Stage Left : Canadian Workers Theatre 1929-1940

Name: Stage Left
Brand: The Dundurn Group
SKU: 9780889241725
Price: 2550 KES
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ISBN: 9780889241725

by Toby Gordon Ryan

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 0889241724

ISBN-13 9780889241725

Publisher The Dundurn Group

Imprint Simon & Pierre Publishers

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Feb 14th, 1985

Print length 245 Pages

Weight 626 grams

Dimensions 22.90 x 15.20 x 2.50 cms

Product Classification: Theatre studies

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Written by one of the founders of Theatre of Action, Stage Left is a moving theatrical and social memoir which documents for the first time this most unique of Canadian theatrical episodes.

The Red Squad, Police harassment of theatrical activities in the thirties. Out-of-work men and women from Vancouver to Montreal coming together to produce pro-union plays such as Odet''s Waiting for Lefty and anti-war plays such as Irwin Shaw''s Bury the Dead. The Progressive Arts Club movement. Worker''s Theatre, Toronto''s Theatre of Action. Out of this milieu came many whose names would subsequently become part of Canada''s cultural establishment — Johnny Wayne, Frank Shuster, Lou Applebaum, Lou Jacobi, Basya Hunter, Ben Lennick, Sydney Newman, Syd Banks, Lorne Greene. For the first time, the full story of this fascinating theatrical period is told with affection, humour, and nostalgia. Written by one of the founders of Theatre of Action, Stage Left is a moving theatrical and social memoir which documents for the first time this most unique of Canadian theatrical episodes.

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