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George Leslie MacKay Taiwan - Woodstock Ontario Canada
George Leslie MacKay a hero of Taiwan born near Woodstock Ontario Canada to Scottish Immigrant parents, raised on a farm in Embro, Zorro Township, attended school in Woodstock Ontario.
George MacKay was a Presbyterian Minister who became a missionary in Northern Taiwan (Formosa), living in the Tamsui District. He established a school with funds raised in Woodstock and Oxford County in Ontario Canada, which became the Oxford University College, now called Aletheia University.
George MacKay (Má-kai), brought dentistry to Tamsui and helped the poor farmers by providing dentistry help, extracting teeth that were causing problems and pain to people. In return he converted them to Christianity and created educational opportunities that hadn't existed before.
George Leslie MacKay through his m...
published: 26 Jul 2019
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George Leslie Mackay - Mar. 21, 2024
On his 180th birthday, I rose to recognize a great Canadian and Taiwanese hero: George Leslie Mackay. Born in the Village of Embro, Mackay travelled to Taiwan as a missionary and made it his home. Over almost 30 years there, he founded churches and built several schools and a hospital. Mackay helped establish the close ties and shared values between Taiwan and Canada.
published: 21 Mar 2024
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George Leslie Mackay: A Missionary of the Master, a Master of Missions
Speaker: Dr. Ma Sheng-mei 馬聖美, Michigan State University
In George Leslie MacKay’s memoir From Far Formosa, the operative word is “far,” denoting space or distance, geographically, temporally and affectively. A Freudian slip of tongue would render From Far Formosa in an alternative title, Far From Formosa. Such Freudian, subconscious shift conjures up the postcolonial duality of “A Missionary of the Master; A Master of Missions.” What hails from afar spatially may be, in MacKay’s opening remarks to his memoir, “dear to [the] heart” (13). On the other hand, what lies nearby slips from consciousness altogether because the heart’s desire is projected elsewhere. MacKay’s memoir is fraught with such tensions over far and near, self- sacrifice and self-glorification, elaborate pretensions and t...
published: 01 Nov 2022
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George Leslie Mackay 2024.07.13 | Taiwan History 台灣演義
In the mid-19th century, Taiwan opened its ports to foreign merchants and Western missionaries. One of the first missionaries in north Taiwan was a Canadian, George Leslie Mackay.
He came to Taiwan aged 27, and established north Taiwan’s first Western hospital. He made frequent missionary tours, extracting teeth and treating diseases for free. He established the first girls’ school in Taiwan, Tamsui Girls’ School. He married a Taiwanese woman, and brought up his children here, before passing away with cancer aged 57. He was buried in Tamsui, where he had preached. As he put it, his youth and his life were all devoted to Taiwan.
On today’s episode of Taiwan History: the life of George Leslie Mackay.
published: 18 Jul 2024
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THE STORY OF GEORGE LESLIE MACKAY 馬偕 (Romans 15:20-24) KC Liu
PREACH THE GOSPEL WHERE CHRIST WAS NOT KNOWN:
THE STORY OF GEORGE LESLIE MACKAY 馬偕
Nov. 20, 2016
Pastor KC Liu
______________________________
ROMANS 15:20-24
20 It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation. 21 Rather, as it is written:
“Those who were not told about him will see,
and those who have not heard will understand.”[a]
22 This is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.
Paul’s Plan to Visit Rome
23 But now that there is no more place for me to work in these regions, and since I have been longing for many years to visit you, 24 I plan to do so when I go to Spain. I hope to see you while passing through and to have you assist me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed ...
published: 23 Nov 2016
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Tamsui, George Leslie Mackay, and Western Influence in Taiwan |淡水,紅毛城,馬偕,台灣的中西文化交流史 (MGY 33)
Join us today as we explore Tamsui's Fort San Domingo (or Red-haired Fort), the story of missionary and dentist George Leslie Mackay, and the vestiges of Western influence here in Taiwan. Caption enclosed~
我們今天要一起去探險淡水的紅毛城,看看馬偕博士對台灣的貢獻,接著聊聊西方文化對台灣的影響。有中文字幕~
Show Me Taiwan is part of the Mommy Gap Year Series.
published: 25 Mar 2021
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Ernie Hardeman MPP Statement on George Leslie Mackay
Ernie Hardeman, MPP Oxford, making a statement to recognize the legacy of Oxford County's George Leslie Mackay who created Oxford College, the first hospital and the first girls school in Taiwan. Ernie made the statement on what would have been Mackay's 172nd birthday.
published: 23 Mar 2016
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George Leslie Mackay - Apr. 19, 2023
I paid tribute to a great Canadian and Taiwanese hero, Dr. George Leslie Mackay, in the legislature.
published: 19 Apr 2023
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台灣史 Taiwanese History CH 5. --GEORGE LESLIE MACKAY / CHOU WHEI-MING
完整課程-GET臺灣通識網:http://get.aca.ntu.edu.tw/getcdb/handle/getcdb/366836?un=5
published: 19 Apr 2016
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George Leslie Mackay as Theatre
Speaker: Dr. William Butt , Secretary of the Canadian Mackay Committee
Rev. George Leslie Mackay, the challenges and conflicts he faced in his life, and the complexities of his theology and personality, are conducive to vivid live story-telling and narrative structure. This presentation will examine theatrical portrayals of Mackay—puppetry, opera and theatre for children and adult—to show how Mackay is much more than a subject for one-dimensional hagiography. In our contemporary 2020s context, any portrayal of Mackay will need to confront and navigate such sensitive concepts as the white-saviour trope, post-colonialism and the often dour and dated early-nineteenth-century Presbyterian dogma that Mackay both espoused and adapted. A community play about Mackay produced in 2018 in Mackay’s ...
published: 01 Nov 2022
6:17
George Leslie MacKay Taiwan - Woodstock Ontario Canada
George Leslie MacKay a hero of Taiwan born near Woodstock Ontario Canada to Scottish Immigrant parents, raised on a farm in Embro, Zorro Township, attended scho...
George Leslie MacKay a hero of Taiwan born near Woodstock Ontario Canada to Scottish Immigrant parents, raised on a farm in Embro, Zorro Township, attended school in Woodstock Ontario.
George MacKay was a Presbyterian Minister who became a missionary in Northern Taiwan (Formosa), living in the Tamsui District. He established a school with funds raised in Woodstock and Oxford County in Ontario Canada, which became the Oxford University College, now called Aletheia University.
George MacKay (Má-kai), brought dentistry to Tamsui and helped the poor farmers by providing dentistry help, extracting teeth that were causing problems and pain to people. In return he converted them to Christianity and created educational opportunities that hadn't existed before.
George Leslie MacKay through his missionary work established churches, schools and a hospital in Tamsui.
This is the monument to George Leslie MacKay in Woodstock Ontario, Canada unveiled in June 2004 with delegations from Taiwan and representatives of the Canadian Government and the Canadian Presbyterian Church. Taiwan tourists to Canada often make a detour to visit the home town and monument of George Leslie MacKay.
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George Leslie MacKay a hero of Taiwan born near Woodstock Ontario Canada to Scottish Immigrant parents, raised on a farm in Embro, Zorro Township, attended school in Woodstock Ontario.
George MacKay was a Presbyterian Minister who became a missionary in Northern Taiwan (Formosa), living in the Tamsui District. He established a school with funds raised in Woodstock and Oxford County in Ontario Canada, which became the Oxford University College, now called Aletheia University.
George MacKay (Má-kai), brought dentistry to Tamsui and helped the poor farmers by providing dentistry help, extracting teeth that were causing problems and pain to people. In return he converted them to Christianity and created educational opportunities that hadn't existed before.
George Leslie MacKay through his missionary work established churches, schools and a hospital in Tamsui.
This is the monument to George Leslie MacKay in Woodstock Ontario, Canada unveiled in June 2004 with delegations from Taiwan and representatives of the Canadian Government and the Canadian Presbyterian Church. Taiwan tourists to Canada often make a detour to visit the home town and monument of George Leslie MacKay.
#This_Is_Our_Retirement
We used this equipment to produce our video
GoPro Hero 7 https://amzn.to/2XU8zyv
Mini Shotgun Microphone https://amzn.to/2JNjkxf
GoPro Mic Adapter https://amzn.to/2MlkXW9
Insta360 VR Camera https://amzn.to/2JRWJ42
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- published: 26 Jul 2019
- views: 1528
1:40
George Leslie Mackay - Mar. 21, 2024
On his 180th birthday, I rose to recognize a great Canadian and Taiwanese hero: George Leslie Mackay. Born in the Village of Embro, Mackay travelled to Taiwan a...
On his 180th birthday, I rose to recognize a great Canadian and Taiwanese hero: George Leslie Mackay. Born in the Village of Embro, Mackay travelled to Taiwan as a missionary and made it his home. Over almost 30 years there, he founded churches and built several schools and a hospital. Mackay helped establish the close ties and shared values between Taiwan and Canada.
https://wn.com/George_Leslie_Mackay_Mar._21,_2024
On his 180th birthday, I rose to recognize a great Canadian and Taiwanese hero: George Leslie Mackay. Born in the Village of Embro, Mackay travelled to Taiwan as a missionary and made it his home. Over almost 30 years there, he founded churches and built several schools and a hospital. Mackay helped establish the close ties and shared values between Taiwan and Canada.
- published: 21 Mar 2024
- views: 38
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George Leslie Mackay: A Missionary of the Master, a Master of Missions
Speaker: Dr. Ma Sheng-mei 馬聖美, Michigan State University
In George Leslie MacKay’s memoir From Far Formosa, the operative word is “far,” denoting space or dist...
Speaker: Dr. Ma Sheng-mei 馬聖美, Michigan State University
In George Leslie MacKay’s memoir From Far Formosa, the operative word is “far,” denoting space or distance, geographically, temporally and affectively. A Freudian slip of tongue would render From Far Formosa in an alternative title, Far From Formosa. Such Freudian, subconscious shift conjures up the postcolonial duality of “A Missionary of the Master; A Master of Missions.” What hails from afar spatially may be, in MacKay’s opening remarks to his memoir, “dear to [the] heart” (13). On the other hand, what lies nearby slips from consciousness altogether because the heart’s desire is projected elsewhere. MacKay’s memoir is fraught with such tensions over far and near, self- sacrifice and self-glorification, elaborate pretensions and thinly veiled hubris.
An extraordinary missionary of the Master, MacKay was the first Canadian Presbyterian missionary to Formosa, the first to establish a Christian school to train native preachers, and the first to found a medical facility, which continues to bear his name to this day. Serving the Master, this valiant vanguard is himself a master of missions. The epigraph bares the personal pride that is barely concealed by the façade of Christian humility. “Many of the church’s first” sounds like a roundabout way to call attention to his myriad daredevil accomplishments. The pun of “daredevil” is not gratuitous, given the heathen land MacKay ventures into on his own initiative, after refusing to join the largely established foreign mission in Swatow, China. These firsts “may be last when the Master comes” is a hypothetical that validates the status of the alpha, albeit with a nod to the omega. Since the Messiah is yet to come, those groundbreaking feats contribute to the glory and the power of a martyr in service of the Lord. Since the Lord is the alpha and the omega in heaven, the first and the last of MacKay’s worldly deeds are becoming to a master of missions on earth. MacKay’s memoir is fraught with such tensions over far and near, self-sacrifice and self-glorification, elaborate pretensions and thinly veiled hubris.
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Dr. Ma Sheng-mei 馬聖美 is Professor of English at Michigan State University in Michigan, specializing in Asian Diaspora culture and East-West comparative studies. He is the author of over a dozen books, including The Tao of S (2022); Off-White (2020); Sinophone-Anglophone Cultural Duet (2017); The Last Isle (2015); Alienglish (2014); Asian Diaspora and East-West Modernity (2012); Diaspora Literature and Visual Culture (2011); East-West Montage (2007); The Deathly Embrace (2000); Immigrant Subjectivities in Asian American and Asian Diaspora Literatures (1998); and memoir Immigrant Horse’s Mouth (2023). Co-editor of five books and special issues, Transnational Narratives in Englishes of Exile (2018) among them, he also published a collection of poetry in Chinese, Thirty Left and Right (三十左右).
https://wn.com/George_Leslie_Mackay_A_Missionary_Of_The_Master,_A_Master_Of_Missions
Speaker: Dr. Ma Sheng-mei 馬聖美, Michigan State University
In George Leslie MacKay’s memoir From Far Formosa, the operative word is “far,” denoting space or distance, geographically, temporally and affectively. A Freudian slip of tongue would render From Far Formosa in an alternative title, Far From Formosa. Such Freudian, subconscious shift conjures up the postcolonial duality of “A Missionary of the Master; A Master of Missions.” What hails from afar spatially may be, in MacKay’s opening remarks to his memoir, “dear to [the] heart” (13). On the other hand, what lies nearby slips from consciousness altogether because the heart’s desire is projected elsewhere. MacKay’s memoir is fraught with such tensions over far and near, self- sacrifice and self-glorification, elaborate pretensions and thinly veiled hubris.
An extraordinary missionary of the Master, MacKay was the first Canadian Presbyterian missionary to Formosa, the first to establish a Christian school to train native preachers, and the first to found a medical facility, which continues to bear his name to this day. Serving the Master, this valiant vanguard is himself a master of missions. The epigraph bares the personal pride that is barely concealed by the façade of Christian humility. “Many of the church’s first” sounds like a roundabout way to call attention to his myriad daredevil accomplishments. The pun of “daredevil” is not gratuitous, given the heathen land MacKay ventures into on his own initiative, after refusing to join the largely established foreign mission in Swatow, China. These firsts “may be last when the Master comes” is a hypothetical that validates the status of the alpha, albeit with a nod to the omega. Since the Messiah is yet to come, those groundbreaking feats contribute to the glory and the power of a martyr in service of the Lord. Since the Lord is the alpha and the omega in heaven, the first and the last of MacKay’s worldly deeds are becoming to a master of missions on earth. MacKay’s memoir is fraught with such tensions over far and near, self-sacrifice and self-glorification, elaborate pretensions and thinly veiled hubris.
———
Dr. Ma Sheng-mei 馬聖美 is Professor of English at Michigan State University in Michigan, specializing in Asian Diaspora culture and East-West comparative studies. He is the author of over a dozen books, including The Tao of S (2022); Off-White (2020); Sinophone-Anglophone Cultural Duet (2017); The Last Isle (2015); Alienglish (2014); Asian Diaspora and East-West Modernity (2012); Diaspora Literature and Visual Culture (2011); East-West Montage (2007); The Deathly Embrace (2000); Immigrant Subjectivities in Asian American and Asian Diaspora Literatures (1998); and memoir Immigrant Horse’s Mouth (2023). Co-editor of five books and special issues, Transnational Narratives in Englishes of Exile (2018) among them, he also published a collection of poetry in Chinese, Thirty Left and Right (三十左右).
- published: 01 Nov 2022
- views: 166
47:59
George Leslie Mackay 2024.07.13 | Taiwan History 台灣演義
In the mid-19th century, Taiwan opened its ports to foreign merchants and Western missionaries. One of the first missionaries in north Taiwan was a Canadian, ...
In the mid-19th century, Taiwan opened its ports to foreign merchants and Western missionaries. One of the first missionaries in north Taiwan was a Canadian, George Leslie Mackay.
He came to Taiwan aged 27, and established north Taiwan’s first Western hospital. He made frequent missionary tours, extracting teeth and treating diseases for free. He established the first girls’ school in Taiwan, Tamsui Girls’ School. He married a Taiwanese woman, and brought up his children here, before passing away with cancer aged 57. He was buried in Tamsui, where he had preached. As he put it, his youth and his life were all devoted to Taiwan.
On today’s episode of Taiwan History: the life of George Leslie Mackay.
https://wn.com/George_Leslie_Mackay_2024.07.13_|_Taiwan_History_台灣演義
In the mid-19th century, Taiwan opened its ports to foreign merchants and Western missionaries. One of the first missionaries in north Taiwan was a Canadian, George Leslie Mackay.
He came to Taiwan aged 27, and established north Taiwan’s first Western hospital. He made frequent missionary tours, extracting teeth and treating diseases for free. He established the first girls’ school in Taiwan, Tamsui Girls’ School. He married a Taiwanese woman, and brought up his children here, before passing away with cancer aged 57. He was buried in Tamsui, where he had preached. As he put it, his youth and his life were all devoted to Taiwan.
On today’s episode of Taiwan History: the life of George Leslie Mackay.
- published: 18 Jul 2024
- views: 17213
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THE STORY OF GEORGE LESLIE MACKAY 馬偕 (Romans 15:20-24) KC Liu
PREACH THE GOSPEL WHERE CHRIST WAS NOT KNOWN:
THE STORY OF GEORGE LESLIE MACKAY 馬偕
Nov. 20, 2016
Pastor KC Liu
______________________________
ROMANS 15:20-24
2...
PREACH THE GOSPEL WHERE CHRIST WAS NOT KNOWN:
THE STORY OF GEORGE LESLIE MACKAY 馬偕
Nov. 20, 2016
Pastor KC Liu
______________________________
ROMANS 15:20-24
20 It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation. 21 Rather, as it is written:
“Those who were not told about him will see,
and those who have not heard will understand.”[a]
22 This is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.
Paul’s Plan to Visit Rome
23 But now that there is no more place for me to work in these regions, and since I have been longing for many years to visit you, 24 I plan to do so when I go to Spain. I hope to see you while passing through and to have you assist me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while.
___________________________________________
Evangelical Formosan Church of Irvine English Ministry
www.EFCI.org
www.Facebook.com/EFCIEM
Church Office: 17422 Armstrong Ave. Irvine CA 92614
Contact:
[email protected]
https://wn.com/The_Story_Of_George_Leslie_Mackay_馬偕_(Romans_15_20_24)_Kc_Liu
PREACH THE GOSPEL WHERE CHRIST WAS NOT KNOWN:
THE STORY OF GEORGE LESLIE MACKAY 馬偕
Nov. 20, 2016
Pastor KC Liu
______________________________
ROMANS 15:20-24
20 It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation. 21 Rather, as it is written:
“Those who were not told about him will see,
and those who have not heard will understand.”[a]
22 This is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.
Paul’s Plan to Visit Rome
23 But now that there is no more place for me to work in these regions, and since I have been longing for many years to visit you, 24 I plan to do so when I go to Spain. I hope to see you while passing through and to have you assist me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while.
___________________________________________
Evangelical Formosan Church of Irvine English Ministry
www.EFCI.org
www.Facebook.com/EFCIEM
Church Office: 17422 Armstrong Ave. Irvine CA 92614
Contact:
[email protected]
- published: 23 Nov 2016
- views: 990
6:29
Tamsui, George Leslie Mackay, and Western Influence in Taiwan |淡水,紅毛城,馬偕,台灣的中西文化交流史 (MGY 33)
Join us today as we explore Tamsui's Fort San Domingo (or Red-haired Fort), the story of missionary and dentist George Leslie Mackay, and the vestiges of Wester...
Join us today as we explore Tamsui's Fort San Domingo (or Red-haired Fort), the story of missionary and dentist George Leslie Mackay, and the vestiges of Western influence here in Taiwan. Caption enclosed~
我們今天要一起去探險淡水的紅毛城,看看馬偕博士對台灣的貢獻,接著聊聊西方文化對台灣的影響。有中文字幕~
Show Me Taiwan is part of the Mommy Gap Year Series.
https://wn.com/Tamsui,_George_Leslie_Mackay,_And_Western_Influence_In_Taiwan_|淡水,紅毛城,馬偕,台灣的中西文化交流史_(Mgy_33)
Join us today as we explore Tamsui's Fort San Domingo (or Red-haired Fort), the story of missionary and dentist George Leslie Mackay, and the vestiges of Western influence here in Taiwan. Caption enclosed~
我們今天要一起去探險淡水的紅毛城,看看馬偕博士對台灣的貢獻,接著聊聊西方文化對台灣的影響。有中文字幕~
Show Me Taiwan is part of the Mommy Gap Year Series.
- published: 25 Mar 2021
- views: 494
1:42
Ernie Hardeman MPP Statement on George Leslie Mackay
Ernie Hardeman, MPP Oxford, making a statement to recognize the legacy of Oxford County's George Leslie Mackay who created Oxford College, the first hospital an...
Ernie Hardeman, MPP Oxford, making a statement to recognize the legacy of Oxford County's George Leslie Mackay who created Oxford College, the first hospital and the first girls school in Taiwan. Ernie made the statement on what would have been Mackay's 172nd birthday.
https://wn.com/Ernie_Hardeman_Mpp_Statement_On_George_Leslie_Mackay
Ernie Hardeman, MPP Oxford, making a statement to recognize the legacy of Oxford County's George Leslie Mackay who created Oxford College, the first hospital and the first girls school in Taiwan. Ernie made the statement on what would have been Mackay's 172nd birthday.
- published: 23 Mar 2016
- views: 298
1:37
George Leslie Mackay - Apr. 19, 2023
I paid tribute to a great Canadian and Taiwanese hero, Dr. George Leslie Mackay, in the legislature.
I paid tribute to a great Canadian and Taiwanese hero, Dr. George Leslie Mackay, in the legislature.
https://wn.com/George_Leslie_Mackay_Apr._19,_2023
I paid tribute to a great Canadian and Taiwanese hero, Dr. George Leslie Mackay, in the legislature.
- published: 19 Apr 2023
- views: 22
28:17
George Leslie Mackay as Theatre
Speaker: Dr. William Butt , Secretary of the Canadian Mackay Committee
Rev. George Leslie Mackay, the challenges and conflicts he faced in his life, and the c...
Speaker: Dr. William Butt , Secretary of the Canadian Mackay Committee
Rev. George Leslie Mackay, the challenges and conflicts he faced in his life, and the complexities of his theology and personality, are conducive to vivid live story-telling and narrative structure. This presentation will examine theatrical portrayals of Mackay—puppetry, opera and theatre for children and adult—to show how Mackay is much more than a subject for one-dimensional hagiography. In our contemporary 2020s context, any portrayal of Mackay will need to confront and navigate such sensitive concepts as the white-saviour trope, post-colonialism and the often dour and dated early-nineteenth-century Presbyterian dogma that Mackay both espoused and adapted. A community play about Mackay produced in 2018 in Mackay’s birthplace of Zorra will serve as a case-study of how theatre can recast and enrich our understanding of Mackay and his relevance in our times.
———
Dr. William Butt has a PhD from Western University in the history and culture of nineteenth-century Ontario. He has written six plays produced by community theatre groups, on topics from southwestern Ontario history, including Kai the Barbarian, about George Leslie Mackay, produced in Embro in 2018. His writing has been published on four continents. He has worked in 14 countries. Currently he is Secretary of the Canadian Mackay Committee and lives in London, Ontario.
https://wn.com/George_Leslie_Mackay_As_Theatre
Speaker: Dr. William Butt , Secretary of the Canadian Mackay Committee
Rev. George Leslie Mackay, the challenges and conflicts he faced in his life, and the complexities of his theology and personality, are conducive to vivid live story-telling and narrative structure. This presentation will examine theatrical portrayals of Mackay—puppetry, opera and theatre for children and adult—to show how Mackay is much more than a subject for one-dimensional hagiography. In our contemporary 2020s context, any portrayal of Mackay will need to confront and navigate such sensitive concepts as the white-saviour trope, post-colonialism and the often dour and dated early-nineteenth-century Presbyterian dogma that Mackay both espoused and adapted. A community play about Mackay produced in 2018 in Mackay’s birthplace of Zorra will serve as a case-study of how theatre can recast and enrich our understanding of Mackay and his relevance in our times.
———
Dr. William Butt has a PhD from Western University in the history and culture of nineteenth-century Ontario. He has written six plays produced by community theatre groups, on topics from southwestern Ontario history, including Kai the Barbarian, about George Leslie Mackay, produced in Embro in 2018. His writing has been published on four continents. He has worked in 14 countries. Currently he is Secretary of the Canadian Mackay Committee and lives in London, Ontario.
- published: 01 Nov 2022
- views: 21