By Joe Szek

John Monahan, Warden of Hart House, wrote in the latest theatre program that the current Hart House Strategic Plan is called “Delight in Discovery”. There were a couple of facts the other night I had either discovered or had re-kindled about my love affair with our ‘Cradle of Canadian Theatre’ on the University of Toronto campus.

I had completely forgotten that the Hart House stage is named after one of Canada’s influential film makers – Norman Jewison. After last night’s curtain call of the current production, ‘Oh, What a Lovely War!” I had re-discovered the theatre itself during the First World War was used as a rifle range for a musketry school under Vincent Massey’s command. I knew there was a military connection, but I couldn’t recall exactly what it was.