2006 marked the 400th anniversary of a major theatrical event in
the history of North American drama. The Theatre of Neptune in New
France by lawyer, poet and historian Marc Lescarbot was a masque of
welcome performed on the Bay of Fundy by members of the tiny French
colony of Port Royal on November 14, 1606. It celebrated the return
of the ship bearing the Sieur de Poutrincourt and
navigator-explorer Samuel de Champlain from their travels along the
coastline as far south as Cape Cod in search of a more temperate
site for the colony.It is a paean to empire, a thanksgiving for
survival and an extraordinary theatrical spectacle in a  new"
world peopled by Native inhabitants who are represented in it as
both characters and audience. Arguably the first American play, it
has also been called  a significant entry-point of Western
cultural hegemony," sparking political activists to disrupt the
re-enactment planned for its four hundredth anniversary
celebration.This new edition includes the original French script
along with its long out-of-print English translations by American
historical preservationist Harriette Taber Richardson and Canadian
scholars Eugene and Renate Benson, as well as Ben Jonson's The
Masque of Blackness (1605), an illustrative contemporary English
imperial spectacle. The extensive historical and critical
introduction and bibliography are provided by Jerry Wasserman,
Professor of Theatre at the University of British Columbia.
General
| Imprint: |
Talonbooks
|
| Country of origin: |
Canada |
| Release date: |
October 2006 |
| First published: |
September 2006 |
| Authors: |
Jerry Wasserman
|
| Dimensions: |
228 x 152 x 9mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
96 |
| Edition: |
400 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-88922-547-3 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
0-88922-547-8 |
| Barcode: |
9780889225473 |
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