Setting the stage : Montreal theatre, 1920-1949 /

In Montreal Whittaker witnessed the early careers of actors such as Christopher Plummer, Gratien Gélinas, John Colicos, Jean Gascon, Denise Pelletier, and Amelia Hall. He worked in close collaboration with many pioneers of the Little Theatre Movement, the Dominion Drama Festival, and Canadian theat...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Whittaker, Herbert, 1910-2006
Other Authors: Rittenhouse, Jonathan, 1953-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1999.
Subjects:
Whittaker, Herbert, > 1910-2006.
Whittaker, Herbert, > 1910-2006
Theater > Québec (Province) > Montréal > History.
Théâtre > Québec (Province) > Montréal > Histoire.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > History & Criticism.
Theater
Québec > Montréal
Montréal
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Christopher Plummer
  • Introduction / Jonathan Rittenhouse
  • The Story So Far
  • Beginnings: Hamlet Launches Three Careers
  • The Church and the Stage Meet
  • Searching for a Role
  • The Montreal Repertory Theatre
  • MRT to Guy Street and Moyse Hall
  • Our Fair-Weather Theatre
  • Riding Off in All Directions
  • The Critic, Retrospective
  • Le rideau se leve
  • Afterword: A Contextual Commentary Jonathan Rittenhouse.

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