''The Well-Tempered Critic: One man's view of the theatre and letters in Canada'' is a collection of essays by Canadian novelist and journalist

Robertson Davies William Robertson Davies (28 August 1913 – 2 December 1995) was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. He was one of Canada's best known and most popular authors and one of its most distinguished " men of letters" ...

. The collection was edited by Judith Skelton Grant and published by

McClelland and Stewart McClelland & Stewart Limited is a Canadian publishing company. It is owned by Penguin Random House of Canada, a branch of Penguin Random House, the international book publishing division of German media giant Bertelsmann. History It was found ...

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

. The collection deals with

Canadian literature Canadian literature is the literature of a multicultural country, written in languages including Canadian English, Canadian French, Indigenous languages, and many others such as Canadian Gaelic. Influences on Canadian writers are broad both g ...

and

theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...

References

*Davies, Robertson. ''The Well-Tempered Critic: One man's view of the theatre and letters in Canada''; ed. by Judith Skelton Grant, Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1981. 1981 non-fiction books Books by Robertson Davies Books by Judith Skelton Grant McClelland & Stewart books Canadian essay collections Books about literature {{lit-book-stub