Drama Anthologies (multiple Authors)
The Breakwater Book of Contemporary Newfoundland Plays, vol 1
- Publisher
- Breakwater Books Ltd.
- Initial publish date
- Nov 2012
- Category
- Anthologies (multiple authors), Playwriting
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550813920
- Publish Date
- Nov 2012
- List Price
- $19.95
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Description
THIS COLLECTION OF plays from Newfoundland playwrights, both established and emerging, is the first in a series of three anthologies. The collection proposes to include the following selection of popular plays from around the province: Robert Chafe’s “Isle of Demons,” recounting an affair and brutal punishment in 1542 New France; award-winning playwright Anne Chislett’s play “No Sweat” about the use of sweat shops; Amy House’s play “Scratch and Pull,” as well as Berni Stapleton’s “The Double Axe Murders.”
About the author
Dr. Denyse Lynde began her university career at Queen’s where she completed a B.A. with honours in English and Drama, before moving on to pursue both and M.A. and a PhD at the University of Toronto’s Graduate Centre for the Study of Drama, the latter of which she completed with a dissertation entitled “Myth and the Image-makers: A Study of the Plays of Gwen Pharis Ringwood and Lady Gregory.”