES FOR STUDENT AUDIENCES 2008-2009 SEASON Peter Hinton Artistic Director, English Theatre This Study Guide was written and researched by Jane Moore for the National Arts Centre, English Theatre, December 2008. It may be used solely for educational purposes. Excerpt from Belle Moral: A Natural History by Ann-Marie MacDonald, Copyright © 2005 A.M. MacDonald Holdings Inc., reprinted by permission of Knopf Canada. The National Arts Centre English Theatre values the feedback of teachers on the content and format of its Study Guides. We would appreciate your comments on past Study Guides, on this current one, or suggestions on ways to improve future Study Guides. Comments may be directed to Martina Kuska either by email at [email protected] or by fax at (613) 943-1401. media partner ! 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( 8 2D ( 8 -+ 1 & -) ' + % / . % ' E F CEncyclopedia Britannica, 1911D ( ( * E F Cpictured, courtesy of Peter Stubbs, ( [email protected] ! J ' * ( 7 0 *+*?< . 6 E 7 E< ( *,>> F 9 J F 8 % 9 % ' 2+) . H ))- 3 J H H # ( ( # )* 2+$ ! W +++ 3 . < 2 ' 2 * ( : " " " H # #( H + ' * . 8 " # http://www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk/aboutus/nhshistory/reh_history.asp 6 Belle Moral Study Guide – page 25 C # $ 2D 7 7 / # $ 2$ $ " 3 "$ $ # C9 ( (( % 8 "# " 2+* Q * 22 D .( / . ( ( # 5 ( .( 8 8 8 B ( . 8 5 , B ( # 8 8 8 ( # ( % ( ( # 8 ( % : 8 % & J 8 8 4 8 % ( 212 2 2 8 & # J 3 ' 21* 3 ( / / " / ( ( # ' " ./ / 8 / : 8 8 % ( 8 ( ( & ( 2 $ # 3 , # 22 ) % 8 ( 6 . Belle Moral Study Guide – page 26 C ) 2D # 6/ % # A/ ( P ' ( # , P4 ( + ( # 1Q 1 5 : 7 . 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(2wds) 30 The clan motto, in English 31 Ann-Marie MacDonald went to this high school in Ottawa DOWN 1 3 4 6 7 The shawl The creature He wants to marry Pearl The protagonist An important theme for A-M MacDonald 9 The capital of Scotland. 10 13 14 15 16 18 20 22 23 A "female illness." The prodigal son The Way the ...( 2 wds) His face is painted blue Victoria's Scottish retreat He has the head of a jackal. A favourite mollusc Where the ear is (3 wds) The director of BELLE MORAL 24 Wee Farleigh's cookie 27 English naturalist who wrote The Origin of Species. Belle Moral Study Guide – page 29 % / - ! " # " # " # 6 = D " % " " C ++ D " C **$D / " C *22D . C ++ D P, )0 #/ ; ' 1 ). 7 ( 7 0% = % ! % # . &7 0. B>D 8 , A D / P C E . ) - A & D , '%7+ ) 2 +$* ? C, ++ " http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/doczone/host.html - MacDonald as host of Doc Zone. http://darwin-online.org.uk - the complete works of Charles Darwin on line, and more. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A2554157 - an excellent account of Bedlam, the original asylum in London. http://seathfamily.co.uk/Feature.aspx - the stories of the Seath family of Scotland, including journals of one committed to the Edinburgh Lunatic Asylum. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com - offers an historical and regional overview of Canadian theatre and information on specific playwrights. http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1SEC903896 Ann-Marie MacDonald. http://www.lib.unb.ca/Texts/TRIC/TofC.html - theatre research in Canada. http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1841/oct/06/lunatic-asylums-scotland Hansard – parliament records of two MPs describing patients wrongly taken to the asylums in 1841. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAXTFMRr4MM – Ann-Marie MacDonald reading excerpts of her work. http://www.2blowhards.com/archives/001710.html - Scottish Enlightenment. http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/10/11/041011crat_atlarge?currentPage=6 - excellent six-page article on the Scottish Enlightenment and David Hume by David Denby. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vdIPqsTvYQ&feature=related - a slide show of women’s fashions 1795-1948, set to music. / : = # " = R. % # )7 # % , **) 69 " **1 YYYYYYYY # FF - ,63 0 1 2 1 )( $ ) 2 * * + I #3&70 1 ) $ $ ) 2 ( + * + J ( - - Belle Moral Study Guide – page 30 7 E ! / ( 7 . ; *: % ( " 0 7 ; , J 8 7, ' C D F # E : B ( ( ( ( (( 5 ( 9 J ( >: # ' # ( ( ( ( ( ?: ' ( & =: ' ( ) : , C: 7, ( G: ! 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