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THE OXFORD COMPANION TO CANADIAN THEATRE.  (THEATER) by  editors  L.W. - Used Book - Hardcover - from Capricorn Books and Biblio.com
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THE OXFORD COMPANION TO CANADIAN THEATRE. (THEATER)

by Benson, Eugene and Conolly, L.W., editors

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Book description: Oxford University Press, Toronto, 1989.. 662 pp, large 8vo (9 3/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photographs, reproductions. ISBN 0195406729 "Today more than 200 professional theatre companies span the country, and Canadian plays are produced around the world. (This) is the first . reference book to document the growth and development of Canadian drama and theatre....from the ritual ceremonies of its native peoples to the present day. It contains over 700 entries that include biographies of actors, playwrights, directors, and. designers, and that describe major theatres and companies - beginning in the eighteenth century - and major plays. There are also many entries on such diverse subjects as Acting, Burlesque, Censorship, Collective Creation, Directing, Feminist Th. e a tre, Multicultural Theatre, Musical Theatre, Radio and Television Drama, and Vaudeville; theatre in each province and territory is also covered. Ronald Bryden, Ray Conlogue, Robertson Davies, Timothy Findley, David Gardner, George Woodcock, Her. be rt Whittaker, Guy Beaulne, Gratien Gelinas, and Paul Herbert are among the 160 scholars, theatre practitioners, and critics who have contributed their special knowledge, original research, or experience to these entries." Fine/Fine.

  • Bookseller: Capricorn Books CA (CA)
  • Bookseller Inventory #: 22496
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • ISBN 10: 0195406729
  • ISBN 13: 9780195406726
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press, Toronto, 1989.
  • Date published: 1989
  • Size: 6.5 x 9.5 x 1.25 inches
  • LCCN: PN2300.O94 1989
  • Dewey: 792.0971
  • Weight: 2.4 pounds
  • Keywords: Dictionaries, Acting, Burlesque, Censorship, Music, Musical, Radio, Television, Biography, Playwrights, Canada, Reference, English, French, Multicultural, Stratford, Vaudeville.
  • Subjects: PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General;

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