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Maynard Collins (1946-2015) — Playwright wrote Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave
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Singer and guitar-picker Sneezy Waters was busking for coins in the ByWard Market one afternoon in the late 1970s when an old friend, Maynard Collins, came up and handed him a script.
“I’d like you to read this,” Collins said. “It’s about the last night of a country singer’s life.”
At the time, Waters didn’t realize that Collins wanted him to do more than just read the play he’d written; he wanted Waters for the title role.
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More Saturday Night in Lost Ottawa, featuring a memory of the Sneezy Waters concert at the National Arts Centre given in August of 1987.Sneezy was most famous for his portrayal of Hank Williams in a concert show entitled: "Hank Williams, the Show He Never Gave."The show was a recreation of a concert Williams would have give in 1952 (except that he died on the way to it). It premiered at Ottawa's very own Beacon Arms Hotel in November of 1977.Shared from the Ottawa scrapbook of Sue Williams.106Susan M MeehanMemories, seeing him playing on Sparks Street Mall, and at the end of the movie another memory of crying and almost all stood up and clapped at the end of the movie. I have his album still too. He was an excellent singer and performer. Thanks for the memories Sneezy.2Emily WeickWhen I was a child I remember hearing Sneezy in Perth and I loved him so much that I crawled onto the stage where he was playing and sat beside him! I think it was my very first concert.Andy GrahamI see him often and he’s still a gentleman to this day! I remember my parents going to see him at the NAC but I’d have to say it was before 1987.Leona GrayI saw the show at the Beacon Arms in '77, then again there some ye•
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