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Elisabeth Harvor: Her ability to blend the small comic and tragic events of her characters' lives makes us care about them
Elisabeth Harvor: Her ability to blend the small comic and tragic events of her characters' lives makes us care about them

Elisabeth Harvor: Her ability to blend the small comic and tragic events of her characters' lives makes us care about them

Date3/5/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: Elisabeth Harvor: Her ability to blend the small comic and tragic events of her characters' lives makes us care about them.
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    Photographs
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0053767F
      Susan Haley: Though her characters rarely leave home, she illuminates their lives as if to suggest they are vibrating to larger harmonies
      Susan Haley: Though her characters rarely leave home, she illuminates their lives as if to suggest they are vibrating to larger harmonies
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      10/17/1987
      Second debut: Fifteen years separated the publication of Elisabeth Harvor's first and second books
      Second debut: Fifteen years separated the publication of Elisabeth Harvor's first and second books
      Faught, Ken
      2/17/1988
      The young traveller's delight : containing the lives of several noted characters, likely to amuse all good children
      The young traveller's delight : containing the lives of several noted characters, likely to amuse all good children
      George, Saint, -303
      1803
      A major presence, Alice Munro's new short-story collection demonstrates her extraordinary gift for inventing ordinary characters and placing them in s(...)
      A major presence, Alice Munro's new short-story collection demonstrates her extraordinary gift for inventing ordinary characters and placing them in s(...)
      Bull, Ron
      9/18/1986
      King Henry, or, The miller of Mansfield : a comic drama in one act : adapted only for Pollock's characters and scenes
      King Henry, or, The miller of Mansfield : a comic drama in one act : adapted only for Pollock's characters and scenes
      B. Pollock
      1895
      Sculptor's choice Elizabeth Williamson lives in a small cottage on the grounds of Scarborough's Guild Inn, surrounded inside and out by her own works of art
      Sculptor's choice Elizabeth Williamson lives in a small cottage on the grounds of Scarborough's Guild Inn, surrounded inside and out by her own works of art
      Dunlop, Al
      4/3/1981
      Letters on several subjects : from a preceptress to her pupils who have left school ; addressed chiefly to real characters, and designed for the use of young ladies from sixteen to twenty years of age
      Letters on several subjects : from a preceptress to her pupils who have left school ; addressed chiefly to real characters, and designed for the use of young ladies from sixteen to twenty years of age
      Newbery, E. (Elizabeth), 1746-1821
      1797
      Working alone on the stage, Ruth Draper becomes a hundred characters by the sheer magic of her art
      Working alone on the stage, Ruth Draper becomes a hundred characters by the sheer magic of her art
      Draper, Ruth
      1/6/1940
      In front of Shirley Anne, one of the characters she plays in her one-woman show Turning 30 at the Adelaide Court Theatre, Cheryl Cashman ponders quiz
      In front of Shirley Anne, one of the characters she plays in her one-woman show Turning 30 at the Adelaide Court Theatre, Cheryl Cashman ponders quiz
      Cashman, Cheryl
      4/29/1980
      Hollywood's interested, but it seems Canada couldn't care less about the writing and acting abilities of Stuart Gillard, winner of two Canadian awards this year
      Hollywood's interested, but it seems Canada couldn't care less about the writing and acting abilities of Stuart Gillard, winner of two Canadian awards this year
      Gillard, Stuart
      12/23/1975
      Small consolation: Manfred Mueller, 22, gets a hug from his mother, Elisabeth, while his father, Heinz, looks on
      Small consolation: Manfred Mueller, 22, gets a hug from his mother, Elisabeth, while his father, Heinz, looks on
      McConnell, Colin
      10/16/1980
      Down and Dirty: Horror buff Julian Grant believes that people feel the need to get back to the animal instinct that still lives in us.
      Down and Dirty: Horror buff Julian Grant believes that people feel the need to get back to the animal instinct that still lives in us.
      Eglinton, Rick
      5/29/1991