The Canvas Barricade [Paperback]

Donald Jack (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0968802494 | ISBN-13: 978-0968802496 | Publication Date: April 6, 2007

In print for the first time, Donald Jack's comedy The Canvas Barricade was the first modern play performed on the main stage of the Stratford Festival (1961). The original cast included Peter Donat, Kate Reid, Jack Creley, Amelia Hall, Zoe Caldwell, and Bruno Gerussi. Misty Woodenbridge, a painter, has rejected the materialism of modern so­ciety for life in a tent by the Ottawa River, where he lives as carefree as the fabled grasshopper, eating stolen apples and painting masterpieces. But as summer draws to an end, reality rears its ugly head, and Misty must choose between starving in his tent and moving to the city with his fiancée. Meanwhile, his in-laws-to-be smell a cash cow when a mysterious art buyer begins snapping up Misty's work - and naturally they keep the money. Out of kind consideration for Misty's artistic ideals, of course.

Product Details

• Paperback: 148 pages
• Publisher: Sybertooth INc (April 6, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0968802494
• ISBN-13: 978-0968802496
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,196,992 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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