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The God of Gods: A Canadian Play: A Critical Edition (Canadian Literature Collection)
Carroll Aikins
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Description for The God of Gods: A Canadian Play: A Critical Edition (Canadian Literature Collection)
Paperback. This is the first critical edition of The God of Gods: A Canadian Play by Carroll Aikins. With an abundance of archival material, this volume offers a unique insight into early Canadian theatre and modernism. Editor(s): Wright, Kailin. Series: Canadian Literature Collection. Num Pages: 138 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 202 x 23. Weight in Grams: 232.
Carroll Aikins's play The God of Gods (1919) has been out of print since its first and only edition in 1927. This critical edition not only revives the work for readers and scholars alike, it also provides historical context for Aikins's often overlooked contributions to theatre in the 1920s and presents research on the different staging techniques in the play's productions. Much of the play's historical significance lies in Aikins's vital role in Canadian theatre, as director of the Home Theatre in British Columbia (1920-22) and artistic director of Toronto's Hart House Theatre (1927-29). Wright reveals The God of Gods ... Read more
Carroll Aikins's play The God of Gods (1919) has been out of print since its first and only edition in 1927. This critical edition not only revives the work for readers and scholars alike, it also provides historical context for Aikins's often overlooked contributions to theatre in the 1920s and presents research on the different staging techniques in the play's productions. Much of the play's historical significance lies in Aikins's vital role in Canadian theatre, as director of the Home Theatre in British Columbia (1920-22) and artistic director of Toronto's Hart House Theatre (1927-29). Wright reveals The God of Gods ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Ottawa Press
Condition
New
Series
Canadian Literature Collection
Number of Pages
138
Place of Publication
Ottawa, Canada
ISBN
9780776623276
SKU
V9780776623276
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About Carroll Aikins
Carroll Aikins (1888-1964) was born in Stanstead, Quebec. He became a prominent community member of Naramata, British Columbia, where he operated a hundred acres of farmland while also pursuing a productive career in the arts as a poet, playwright, and director. In 1920, he founded the Home Theatre in Naramata, which was celebrated as the first national theatre in Canada, ... Read more
Reviews for The God of Gods: A Canadian Play: A Critical Edition (Canadian Literature Collection)
Wright's scholarly introduction is extensive, insightful, and meticulously detailed, reading the play in the contexts of, for example, primitivism, modernism, and theosophy. The script is also complemented by explanatory and textual notes and primary material such as production shots, reproductions of playbills, reviews, and the like.
(02/19/2019) Illuminating history, an excellent gloss, provocative thoughts, all very well stated: Wright ... Read more
(02/19/2019) Illuminating history, an excellent gloss, provocative thoughts, all very well stated: Wright ... Read more