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10%OFFRobin C. Whittaker - Hot Thespian Action! - 9781897425268 - V9781897425268
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Hot Thespian Action!

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Description for Hot Thespian Action! Paperback. This collection commemorates Walterdale's 50th anniversary and highlights the social and artistic significance of amateur theatre practice in Canada by drawing together significant plays by acclaimed and emerging Canadian playwrights, detailed introductions, and archival production photographs. Editor(s): Whittaker, Robin C. Series: Canadian Plays Series. Num Pages: 165 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 839.

In Hot Thespian Action! Robin Whittaker argues that newplays can thrive in amateur theatres, which have freedoms unavailableto professionalized companies. And he proves it with 10 relevant,engaging playscripts originally produced by one of Canada’slongest-running theatres, Edmonton’s acclaimed Walterdale TheatreAssociates.

This collection challenges notions that amateur theatre is solely aphenomenon of the pre-professional past. Whittaker makes an importantcontribution to Canadian theatre studies with the first North Americananthology in 80 years to collect plays first produced by anonprofessionalized theatre company.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
AU Press Canada
Number of pages
165
Condition
New
Series
Canadian Plays Series
Number of Pages
584
Place of Publication
EDMONTON, Canada
ISBN
9781897425268
SKU
V9781897425268
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99-1

About Robin C. Whittaker
Robin C. Whittaker is completing doctoral work at theGraduate Centre for Study of Drama at the University of Toronto. He haswritten extensively on theatre in Canada and has taught, directed, anddramaturged at universities across the country.

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