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Performing Arts History & Criticism

Canadian Drama and the Critics

Revised Edition

edited by L.W. Conolly

Publisher
Talonbooks
Initial publish date
Jan 1995
Category
History & Criticism, Canadian, Drama
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780889223592
    Publish Date
    Jan 1995
    List Price
    $29.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780889228696
    Publish Date
    Feb 2015
    List Price
    $24.99

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Description

The editor of this lively, updated assortment of reviews, interviews and other critical deliberations on contemporary Canadian drama has gathered material from books, theatre and scholarly journals; from major daily newspapers in Canada and abroad; from critics, academics, journalists and playwrights. This new expanded and updated edition of Canadian Drama and the Critics now includes commentary on 43 English-language plays written during the last 50 years.
Canadian Drama and the Critics is an enjoyable read that offers an intelligent, wide-ranging overview of modern Canadian plays and playwrights. An ideal companion text to Talonbooks’ Modern Canadian Plays Volumes I and II and other anthologies of Canadian drama, Canadian Drama and the Critics also includes detailed production information for the premiere of each play and a comprehensive index.

About the author

L.W. Conolly
Leonard W. Conolly is President and Vice-Chancellor of Trent University. A noted theatre historian, he is the author of over 50 articles and reviews in a variety of British and North American scholarly journals. Dr. Conolly also serves on the board of directors of the UNESCO-sponsored World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre and is a vice-president of World University Service of Canada. He is the editor of Canadian Drama and the Critics (1995).

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Editorial Reviews

"Fascinating, entertaining, and instructive"
Max Wyman