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	Billy Bishop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Billy Bishop was born on 8 February 1894, in Owen Sound, Ontario.
		Bishop was demobilised from the Canadian Expeditionary Force on December 31 and returned to Canada.
		By the end of the war, he had 72 confirmed air victories, including 55 assessed as "destroyed" with the balance "out of control." In any case, he was recognized as the leading British Empire pilot, and the second-highest ranking Allied ace behind French Lt. René Fonck with 75.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Billy_Bishop (1969 words)

	Billy Bishop Goes to War
		Billy Bishop the show is becoming almost as much a Canadian institution as Billy Bishop the hero, and we feel almost as ambivalent about it.
		When I've seen "Billy" it's been heavy on props and on "concept." In the Playhouse the last time we saw it in Fredericton, right there on stage was what seemed a lifesize replica of a first world war biplane.
		Billy says, "I can't believe how young we were back then," and there's the Player, reminding us, like a ghost, of how it was to be young and how many didn't make it to be old.
	www.stthomasu.ca /~hunt/reviews/billy.htm (1170 words)

	Bishop-My rebuttal to an Article by Brereton Greenhous
		Bishop was a superior fighter pilot and was generally accepted as such by his peers.
		Bishop talked about the idea of raiding a German airfield on the evening of 1 June, 1917 and before he took off the next morning, he asked a fellow pilot (for the second time) to accompany him.
		His combat reports, however, are unsubstantiated and work to Bishop's personal benefit, while it is hard to imagine that the Germans would have failed to record in their activity reports a new enemy tactic which had cost them dearly, and which might well cost them dearly again unless it was countered.
	www.billybishop.net /bishop7.html (2608 words)

	William Bishop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Bishop attended the Royal Military College before joining the 8th Canadian Mounted Rifles at the beginning of the war.
		Bishop was the brother-in-law of Canadian ace Henry Burden.
		Captain Bishop, who had been sent out to work independently, flew first of all to an enemy aerodrome; finding no machine about, he flew on to another aerodrome about three miles south-east, which was at least twelve miles the other side of the line.
	www.theaerodrome.com /aces/canada/bishop.html (866 words)

	Geva Theatre in Rochester New York: broadway theatre, children’s theatre, theatre education, improve comedy theatre ...
		Billy Bishop Goes to War, a play-with-music based on the life of a Canadian World War I flying ace, wowed audiences during Geva's 1984/1985 season.
		Together, they tell Billy Bishop's story, as he bumbles his way from military school into the Royal Flying Corps, unexpectedly becoming the most decorated RFC officer of the Great War.
		Every two performances, they will switch off in the role of Billy Bishop, which means that both have mastered all the acting, singing and piano accompaniment featured in the show.
	www.gevatheatre.org /welcome/news_article.php?nID=48&bA=1 (672 words)

	Billy Bishop
		William Avery "Billy" Bishop VC, CB (February 8, 1894 - September 11, 1956) - Canadian World War I ace, officially credited with 72 kills, the highest number for a British Commonwealth fighter pilot.
		Bishop got his first victory on March 25 when he was one of four Nieuports that engaged three Albatross DIII Scouts near St Leger.
		By the end of the war, he had a total of 72 confirmed air victories as well at three balloon vitories and five unconfirmed victories.
	www.world-war-1.info /figures/billy-bishop.php (1736 words)

	doors of bishop bernward Free Essays (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		War and Change Billy Bishop goes to war is an excellent play about the way war changes a person.
		English Commentary ¡§At the Fish Houses¡¨ is thought to be a poem Elizabeth Bishop wrote based on a visit to the home of her childhood.
		Elizabeth Bishop and Her Poem "Filling Station" Elizabeth Bishop's skill as a poet can be clearly seen in the thought- provoking poem entitled Filling Station.
	www.mytermpapers.com /search/8888.html (848 words)

	billy bishop and symbols Free Essays
		Billy are what establish the tension between Billy and Claggart, which sets the stage for a later confroconfrontation.
		Billy the Kid was born in the East, came to New Mexico in the 1870¡¦s, and started out on his own from Silver City.
		Billy Pilgrim struggles with the difficult and confrontational moments of reality and escapes to a familiar and secure world of his own.
	www.mytermpapers.com /search/6881.html (842 words)

	VANCOUVER magazine: PROFILE: Bishop and the Tarts/November 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Billy Bishop premiered at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre during a newspaper strike, a postal strike and with virtually no audience.
		Billy Bishop closed two weeks later, and, in typical ass-backward Canadian fashion, became the first show in New York history to move off-Broadway for a successful run.
		The story of Billy Bishop - how he made 46 kills during the Great War, survived death, experienced fame and glory - now resonates more deeply.
	www.vanmag.com /9808/bishop.html (347 words)

	Longer Paper
		Billy Bishop is a musical - or, at any rate, songs are a significant element, and I wanted students to be able to consider how they function in the play; accordingly, I tagged them.
		Also, Billy Bishop is a two man play that calls upon the full range of its actors' varied talents, and stage directions often indicate the capacity in which those talents are used.
		I intended that the workbook be an introduction for highschool students to a use of the Billy Bishop concordance.
	www.humanities.ualberta.ca /schamuhn/LongerPaper.htm (2624 words)

	The Oberlin Review \\ Arts Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The accents of his British characters falter and the line between the two voices he is trying to express becomes blurred, a problem that is common to these kind of solo performances.
		We are disconnected from what World War One was like and the kind of involvement with life and death experiences that the people who fought in it experienced.
		The youthfulness in Ben's portrayal of Billy Bishop captures the innocence of his character, but not the darkness of the killing machine that he becomes.
	www.oberlin.edu /stupub/ocreview/archives/1999.04.09/arts/target.html (424 words)

	Billy Bishop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Back in the 1970s when Canada was first experiencing the growing pains of an independent nation, and governments screamed nationalism as a smoke screen for soaring inflation, high taxation and budget cuts, a group of talented Canadian writers emerged with a post-hippie style of musical theatre.
		Just like Billy Bishop is left to fight the Hun with no gun but only hand -held bombs, and still comes out on top a hero, so too does this stage production with only two performers and a piano.
		I say this not as slight to the cast, crew, or directors of Billy Bishop Goes To War, or even The Vancouver Playhouse, particularly The Vancouver Playhouse, as they are a dedicated group to developing Canadian material and talent, but rather as a wakeup call to corporate sponsors, and governments.
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	Gray, John (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		It was followed by Billy Bishop Goes to War (1978, a collaboration with Eric Peterson) and Rock and Roll (1979).
		The latter was premiered 16 Mar 1981 at the National Arts Centre, toured in Canada in 1983 and was adapted for a CBC telecast 20 Apr 1985 as The King of Friday Night.
		Gray's Rock and Roll, and revised versions of Billy Bishop (in which Gray reprised his role) and 18 Wheels, enjoyed revivals in several Canadian cities in the 1990s.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0001435 (555 words)

	JS Online: All rise: Court in session again in Beloit
		Milwaukee actor David Cecsarini, the artistic director of Next Act Theatre, is appearing in "Billy Bishop Goes to War" in the Kresge through July 15.
		"Billy Bishop Goes to War" is another small set, two-person show.
		Burns is a native and resident of Beloit who has worked extensively at the Madison Repertory Theatre, in the Stackner Cabaret for the Milwaukee Repertory Theater, and with First Stage Children's Theatre in Milwaukee, as well as in Chicago and New York.
	jsonline.com /onwisconsin/arts/jun01/beloit01062901.asp?format=print (1133 words)

	City Newspaper: Arts: Theater: Billy wins twice at Geva
		Billy ends up as the proud father of a young man and woman who are going to fight in World War II.
		As Billy, Frey is broader in his comedy, yet harrowing when his exuberant, virile fighter feels despair.
		Billy Bishop Goes to War,by John Gray and Eric Peterson, directed by Christopher Gurr, plays at Geva Theatre's Nextstage, 75 Woodbury Blvd., through Sunday, December 8.
	www.rochester-citynews.com /gbase/Gyrosite/Content?oid=oid:1620 (745 words)

	Gray, John Howard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Raised in Truro, NS, and educated at Mount Allison and the University of British Columbia, Gray was a founder of Vancouver's Tamahnous Theatre.
		His celebrated play Billy Bishop Goes To War (1978) is a 2-man musical which scrutinizes W.A. rise to heroic stature.
		After touring Canada, Bishop opened on Broadway in 1980.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?ArticleId=A0003415 (108 words)

	Beloit College Master Calendar - Spring 2000 - June to July (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		--Billy Bishop Goes to War, the story of a Canadian WWI flying ace, his feats of daring, and his tribulations, performance by New Court Theatre, 7:30 p.m., Kresge Theatre, $15 ($12 senior citizens, $8 students).
		--Billy Bishop Goes to War, the story of a Canadian WWI flying ace, his feats of daring, and his tribulations, performance by New Court Theatre, 2 p.m., Kresge Theatre, $15 ($12 senior citizens, $8 students).
		--Billy Bishop Goes to War, the story of a Canadian WWI flying ace, his feats of daring, and his tribulations, performance by New Court Theatre, 8 p.m., Kresge Theatre, $15 ($12 senior citizens, $8 students).
	www.beloit.edu /~pubaff/calendar/junejuly01.html (3362 words)

	eye - SUMMER THEATRE GUIDE - 05.29.97
		Canadian history (such as it is) is also examined in the John Gray mini musical Billy Bishop Goes To War, flying over both Kincardine and Grand Bend.
		BILLY BISHOP GOES TO WAR by John Gray with Eric Peterson, July 29-Aug. 2.
		Warren runs a string of successful brothels, but her daughter's ambition goes against the conservative principles of the brothel-keeper.
	www.eye.net /eye/issue/issue_05.29.97/theatre/wennick.html (3580 words)

	Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia
		Canadian classic and madly successful musical drama by John Gray and Eric Peterson, premiered at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre (in association with Tamahnous Theatre), November 3, 1978, directed by Gray and featuring Peterson as Bishop (and several other characters) and Gray as the pianist/narrator.
		The myth of the man is parsed as he tells of crossing swords with commanders, the Germans, the British in general (who treated him as somewhat of a colonial pip-squeak) and all those who saw war as a good time.
		The story is recounted as a series of anecdotes by Bishop as he leans on a piano and occasionally sings and occasionally straps on an "airplane" and recounts his battles and the ecstasy of flying.
	www.canadiantheatre.com /dict.pl?term=Billy+Bishop+Goes+to+War (479 words)

	1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		On the surface, Billy Bishop Goes to War celebrates the triumph of a military hero keeping himself alive, but it proved to be far too ironic for the conventional Broadway mentality.
		John Gray, author of Billy Bishop Goes to War explains, "We live in a northern climate versus a temperate climate, which means that survival here is a value.
		In Canada, Billy Bishop Goes to War is known as a musical that triumphed across the country.
	www.geocities.com /Broadway/Stage/7261/CanadianCookies.htm (6498 words)

	Malaspina University-College: News Releases
		Written and composed by John McLachlan Gray in collaboration with Eric Peterson, Billy Bishop is based on the life of a Canadian World War I flying ace.
		Billy Bishop Goes to War premiered in Vancouver in November, 1978 and has played all over the world, including Broadway.
		Billy Bishop is the last show Bancroft will produce for Malaspina.
	www.mala.ca /releases/release.asp?ID=696 (393 words)

	Re: "Billy Bishop Goes to War" v. "The Kid Who Couldn't Miss" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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	Find in a Library
		Billy Bishop goes to war : a play
		Subjects: Bishop, William Avery, -- 1894-1956 -- Drama.
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	www.worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/472d0fc175fff997.html (45 words)

	BBHomePage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This page provides a brief biographical sketch of Billy Bishop, gives the titles and short summaries of his two books, and has links to several web sites that provide further biographical information.
		From this page you may go to a full concordance of Billy Bishop, to a 'workbook' that guides you through a thematic study of Billy Bishop using the concordance, and to a web site that describes what a concordance is and which provides a guide to its possible uses.
		There are two sets of questions here, one on John Gray's preface to Billy Bishop and one on the play itself.
	www.humanities.ualberta.ca /schamuhn/Billy-Bishop/BBhome.htm (365 words)

	Malaspina University-College: News Releases
		The great Canadian classic, Billy Bishop Goes to War, is coming to Malaspina University-College theatre in Nanaimo on March 16 and 17.
		Written and composed by John McLachlan Gray in collaboration with Eric Peterson, Billy Bishop Goes to War is a two-man tour de force that requires the lead actor (David Marr) to portray as many as 18 different characters, singing songs from the World War I era to popular musical theatre tunes.
		The Arts Club Theatre Company production is about Billy’s story as he bumbles his way from military school into the Royal Flying Corps, unexpectedly becoming the most decorated RFC officer of the Great War.
	www.mala.ca /releases/release.asp?ID=700 (376 words)

	Billy Bishop Heritage Museum Guestbook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		First World War pilots really did need the "courage of the early morning" to fly and fight in their frail aircraft, without even parachutes.
		I am presently restoring a 7/8 flying replica of an SE5a in Billy Bishop's colours, I believe in the 85th squadron colours.
		Billy Bishop is a great Canadian pioneer in aviation.
	www.billybishop.org /guestbook.html (2550 words)

	Akrep-Pt5.
		"Billy Bishop Goes to War" production book; 1984-1985 (folder 1).
		"Billy Bishop Goes to War" production book; 1984-1985 (folder 2).
		"Billy Bishop Goes to War" final original script; n.d.
	lib.uaa.alaska.edu /archives/CollectionsInv/AtoALA/AKREPTH-Pt5.wpd.html (800 words)

	WW1 Aviation Books Aviators, Aeroplanes and Air Battles of the Great War - www.MotorEbooks.com
		John Gray's play, a musical tribute to Canada's famous WWI ace Billy Bishop, VC, first performed in the 1970s, has become a classic of the Canadian theatre.
		by James McCudden VC The unique story of the RFC's greatest fighter ace A gripping account of World War I aviation from the pilot's seat James McCudden was an outstanding British fighter ace of World War I, whose daring exploits earned him a tremendous reputation and, ultimately, an untimely end.
		This is a truly remarkable record of the war in the air, monumental both in terms of the scope and the depth of the research; it is a work the scale and depth of which is seldom seen, in its 578 tightly packed pages the entire organisation of the work is splendid...
	www.motorebooks.com /avww1.htm (836 words)

	"Billy Bishop Goes to War" v. "The Kid Who Couldn't Miss" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In fact, the inspiration for it came from a copy of Winged Warfare Eric Peterson(yes, the same one in the stage and film versions) lent to John.
		They offer a comedic look at Bishop's life through a small cast and a musical score.
		The fact that Paul Cowan inferred "Billy Bishop Goes To War" as condeming Bishop and supporting his attack on Air Marshal Bishop should not reflect upon the stage play which preceeded his film.
	www.ku.edu /carrie/archives/wwi-l/1998/08/msg00764.html (251 words)

	Musical theatre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Canada's first international success in musical theatre was the Dumbells, Merton Plunkett and Jack McLaren's World War I all-male soldier troupe.
		The first, There Goes Yesterday, used mostly imported material, with additional words and music by Dorothy Watkins and Jessie MacDonald; the second, One for the Road, was more original and featured music by Roy Wolvin.
		John Gray continued in 1990 to be the best-known contemporary Canadian musical theatre composer on the strength of his widely performed Billy Bishop Goes to War (1978), which required only one performer playing many roles (originally Eric Peterson) and one pianist (Gray himself).
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?Params=U1ARTU0002501 (3791 words)

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