Hot thespian action! : ten premiere plays from Walterdale Playhouse

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Hot thespian action! : ten premiere plays from Walterdale Playhouse
Title remainder
ten premiere plays from Walterdale Playhouse
Statement of responsibility
edited with a critical introduction by Robin C. Whittaker
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Genre
Language
eng
Summary
In Hot Thespian Action! Robin Whittaker argues that new plays can thrive in amateur theatres, which have freedoms unavailable to professionalized companies. And he proves it with 10 relevant, engaging playscripts originally produced by one of Canada's longest-running theatres, Edmonton's acclaimed Walterdale Theatre Associates. This collection challenges notions that amateur theatre is solely a phenomenon of the pre-professional past. Whittaker makes an important contribution to Canadian theatre studies with the first North American anthology in 80 years to collect plays first produced by a no
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Cataloging source
N$T
Dewey number
812/.608
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • music
Index
no index present
LC call number
PR9196.62
LC item number
.H68 2008eb
Literary form
dramas
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
Series statement
Canadian plays series

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