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Drama Anthologies (multiple Authors)

The Breakwater Book of Contemporary Newfoundland Plays, vol 1

edited by Denyse Lynde

Publisher
Breakwater Books Ltd.
Initial publish date
Nov 2012
Category
Anthologies (multiple authors), Playwriting
  • 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.”

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