Ruth Lawrence | 75x75 Interview Series

For this week's 75x75 installment, we speak with Ruth Lawrence, a dynamic force in film and theatre. Her career in acting and directing embodies the creative spirit and resilience that define Newfoundland's cultural landscape. Join us as we delve into her journey and the passion that drives her to bring stories to life on both screen and stage.
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1) Program for White Rooster Productions’ The House Wife by Ruth Lawrence and Sherri White (2001). Memorial University Digital Archives Initiative, Newfoundland and Labrador Performing Arts Programs and Handbills (Coll-138), St. John’s, NL
2) Program for She Said Yes! Productions’ The Incomplete Herstory of Women in Newfoundland (and Labrador!) (2009). Memorial university Digital Archives Initiative, Newfoundland and Labrador Performing Arts Programs and Handbills (Coll-138), St. John’s, NL.
3) Page of program for Rising Tide Revue ‘93, advertising upcoming Kevin Major work Far From Shore starring Ruth Lawrence and others (1993). Memorial University Digital Archives Initiative, Newfoundland and Labrador Performing Arts Programs and Handbills (Coll-138), St. John’s, NL
4) View from Ruth Lawrence and Des Walsh’s yard in New Bonaventure (2006). Memorial University Digital Archives Initiative, Don Walsh Fonds (Coll-457), St. John’s, NL.
5) “Come into my Parlor!” cartoon from The Independent, 31 May 1948, pg. 4. Heritage Newfoundland and Labrador www.heritage.n...
6) St John’s Women’s Film Festival Program (2009). Memorial University Digital Archives Initiative, Newfoundland and Labrador Performing Arts Programs and Handbills (Coll-138), St. John’s, NL.
7) Des Walsh, Don Walsh, and Nadine Hollett with Ruth Lawrence looking on (2008). Memorial University Digital Archives Initiatives, Don Walsh Fonds (Coll-457), St. John’s, NL.
8-10) Jerry Evans exhibit photos in folder are from Heritage Newfoundland and Labrador www.heritage.n...
11) Smallwood headshot from the Archives of Special Collections (J.R. Smallwood Collection 075, 0.05.061) Queen Elizabeth II Library, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL.
12) “No. 6 Platoon, Section 8, 1914” photo from The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (F 40-2), St. John’s, NL.