The list of authors included here encompasses many of Canadaâ??s most celebrated playwrights as well as new writers whose works continue to define the form and potential of drama on Canadaâ??s East Coast. Spanning genres from domestic and historical drama and traditional comedy through biting satire and opera libretto, the collection demonstrates the distinctive breadth, originality, and vitality of contemporary work in Canadaâ??s Maritime region.

Includes:
The Maritime Way of Life by Charlie Rhindress
Ethan Claymore by Norm Foster
Marion Bridge by Daniel MacIvor
Consecrated Ground by George Boyd
Glace Bay Miners' Museum by Wendy Lill
Caribou by Michael Melski
Beatrice Chancy by George Elliott Clarke
Divinity Bash/nine lives by Bryden MacDonald
Rough Waters by Melissa Mullen
Horse High, Bull Strong, Pig Tight by Kent Stetson

Bruce Barton is an educator, playwright, dramaturg, and director. Born in Montreal, raised and educated in Ontario, he spent from 1991 through 2001 living on Canadaâ??s East Coast, including Corner Brook, NF, Charlottetown, PE, and Halifax, NS. Bruce received a doctorate in Drama and Theatre from the Graduate Centre for Study of Drama, University of Toronto, where he now holds a position in playwriting and dramaturgy. He has articles published in Canadian Theatre Review, Theatre Research in Canada, Essays in Drama, and Canada on Stage. Additional book projects include a theoretical study of the relationship between theatre and film (2004) and a critical history of Atlantic Canadian theatre (2005).

He is currently completing an extensive entry on Canadian Drama in English for the online Canadian Encyclopedia, and he is the author of the annual, year-end drama review essay for the University of Toronto Quarterly. He is also the editor of Theatre Research in Canada. As dramaturg, Bruce has worked extensively with new and established playwrights throughout Canada, and is currently focusing on physically-based theatre creation (specifically with Torontoâ??s Number Eleven Theatre). Bruce is a national award-winning playwright with credits in stage and video production, as well as CBC radio drama. His play Roswell is included in New Canadian Drama 8, published by Borealis Press. He is a past-president of the Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre, and a current member of the Playwrights Guild of Canada.

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