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List Of Canadian Plays
Canadian plays have been written since the 19th century, both in English and in French. The present list comprises plays in English, some of which being translations from French Canadian plays. Full length and one act plays are included but not musicals. The Playwrights Guild of Canada has a large list of titles of copyrighted plays, included in the present one, mostly their own publications or those of Playwrights Canada Press. The year of the playbook in the present list corresponds to the printed form, but when this information is unavailable, it corresponds to the first stage production. In rare cases, neither is available. In addition to traditional forms, Canada has a vibrant non-traditional theatre scene with notable experimental, fringe, and other alternative forms, the largest fringe festival in North America being the Edmonton International Fringe Festival. * List of Canadian plays (A–F) * List of Canadian plays (G–O) * List of Canadian plays (P–Z) See also * Lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playwrights Guild Of Canada
Playwrights Guild of Canada (PGC) is a Canadian charity that works to advance the creative rights and interests of professional Canadian playwrights; promote Canadian plays, and foster community of writers. It was founded in 1972. History PGC has its origins in a meeting held in 1971 by a Canada Council theatre officer, David Gardner, with Carol Bolt, Tom Hendry, and Len Peterson to discuss issues affecting English Canadian playwrights. Those present at the meeting determined that there was a need for a publishing house for Canadian plays. Following the meeting, Bolt, Hendry, and Peterson established the Toronto Playwrights Circle to obtain funding for the project. The next year, the group founded the Playwrights Co-operative, which published and distributed Canadian plays, arranged live readings by playwrights, and administered amateur rights. The Co-op became a non-profit in 1979, renamed Playwrights Canada Inc., and in 1982, it merged with the Guild of Canadian Playwrights (est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playwrights Canada Press
Playwrights Canada Press is a Canadian publishing house founded in 1984 by the Playwrights Guild of Canada. It was incorporated in 2000 as an independent company. Notable books *''The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God'', Djanet Sears (2003) *''Almighty Voice and His Wife'', Daniel David Moses (1991) *''Annie Mae's Movement'', Yvette Nolan (1998) *''The Crackwalker'', Judith Thompson (1980) *''The December Man (L'homme de décembre)'', Colleen Murphy (2007) *''Drag Queens on Trial'', Sky Gilbert (1994) *''The Drawer Boy'', Michael Healey (1999) *'' I, Claudia'', Kristen Thomson (2001) *''The Last Wife'', Kate Hennig (2015) *''Lilies'', Michel Marc Bouchard, trans. Linda Gaboriau (1990) *'' Lion in the Streets'', Judith Thompson (1992) *''Maggie and Pierre'', Linda Griffiths (1980) *''Mary's Wedding'', Stephen Massicotte (2002) *''The Melville Boys'', Norm Foster (1984) *''The Monument'', Colleen Wagner (1996) *'' Palace of the End'', Judith Thompson (2007) *'' Scorch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Experimental Theatre
Experimental theatre (also known as avant-garde theatre), inspired largely by Richard Wagner, Wagner's concept of Gesamtkunstwerk, began in Western theatre in the late 19th century with Alfred Jarry and his Ubu Roi, Ubu plays as a rejection of both the age in particular and, in general, the dominant ways of writing and producing plays. The term has shifted over time as the mainstream theatre world has adopted many forms that were once considered radical. Like other forms of the avant-garde, it was created as a response to a perceived general cultural crisis. Despite different political and formal approaches, all avant-garde theatre opposes bourgeois theatre. It tries to introduce a different use of language and the Human body, body to change the mode of perception and to create a new, more active relation with the audience. Relationships to audience Famed experimental theatre director and playwright Peter Brook describes his task as building "… a necessary theatre, one in which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fringe Theatre
Fringe theatre is theatre that is produced outside of the main theatre institutions, and that is often small-scale and non-traditional in style or subject matter. The term comes from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.Kemp, Robert, ''More that is Fresh in Drama'', Edinburgh Evening News, 14 August 1948 In London, the fringe are small-scale theatres, many of them located above pubs, and the equivalent to New York's Off-Off-Broadway theatres and Europe's "free theatre" groups. In unjuried theatre festivals, also known as fringe festivals or open-access festivals, all submissions are accepted, and sometimes the participating acts may be chosen by lottery, in contrast to juried festivals in which acts are selected based on their artistic qualities. Unjuried festivals (such as the Edinburgh Fringe, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Adelaide Fringe, and Fringe World) permit artists to perform a wide variety of works. History In 1947, eight theatre companies showed up at the Edinburgh Internationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmonton International Fringe Festival
The Edmonton International Fringe Festival is an annual arts festival held every August in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Produced by the Fringe Theatre Adventures (FTA), it is the oldest and largest fringe theatre festival in North America (based on ticket sales). The Edmonton Fringe is a founding member of the Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals. In 2014, 118,280 tickets were sold, up from 117,000 in 2013. The 2014 event had over 210 shows and 1,600 performances, with an estimated outdoor site attendance of 665,750. In 2016, the attendance rate reached a record-breaking high of 850,000+ attendees. In 2017 there was a record-breaking 130,000 tickets sold and $1.2 million in box office sales during the festival, which held performances from over 1,500 artists in 220 shows. History In 1982, Chinook Theatre's artistic director Brian Paisley received $50,000 from Edmonton's Summerfest to put together "A Fringe Theatre Event" in Edmonton's Old Strathcona District. Inspired by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Canadian Plays (A–F)
Canadian plays have been written since the 19th century, both in English and in French. The present list comprises plays in English, some of which being translations from French Canadian plays. Full length and one act plays are included but not musicals. The Playwrights Guild of Canada has a large list of titles of copyrighted plays, included in the present one, mostly their own publications or those of Playwrights Canada Press. The year of the playbook in the present list corresponds to the printed form, but when this information is unavailable, it corresponds to the first stage production. In rare cases, neither is available. In addition to traditional forms, Canada has a vibrant non-traditional theatre scene with notable Experimental theatre, experimental, Fringe theatre, fringe, and other alternative forms, the largest fringe festival in North America being the Edmonton International Fringe Festival. A *''The Aberhart Summer'' by Conni Massing *''Abigail, or The Gold Meda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Canadian Plays (G–O)
Canadian plays have been written since the 19th century, both in English and in French. The present list comprises plays in English, some of which being translations from French Canadian plays. Full length and one act plays are included but not musicals. The Playwrights Guild of Canada has a large list of titles of copyrighted plays, included in the present one, mostly their own publications or those of Playwrights Canada Press. The year of the playbook in the present list corresponds to the printed form, but when this information is unavailable, it corresponds to the first stage production. In rare cases, neither is available. In addition to traditional forms, Canada has a vibrant non-traditional theatre scene with notable Experimental theatre, experimental, Fringe theatre, fringe, and other alternative forms, the largest fringe festival in North America being the Edmonton International Fringe Festival. G *''Gabe (play), Gabe'' by Carol Bolt *''The Gadget (play), The Gadget' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Canadian Plays (P–Z)
Canadian plays have been written since the 19th century, both in English and in French. The present list comprises plays in English, some of which being translations from French Canadian plays. Full length and one act plays are included but not musicals. The Playwrights Guild of Canada has a large list of titles of copyrighted plays, included in the present one, mostly their own publications or those of Playwrights Canada Press. The year of the playbook in the present list corresponds to the printed form, but when this information is unavailable, it corresponds to the first stage production. In rare cases, neither is available. In addition to traditional forms, Canada has a vibrant non-traditional theatre scene with notable experimental, fringe, and other alternative forms, the largest fringe festival in North America being the Edmonton International Fringe Festival. P *''Pageant'' by Daniel Macdonald *'' The Painting'' by Sean Dixon *'' Palace of the end'' by Judith Thomps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Canadian Playwrights
Playwrights from Canada include: A * Marianne Ackerman * Kawa Ada * Evan Adams * Carmen Aguirre * André Alexis * Hrant Alianak * Martha Allan * Anne-Marie Alonzo * Karim Alrawi * Janet Amos * Debra Anderson * Hugh Abercrombie Anderson * John Murray Anderson * Ben Antao * Trey Anthony * Salvatore Antonio * Leslie Arden * Anthony Armstrong * Daniel Arnold * Lawrence Aronovitch * Nina Arsenault * Damien Atkins * Napoléon Aubin * Suzanne Aubry * Barry Avrich * Caroline Azar B * Bilal Baig * Catherine Banks * Keith Barker * Jean Basile * Mary Elizabeth Bayer * Christine Beaulieu * Victor-Lévy Beaulieu * Charles William Bell * Martin Bellemare * John Bemrose * Carolyn Bennett * Janette Bertrand * Lillian Beynon Thomas * Yvan Bienvenue * Geneviève Billette * Nicolas Billon * Marthe Blackburn * Mark Blagrave * William Rufus Blake * Seymour Blicker * Laurie Block * Peter Blue Cloud * Columpa Bobb * Adam Bock * Carol Bolt * Yolanda Bonnell * Walter Borden * Gary Bot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theatre Of Canada
Canada's contemporary theatre reflects a rich diversity of regional and cultural identities. Since the late 1960s, there has been a concerted effort to develop the voice of the 'Canadian playwright', which is reflected in the nationally focused programming of many of the country's theatres. Within this 'Canadian voice' are a plurality of perspectives - that of the First Nations, new immigrants, French Canadians, sexual minorities, etc. - and a multitude of theatre companies have been created to specifically service and support these voices.http://buddiesinbadtimes.com Prominent playwrights, practitioners, and contributors * David Fennario * Herman Voaden * George F. Walker * Michel Tremblay * James Reaney * Dora Mavor Moore * Tomson Highway * Christopher Newton * Robert Lepage * Judith Thompson * Wajdi Mouawad * Daniel MacIvor * Daniel Brooks * Sky Gilbert * Paul Thompson (playwright) * John Hirsch * Morris Panych * Marie Clements * Yvette Nolan * Linda Griffiths * Ann-Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Stage Production History
The Canadian Stage Company is based in Toronto, and is Canada's third-largest not-for-profit contemporary theatre company. Founded in 1987 with the merger of CentreStage and Toronto Free Theatre, Canadian Stage is dedicated to programming international contemporary theatre and to developing and producing Canadian works. , the following is a chronological list of the productions which have been staged as part of Canadian Stage since its inception. 1987–1988 *'' Glengarry Glen Ross'' – by David Mamet *'' B-Movie, the play'' – by Tom Wood *'' Nothing Sacred'' – by George F. Walker *'' Jitters'' – by David French *'' The Tempest'' – By William Shakespeare 1988–1989 *''Woyzeck'' – by Georg Büchner *''A Map of the World'' – by David Hare *'' Donut City'' – by Douglas Rodger *'' Odd Jobs'' – by Frank Moher *'' Hunting Cockroaches'' – by Janusz Glowacki *''The Threepenny Opera'' – by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill *'' 1949'' – by David French *'' Ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Plays
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