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By: Phil Rickaby » Blog Archive » Thank you, and Re-evaluating the project

Phil Rickaby » Blog Archive » Thank you, and Re-evaluating the project — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:03:02 +0000

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By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:26:21 +0000

Teenagers Cornelia and Charlotte de Grassi, daughters of a British officer, Captain Phillipe de Grassi, helped during the rebellion in Toronto by spying on the rebels and reporting to the British military. There may or may not have been sex…

Also, their family had a famous street, and eventually TV show, named after them.

Yay. Womens.

By: Marty

Marty — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:15:36 +0000

If it’s a pet peeve for you, strongly encourage gender-neutral casting when your play is produced… and work some of that into the writing.

I was once the only male cast member in a full, otherwise traditional, production of The Crucible and had the pleasure of working with women who handled those roles better than many of the men I’ve seen playing those same male characters.

You have the power, Mr. Playwright, to dismantle your distress.

By: Phil Rickaby

Phil Rickaby — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:12:17 +0000

Thanks for that, Jess. The period I’m dealing with is the months leading up to, and the rebellion itself. It deals with the direct participants, and the decisions they made. Sadly Maria Smith Waits is a little after the fact.
I’d love to be able to fit in one of the wives, who, considering the men they were involved with, were exceptional women. But, it seems that when the exciting things were happening, the wives were left at home, to fret over their husbands. Which isn’t very exciting to watch.

By: ~Jess Hartley

~Jess Hartley — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:57:56 +0000

Women were likely not involved in the political decision making, but as we all know, there’s little in the way of concrete line between political and personal lives, especially with something as earth-shattering as a rebellion.

I don’t know that much (anything) about Canadian History, but I did find this interesting tale involving a woman (Maria Smith Waits) who was integral in getting a stay of execution for her husband for his involvement in the UCR (but it may be too “after the fact” for your use).

Just one an example, though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Wait