For over fifty years, Martin Hunter's passion for theatre and the performing arts has influenced generations of Canadian talent. Bright Particular Stars offers his comprehensive and fully illustrated history of over thirty of the greatest Canadian performers from stage and screen. From music, there are wide—ranging and insightful chapters on Leonard Cohen, Buffy Saint—Marie and Joni Mitchell. From the theatre stage, sections include Colm Fiore, Christopher Plummer and William Hutt. From film and television, come astute chapters on Sarah Polly, Robert LePage and many more. Lavishly illustrated with over 250 images, Bright Particular Stars is a definitive overview of the best Canadian stage and screen performers from the last fifty years.

Martin Hunter was born in Toronto. On his graduation from the University of Toronto he joined the Department of External Affairs, and later had a career in business before returning to his first love, the theatre. He served as artistic director of Hart House Theatre at U of T in the seventies. Active as a director and as a playwright, he has written for many magazines and produced a number of programs for CBC radio. His first book, Romancing the Bard, was published in 2001.

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