Hot thespian action! ten premiere plays from Walterdale Playhouse
In Hot Thespian Action! Robin Whittaker argues that new plays can thrive in amateur theatres, which have freedoms unavailable to professionalised companies. And he proves it with ten relevant, engaging play scripts originally produced by one of Canada’s longest-running theatres, Edmonton’s acclaimed...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edmonton :
AU Press
c2008.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Canadian plays series.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009435030106719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover Page; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; GENERAL INTRODUCTION; Overview; A Brief History of Walterdale Theatre Associates; A View of Amateur Theatre Practised in the Professional Era; New Play Production at Amateur Theatres; Publishing Walterdale's New Plays: Selection and Content; THE PLAYS; The Canadian Fact (1967); Chief Shaking Spear Rides Again or The Taming of the Sioux (1974); Mutants (1981); Swipe (1981); The Tenth Negative Pig (1983); The Three Sillies (1983); Just (1999); The Beaver Effect (2002); [ice land] (2003); The Trial of Salomé (2007)
- APPENDIX I: NEW PLAYS PREMIERED BY WALTERDALE THEATRE ASSOCIATESAPPENDIX II: MUSIC; The Tenth Negative Pig; The Three Sillies; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY
