A new show at Calgary's Heritage Park has actors recreate an old-fashioned radio play set in 1929, depicting events in the life of women’s rights pioneer Nellie McClung.
WATCH: There’s an interesting new show hitting the stage as Calgary’s Heritage Park opens for its new season. As Gil Tucker shows us, it’s shining a spotlight on a woman who helped change the course of Canada’s history.
Actors are recreating an old-fashioned radio play set in 1929, depicting events in the life of women’s rights pioneer Nellie McClung. “It’s important to remember because we need to keep on doing that in the future,” actor Shengyun Lin said.Canada’s new passport: Conservative MP asks why Liberal government is ‘intent on erasing Canadian history’
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