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The Trial of Louis Riel After an Absence of 37 Years Trial of Louis riel Pstr July 17 Press Ready.pdf 1 2017-07-18 2:05 PM JOHN COULTER’S The Trial of Trial of Louis riel Pstr July 17 Press Ready.pdf 1 2017-07-18 2:05 PM Trial of Louis Riel Pgm Cvr July 17 Press Ready.pdf 1 2017-07-18 10:22 AM JOHN COULTER’S JOHN COULTER’S TheThe TrialTrial of of C M Y CM MY CY C CMY M K Y CM C M MY Y CM CY MY CY CMY CMY K K LOUIS RIEL 50th Anniversary Reunion Celebration HISTORICLOUISLOUIS 2017 RIEL RIEL Season 50th50th AnniversaryAnniversaryRegina's Reunion51st Reunion An Celebration n Celebration u a l HISTORICReHISTORIC-creation of Canada’s 20182017 Most SeasonSEASON Famous Trial ProducedHISTORIC By: RielCo 2017 Productions Season Inc. ReRe-creation-creation of of Canada’s Canada’s MostMost Famous Trial Trial ProducedRe-creation By: of Canada’s RielCo Most Productions Famous Trial Inc. SUMMERProducedProduced PERFORMANCES By:By: RielCo RielCo Productions Productions ~ Inc. Inc.7:30 P.M. SUMMERSUMMER PERFORMANCESPERFORMANCES ~ ~ 7:307:30 P.M.P.M. July 20th,SUMMER 21st, PERFORMANCE 22nd, 27th, 28th, 29th JulyJuly 19th20th,August - 21st, August 22nd, 3rd, 4th 27th,on 4th, Thurs/Fri/Sat 28th, 5th 29th August 3rd, 4th, 5th royal saskatchewan museum, REGINA, SK - 2445 Albert Street royal saskatchewan museum, REGINA, SK - 2445 Albert Street TicketsTickets www.rielcoproductions.com www.rielcoproductions.com Or Or at the at theRoyal Royal Saskatchewan Saskatchewan museum kiosk museum kiosk TicketsTickets alsoalso available available at the at door the door For more information: 1-306-728-5728 For more information: 1-306-728-5728 CAST MEMBERS Louis Riel....Nicholas Boudreau (First Two Weeks) John D. Huston ........... (Third Week) Judge Richardson ...............Jeff Ring COUNSEL FOR THE CROWN: COURTROOM PERSONNEL: B.B. Osler .................... Patrick Cherneski Court Clerk ............................ Bill Swerid Christopher Robinson ........ David Teskey Court Reporter .........Audience Member Foreman of the Jury ............................... COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENSE: ..................................Audience Member Jury Members ......................................... Charles Fitzpatrick ...................John Kort ......................Members of the Audience F. X. Lemieux ........................................... Interpreter ................. Peter Champagne ................Doug Hicton (First two weeks) ............ Nicholas Boudreau (Third week) PRODUCTION STAFF: WITNESSES FOR THE CROWN: Director ..............................Doug Hicton Producer .................... Peter Champagne Dr. John Willoughby ... Peter Champagne Set ...............................Johanna de Vries Thomas Mackay .............. Erroll Kinistino ......................................Steve Matechuk General Frederick Middleton ................. Costumes .............................Beth Teskey ................................................ Bill Hayes Wardrobe Assistant ................................ Charles Nolin ......................... Bill Brinda ................................. Ammanda Zelinsky Front of House ........... Peter Champagne WITNESSES FOR THE DEFENSE: ......................................Betty Spakowski Set Construction/Refurbishing: Father Alexis Andre ......Brian Schweiger ......................................Steve Matechuk Philippe Garnot ........... Lionel Peyachew Website/Pamphlets/Posters: Father Fourmond ........... Daniel Johnson ......................................B e tt y S p a k o w s k i Dr. Francois Roy ... Larry Ward (1st week) .....................Bill Brinda (2nd & 3rd week) Dr. Daniel Clarke .............Wally Garrioch Please turn off all cell phones. WITNESSES FOR THE CROWN No picture taking of any kind is IN REBUTTAL: allowed during the Dr. James Wallace ............. Bob Friedrich performance. Dr. Jukes ..........................James Misfeldt General Frederick Middleton ................. After the performance, ................................................ Bill Hayes everyone is invited to ask ques- Corporal Joseph Piggott .......................... ...............................................Philip Ring tions and take pictures of the actors or with the actors. CAST MEMBERS Nicholas Boudreau Nicholas has strong people skills and can fluently speak in both French and English. Throughout his 18 years, he has been raised to have a strong work ethic and is eager to continue his work experience where he may utilize his strengths and make new connections with individuals. His interests are languages and acting. Nicholas graduated from Walter Murray Collegiate Institute and since then has partaken in main roles and side roles of One Acts, Drama Class Final Performances and School Musicals. John D. Huston John D. Huston, a member of the Metis Nation of Saskatchewan, is delighted to return to The Trial of Louis Riel after an absence of 37 years. John’s previous roles in the play include, Clerk of the Court, Dr. Roy, Father Fourmond, & Thomas MacKay. Best known for his annual tours of Charles Dickens’ One Man A Christmas Carol, John’s many other solo shows include, Three Men in a Boat, Shylock, Screwtape, Underneath the Lintel, and Wooster Sauce. John was recently nominated for Best Actor by the Ottawa Capital Critics’ Circle for Charles Dickens’ One Man A Christmas Carol. “Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.” -David Copperfield Jeff Ring Patrick Cherneski David Teskey John Kort Doug Hicton Peter Champagne Erroll Kinistino Bill Hayes Bill Brinda Brian Schweiger Lionel Peyachew Daniel Johnson CAST MEMBERS Larry Ward Bob Friedrich James Misfeldt Bill Swerid FORMER RIELS Steve Arsenych Ron Jooristy Bob Medak Alain Clermont PRODUCTION Peter Champagne Beth Teskey Ammanda Zelinski Betty Spakowski Doug Hicton Douglas Hicton is no stranger to The Trial of Louis Riel, hav- ing played 12 parts over five seasons in the 1980s. He is also no stranger to directing in Regina theatre, including Of Mice and Men, As Is, Equus, Guys and Dolls, and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Doug is also the composer and/or lyricist of the musicals All Our Yesterdays (Regina Summer Stage); Sarah Binks, the Sweet Songstress of Saskatchewan (Biggar & CBC Radio); and The Cabi- net of Dr Caligari (New York). You may also know Doug from his run on Jeopardy! and the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions. Or you may not. It was a long time ago. Who remembers a TV episode from 2007? I mean, really... “I will perhaps be one day acknowledged as more “I willthan perhaps a leader be ofone the day half-breeds, acknowledged and as if more I am thanI will a have leader ofan the opportunity half-breeds, of and being if I amacknowledged I will have an asopportunity a leader ofof being acknowledgedgood as in a thisleader great of good country.” in this great country.” - Louis Riel’s -address Louis Riel’s to the address jury, 1885 to the jury, 1885 At his trial Riel used the term “half-breed”, not “metis”. In his two courtroom speeches, he uttered the wordAt his “half trial-breed” Riel 46 times. used He referredthe term to himself “half-breed”, as a “half-breed” not on two “metis”. occasions, once In tohis the twojury andcourtroom once to the magistrate.speeches, In thehe 1800s uttered the English the word word for the “half-breed” descendents of European46 times. men and He Indian women was “half-breed”, while “Metis” was the French term. For example, the English version of thereferred Manitoba to Act himselfof 1870 used as “half a -“half-breed”breed” whereas the on French two version occasions, used “Metis”. once Although to the the tjuryerm “Metis” and oncehas today to superseded the magistrate. it, in the interest In theof historical 1800s integrity the Englishthe term “half word-breed,” for which the some now consider politically incorrect, is used both in John Coulter’s play The Trial of Louis Riel and hereindescendents as it was used of by RielEuropean at his trial an mend in its andhistorical Indian context. women was “half-breed”, while “Metis” was the French term. For example, the English version of the Manitoba Act of 1870 used “half-breed” whereas the French version used “Metis”. Although the term “Metis” has today superseded it, in the interest of historical integrity the term “half-breed,” which some now consider politically incorrect, is used both in John Coulter’s play The Trial of Louis Riel and herein as it was used by Riel at his trial and in its historical context. “A Charismatic Metis Icon” From The Trial of Louis Riel: Justice and Mercy Denied, by George and Terry Goulet Louis Riel. The very name conjures up visions in stark contrast to one another: martyred hero – murderous renegade; rational leader – mindless lunatic; cultured gentleman – irate rabble-rouser; selfless advocate – grasping self-seeker; inspired leader – faithless heretic; unjust victim – guilty traitor. No one who is familiar with the Riel saga is indifferent to the man. He is either revered or reviled, often on the basis of raw emotion rather than bare facts. A French Catholic Quebecer would likely have a more benign interpretation of Riel’s conduct and motives in the last year and a half of his life than a militant Protestant Orangeman from Ontario. Regardless of one’s feelings or perspective, Louis Riel was a remarkable personality whose life profoundly influenced Canadian society, politics, the founding of Manitoba and the rights of Western Canadians. His impact continues to this day and will continue in the future. Riel
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