Village Squire, 1974-06, Page 161837 - tells the story
of farmers
of Western Ontario
Far back in our deep, dark history there
was an attempted revolution. It was one of the
more interesting moments in Canadian
history, but like most Canadian history, has
had little real study by Canadians.
Back in January of 1973, Paul Thompson
and his Theatre Passe Muraille in Toronto,
undertook to study the 1837 revolt and out of
it came 1837, one of the many successful
plays the theatre has produced in Toronto in
recent years. The critics hailed it as a badly
needed addition to .Canadian theatre.
This spring, spurred on by the success of
his tours of this area last spring with The
Farm Show and with Them Donnellys, last
fall, Paul Thompson gathered his actors in the
old Memorial Hall Theatre in Blyth to rework
the 1837 show into a new play, dealing with
the revolt as it specifically affected western
Ontario.
The earlier version, like most of the history
books, dealt primarily with William Lyon
Miles Potter is one of the Stars of 1837, The Farmers Revolt.
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