Kevin Longfield

From Fire to Flood (eBook, ePUB)

A History of Theatre in Manitoba

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Theatre as we know it started in Manitoba almost a century and a half ago. During that time it has produced some shining moments, some unforgettable characters, and some great stories: how two visionaries, Tom Hendry and John Hirsch, convinced Manitoba to embrace a theatre centre that became a model for the rest of the world, how Prairie Theatre Exchange inspired Manitobans to create their own theatre, how Nellie McClung used theatre to help women get the vote, and how a fire at the first theatre event in Winnipeg almost destroyed the whole town.From Fire to Flood explores how Manitoba theatre got to where it is today, and why it didn't go somewhere else. It examines Manitoba theatre from its beginnings, placing theatre in its social and historical context. A key question is how our theatrical past can help us complete the final piece of the puzzle: a unified, indigenous theatre that explains us to ourselves and to the rest of the world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Signature Editions
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. April 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781897109809
• Artikelnr.: 41873224

Autorenporträt

University of Winnipeg theatre graduate Kevin Longfield has worked in arts journalism and theatre for over twenty years. He was Winnipeg correspondent for Theatrum magazine from 1990 until it folded in 1995. His one-act play, Going Down the River, has won several awards and appears in the anthology Canadian Mosaic. His involvement in theatre spans journalism, playwriting, directing, producing, board management and dramaturgy.