Hot thespian action!: ten premiere plays from Walterdale Playhouse
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edmonton AU Press ©2008
Series:Canadian plays series
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references
The Canadian fact (1967) - Wilfred Watson -- - Chief Shaking Spear rides again, or The taming of the Sioux (1974) - Warren Graves -- - Mutants (1981) - Brad Fraser -- - Tenth negative pig (1983) - Barbara Sapergia and Geoffrey Ursell -- - The three sillies (1983) - Mary Glenfield -- - Just (1999) - Trevor Schmidt -- - The Beaver effect (2002) - Mark Stubbings -- - Ice land (2003) - Jonathan Seinen -- - The trial of Salome (2007) - Scott Sharplin
In Hot Thespian Action! Robin Whittaker argues that new plays can thrive in amateur theatres, which have freedoms unavailable to professionalized companies. And he proves it with 10 relevant, engaging playscripts originally produced by one of Canada's longest-running theatres, Edmonton's acclaimed Walterdale Theatre Associates. This collection challenges notions that amateur theatre is solely a phenomenon of the pre-professional past. Whittaker makes an important contribution to Canadian theatre studies with the first North American anthology in 80 years to collect plays first produced by a no
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 569 pages)
ISBN:1897425260
1897425279
9781897425275

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