Tag:Norman Morrison
This poem was written by local actress/technician Stacy Sherlock when she heard about our poetry reading and vigil. We walked slowly, but with certain and steadily paced footing. Your heart beat faster than the steps required. It made me nervous I clung with a tightened grip small fingers wrapping round layers and layers and layers of fabric. we walked slowly. the air swept my lungs bringing warm scented meals from the streets around a nostalgia for a childhood serving of […]
At 5:20 pm on November 2, 2011, please join us for a poetry reading and special guest talk in commemoration of Norman Morrison. Norman Morrison was an American Quaker who sacrificed his life by self-immolation at 5:20 pm on November 2, 1965, in a act of protest over the Vietnam War. As an act of witness that inspired and catalyzed a nation into protest, his life and death inspired poets across the world to attempt to capture his mysterious final […]
Serendipity can be a wonderful and awesome thing. If you’ve seen Re:Union, you might recall that there’s a scene that includes mention of a postage stamp issued in 1965 by North Vietnam. The stamp bears Norman Morrison’s image, since he became an instant folk hero in that country. To this date, we’ve only ever seen this stamp online. But read below how some stamp collectors in Vancouver have a rare connection to Re:Union and Norman Morrison. October 26, 2011 Dear […]
Notes from playwright Sean Devine on RE:UNION. I came across the life of Norman Morrison and his brave and mysterious act of sacrifice while researching Robert McNamara and Vietnam War-era politics for another play. I read a biography that focused on five individuals whose own lives served as political allegories for McNamara’s life and times. The chapter called ”The Burning of Norman R. Morrison” has since been read dozens of times, with more text underlined than not. Simply put, I was […]
1:58pm – Actors are at the table, the projector is up, coffee and goodies are out, and people are starting to arrive at Pacific Theatre. 2:07pm – Reading is live! Thank you to Ron Reed, Kirsty Provan & John Voth for being our actors and to Kim MacEachern for reading stage directions. 2:13pm – The slide show is sharing images scanned in the US National Archives when playwright Sean Devine & projection designer Jason Thompson visited Washington DC in preparation […]
