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Robertson Davies, Playwright

A Search for the Self on the Canadian Stage

by (author) Susan Stone-Blackburn

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Jan 1985
Category
General
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774843331
    Publish Date
    Nov 2011
    List Price
    $34.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774802116
    Publish Date
    Jan 1985
    List Price
    $41.95

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Description

In this book, Susan Stone-Blackburn studies how the tastes and concerns of one of Canada's leading writers have been given dramatic expression, beginning with The King Who Could Not Dream and Benoni and ending with Question Time and Pontiac and the Green Man. She also examines how Davies' playwriting has been influenced by the dominant tastes of his time and by the conditions under which his plays have been performed. Dealing with the plays chronologically, Stone-Blackburn reveals Davies' fondness for theatricality as opposed to realism, for mythic flavour and archetypal character, his romanticism, and his irrepressible humour.

About the author

Contributor Notes

Susan Stone-Blackburn is a professor of English at the University of Calgary.

Editorial Reviews

Reopens the case for Davies' writings for the stage.
- American Theatre

A full-scale, well-researched study of Davies' drama.
- Theatre History in Canada