Canada on Stage: Scenes and Monologues: A Survey of Canadian Theatre [Paperback]

Iris Turcott (Editor), Keith Turnbull (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2007 | ISBN-10: 0887548881 | ISBN-13: 978-0887548888

“All of the scenes inCanada on Stagehave been selected with ‘scene study’ in mind.”—Iris Turcott and Keith Turnbull

This collection features scenes and monologues from fifty Canadian plays for study, audition, or general interest. Makes a great introduction to the themes and practices that have developed in Canadian theater over the past ten years.

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About the Author

Iris Turcott is a dramaturge, director, and actor. She was also co-founder and co-artistic director of Playbill Theatre. She spent fourteen years as company dramaturge at the Canadian Stage Company. Iris has worked with playwrights from coast to coast including Adam Pettle, Joan MacLeod, Michel Marc Bouchard, Brad Fraser, Judith Thompson, Sunil Kuruvilla, and Tomson Highway. She has been involved in a number of international co-commissions including the Royal Exchange in Manchester, the Melbourne Festival, and the Abbey Theatre. She is also the dramaturge for Ronnie Burkett’s internationally acclaimed Theatre of Marionettes. Iris is active in arts education and is involved in a number of aspects of publishing. She has served on the board of directors for the LMDA (Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas) and is currently the company dramaturg at Factory Theatre.

Keith Turnbull is a director, dramaturge, and producer committed to contemporary and new work in theatre and opera. He was artistic director of the Manitoba Theatre Centre; of Second Stage, Neptune Theatre; and founding artistic director of the NDWT Co., a First Nations theatre company from which emerged many of Canada’s most noted native performers and writers. He is the past artistic director/executive producer of Banff Theatre Arts. He has taught extensively throughout Canada. He has directed more than ninety plays in theatres across Canada and opera/music theatre in Canada, Wales, Sweden, and the US. He recently directed

Product Details

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press (April 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0887548881
• ISBN-13: 978-0887548888
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,647,922 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)