In Volume II, Wasserman shows us Canadian drama from 1985 up to
1997, during which we see women playwrights rise to greater
prominence, along with Native, gay and lesbian, and Quebecois
playwrights. But, continuing on from Volume I, this selection of
plays not only takes us farther into the annals of the lives of the
marginalized; it also provides a revealing cultural and
philosophical cross-section of late-20th-century life in Canada.
In one way or another, we are shown ourselves as we are, and not in
the critically-neutral, determinedly naive terms of the
contemporary mainstream in which we are all represented as
gloriously enmeshed in a world of cybernetic stringency--the
uncomplicated aesthetic of a never-ending stream of zeroes and
ones.
If the plays presented in these two volumes are the contours of an
"indigenous Canadian drama," they outline anything but a norm.
The plays in this fourth edition of "Modern Canadian Plays: Volume
II" date from 1985 to 1997:
"Bordertown Cafe" by Kelly Rebar
"Polygraph" by Robert Lepage and Marie Brassard
"Moo" by Sally Clark
"The Orphan Muses" by Michel Marc Bouchard
"7 Stories" by Morris Panych
"Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing" by Tomson Highway
"Amigo's Blue Guitar" by Joan MacLeod
"Lion in the Streets" by Judith Thomson
"Never Swim Alone" by Daniel MacIvor
"Fronteras Americanas" by Guillermo Verdecchia
"Harlem Duet" by Djanet Sears
"Problem Child" by George F. Walker
General
Imprint: |
Talonbooks
|
Country of origin: |
Canada |
Release date: |
February 2023 |
First published: |
September 2000 |
Authors: |
Jerry Wasserman
|
Dimensions: |
254 x 177 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
408 |
Edition: |
4th Edition |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-88922-437-7 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
0-88922-437-4 |
Barcode: |
9780889224377 |
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