Drama Anthologies (multiple Authors)
DraMetis
Three Plays by Metis Authors
- Publisher
- Theytus Books
- Initial publish date
- Nov 2001
- Category
- Anthologies (multiple authors)
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780919441941
- Publish Date
- Nov 2001
- List Price
- $19.95
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Description
DraMétis is the first anthology to focus on the emerging discipline of Métis drama. The pieces have all been previously produced and highlight the diversity of Métis drama being written and performed in Canada.
About the authors
Maria Campbell is a Métis writer, playwright, filmmaker, scholar, teacher, community organizer, activist, and elder. Halfbreed is regarded as a foundational work of Indigenous literature in Canada. She has authored several other books and plays, and has directed and written scripts for a number of films. She has also worked with Indigenous youth in community theatre and advocated for the hiring and recognition of Indigenous people in the arts. She has mentored many Indigenous artists during her career, established shelters for Indigenous women and children, and run a writers’ camp at the national historical site at Batoche, where every summer she produces commemorative events on the anniversary of the battle of the 1885 North-West Resistance. Maria Campbell is an officer of the Order of Canada and holds five honorary doctorates.