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      LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA CATALOGUING IN PUBLICATION

      Piatigorsky, Anton, 1972-

       Eternal hydra / Anton Piatigorsky. -- 1st ed.

      ISBN 978-1-55245-201-1

      7 I. Title.

      7PS8581.I218E83 2009 C812’.6 C2009-902646-5

       In loving memory of Stephen J. Roth

      Production History

      Eternal Hydra was commissioned by the Stratford Festival of Canada.

      A one-act version of the play premiered on July 13, 2002, in the festival’s Studio Theatre. The cast and crew were as follows.

      Vivian Ezra/Gwendolyn Jackson: Chick Reid

      Randall Wellington, Jr./Randall Wellington, Sr.:

       Paul Soles

      Gordias Carbuncle: Stephen Ouimette

      Pauline Newberry/Selma Thomas: Karen Robinson

      Director: Andrey Tarasiuk

      Production Dramaturg: Roy Surette

      Set Designer: Lorenzo Savoini

      Costume Designer: Joanne Dente

      Lighting Designer: Robert Thomson

      Sound Design: Peter McBoyle

      Assistant Lighting Designer: Wendy Greenwood

      Stage Manager: Michael Hart

      Assistant Stage Manager: Allison Spearin

      Production Stage Manager: Michael Hart

      The full-length version was given a workshop production by Crow’s Theatre in November of 2007.

      The Crow’s Theatre production premiered at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre on May 21, 2009, with the following cast and crew.

      Vivian Ezra/Gwendolyn Jackson/Sarah Briggs:

       Liisa Repo-Martell

      Randall Wellington, Jr./Randall Wellington, Sr./Léon LaBas:

       Sam Malkin

      Gordias Carbuncle/Henry Warmoth: David Ferry

      Pauline Newberry/Selma Thomas/Narrator: Karen Robinson

      Director: Chris Abraham

      Set and Lighting Designer: John Thompson

      Costume Designer: Barbara Rowe

      Sound Design: Richard Feren

      Producer: Gillian Hards

      Associate Producer: Mark Aikman

      Production Manager: Mathew Byrne

      Stage Manager: Merissa Tordjman

      Characters

      Vivian Ezra: a scholar

      Randall Wellington, Jr.: a publisher

      Gordias Carbuncle: a writer

      Pauline Newberry: a writer

      Gwendolyn Jackson: a scholar

      Selma Thomas: a writer

      Randall Wellington, Sr.: a publisher

      Narrator: a shoemaker

      Léon LaBas: a shop owner

      Henry Warmoth: a carpetbagger

      Sarah Briggs: a socialite

      There are four actors, cast as follows:

      Vivian Ezra/Gwendolyn Jackson/Sarah Briggs

      Wellington Jr./Wellington Sr./Léon LaBas

      Gordias Carbuncle/Henry Warmoth

      Pauline Newberry/Selma Thomas/Narrator