Peter Wylde on naturalism
Channel: Canada's Theatre Museum
Date: 2014-07-17

Peter Wylde on Naturalism, George Walker, the Eaton Operatic Society, and Gilbert & Sullivan. Wydle talks about the power of melodrama in theatre and how contemporary theatre is lacking or rather making fun of melodrama of the past. Part 14 of 16.

Interviewed by R.H. Thomson on April 14, 2009 in Toronto. 
Filming location courtesy of Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson).

Peter Wylde was an acting teacher for thirty years. From 1980 to 2000, he taught at the National Theatre School of Canada, George Brown Theatre School from 1986 to 1999, the Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre at the Stratford Festival of Canada for two years and at the Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson) Theatre School from 2000 to 2010. He has educated generations of Canadian actors, who have gone on to perform at festivals like Stratford, Shaw, SummerWorks and the Toronto Fringe. Wylde is the compiler of Ever Yours, Oscar: Selected Letters by Oscar Wilde, as performed by Brian Bedford, published by LA Theatre Works.

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