Macdonald, Kenneth Somerled, 1832-1903

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Ken MacDonald is an award winning Vancouver art director, set designer, and playwright. After receiving a Bachelor of Education in 1972 from the University of British Columbia, Ken begun his career as a set designer. He has designed for all of the major theatre companies in Vancouver, such as Arts Club Theatre, The Vancouver Playhouse, The Vancouver Opera, and for many productions at the Tarragon Theatre, the Canadian Stage in Toronto, the Shaw in Niagara-on-the-Lake, and an opera at the Banff Centre. MacDonald is a frequent collaborator with director Morris Panych, and has designed the premieres of the plays "7 Stories", "Vigil", "Ends of the Earth", "Lawrence and Holloman", "Earshot", "The Girl in the Goldfish Bowl", and other plays written by Panych. Other selected credits include: "Hysteria", "Amadeus", and "Sweeney Todd" (CanStage) and "Hamlet", "Art", and "Arsenic and Old Lace" (Arts Club in Vancouver). His opera credits include "Susannah", "The Rake's Progress" and "The Threepenny Opera" at the Vancouver Opera. MacDonald is a recipient of 14 Jessie Richardson Awards, a Gemini, and two Dora Mavor Moore Awards.

From the description of Ken MacDonald fonds. 1993-2006. (University of British Columbia Library). WorldCat record id: 607092643

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creatorOf MacDonald, Kenneth. Correspondence with Paul Philippe Cret, 1913. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Shaw Festival Collection (University of Guelph). You Never Can Tell / by Bernard Shaw ; directed by Morris Panych, set designed by Ken MacDonald, 2005 - performance files. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Phoenix Archives. Last Call! : a Post-Nuclear Musical Cabaret / by Morris Panych and Ken Macdonald - reviews and articles, 1983. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Shaw Festival Collection (University of Guelph). Hotel Peccadillo / based on the play "L'Hôtel du Libre-Echange" by Georges Feydeau and Maurice Desvallières, adapted and directed by Morris Panych, set designed by Ken MacDonald, costumes designed by Nancy Bryant, 2007 - performance files. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Shaw Festival Collection (University of Guelph). Nothing Sacred / by George F. Walker ; directed by Morris Panych, set designed by Ken MacDonald, 2004 - video. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Shaw Festival Collection (University of Guelph). Nothing Sacred / by George F. Walker ; directed by Morris Panych, set designed by Ken MacDonald, 2004 - performance files. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Tarragon Theatre Archives (University of Guelph). 7 stories / written and directed by Morris Panych, set and costume design by Ken MacDonald, lighting by Paul Mathiesen, 1991 - technical drawings. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Tarragon Theatre Archives (University of Guelph). Lawrence & Holloman / written and directed by Morris Panych ,1998 - House Program. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Theatre Passe Muraille Archives (University of Guelph). Last Call! : A Post-Nuclear Musical Cabaret /written and performed by Ken Macdonald & Morris Panych ; directed by Susan Astley, 1982 - House Program. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Shaw Festival Collection (University of Guelph). Design for living / by Noel Coward ; directed by Morris Panych, set designed by Ken MacDonald, costumes designed by Charlotte Dean, 2006 - performance files. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Tarragon Theatre Archives (University of Guelph). White Biting Dog / by Judith Thompson ; directed by Morris Panych, set and costume design by Ken MacDonald, lighting by Paul Mathiesen, 1994 - technical drawings. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Macdonald, Ken. Ken MacDonald fonds. University of British Columbia Library
creatorOf Theatre Passe Muraille Archives. Last Call! A Post-Nuclear Musical Cabaret / by Ken Macdonald and Morris Panych - Unproduced Reading Script, 1982. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Theatre Passe Muraille Archives. Last Call! : A Post-Nuclear Musical Cabaret /book and lyrics by Morris Panych, 1982 - Reviews and Articles. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Shaw Festival Collection (University of Guelph). A Little Night Music / music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Hugh Wheeler ; directed by Morris Panych, musical direction by Paul Sportelli, set designed by Ken MacDonald, costumes designed by Charlotte Dean, choreographed by Valerie Moore, 2008 - house program. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Shaw Festival Collection (University of Guelph). Hotel Peccadillo / based on the play "L'Hôtel du Libre-Echange" by Georges Feydeau and Maurice Desvallières ; adapted and directed by Morris Panych, set designed by Ken MacDonald, costumes designed by Nancy Bryant, 2007 - house program. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Stratford Festival Collection (University of Guelph). The Trespassers / written and directed by Morris Panych ; designed by Ken MacDonald, 2009 - house program. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Tarragon Theatre Archives (University of Guelph). Vigil / written and directed by Morris Panych, set and costume design by Ken MacDonald, lighting by Bonnie Beecher, 1995 - technical drawings. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
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