Kategoria BISAC: Drama >> Canadian

"Hunting Stuart," about an Ottawa civil servant s royal connection, and "The Voice of the People," a one-act play about a letter to the editor, are among Robertson Davies best plays."

Canada s first audition book, with monologues from plays of the seventies, also useful as a survey of Canadian playwriting."

The plays in this anthology have been selected to reflect the wide spectrum of ethnic communities in this country, and to illuminate the often painful world their members inhabit as outsiders to mainstream Canadian life. The plays explore cultural values, dual loyalties, and problems of adjustment.

"Path with No Moccasins," by Shirley Cheechoo: A young Cree girl endures life at a residential school, and later heals herself. The play raises issues of identity, discrimination, and self-destruction, but ends positively. (1 character; four scenes)

"The Tale of a Mask," by Terry Watada:...

Late spring in Oslo, Ontario. The annual Ibsen Festival begins with auditions, then rehearsals, and, finally, performances.

This year, the Ibfest features productions of five classic plays: "The Twins," a renaissance play in the, er, tradition of Shakespeare; "Virtue Slandered," a restoration comedy in the, um, fashion of Sheridan; "The Raj," a nineteen century look at those quirky, madcap, but well-meaning Brits in a backward society (it s a musical ); "Pantilous in Crete," a classic Greek tragedy about an Athenian, having offended Zeus, who is doomed to live a life of horrors; and the...

Loring's title was inspired by the mistranslation of the...

In Hot Thespian Action Robin Whittaker argues that new plays can thrive in amateur theatres, which have freedoms unavailable to professional companies. He proves it with ten 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...

Nightwood Theatre is by far the longest-running and most influential feminist theatre company in Canada. Since 1979 it has been a producer of new works by Canadian women, and a provider of opportunities for women theatre artists. It has also been the "home company" for some of the biggest names in Canadian theatre, such as Ann-Marie MacDonald.