Stage Left: Canadian Theatre in the Thirties. A Memoir

Yana Meerzon, ed., Theatre and (Im)migration. New Essays on Canadian Theatre Series

Modern Drama ◽

10.3138/md.63.2.br5 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 63 (2) ◽

pp. 250-253

Author(s):

Caroline Wake

Keyword(s):

Canadian Theatre

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Natalie Alvarez, ed. Fronteras Vivientes: Eight Latina/o Canadian Plays NATALIE ALVAREZ, ed. Latina/o Canadian Theatre and Performance.

Theatre Research in Canada ◽

10.3138/tric.35.3.409 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 35 (3) ◽

pp. 409-412

Author(s):

Katherine Zien

Keyword(s):

Canadian Theatre ◽

And Performance

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Yashdip S. Bains. English Canadian Theatre, 1765-1826

Theatre Research in Canada ◽

10.3138/tric.21.1.75 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

pp. 75-76

Author(s):

Patrick B O'Neill

Keyword(s):

Canadian Theatre ◽

English Canadian

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Donna Coates, ed: Sharon Pollock: First Woman of the Canadian Theatre

Theatre Research in Canada ◽

10.3138/tric.37.2.290 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 37 (2) ◽

pp. 290-292

Author(s):

Moira Day

Keyword(s):

Canadian Theatre ◽

Sharon Pollock

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Theatres of Affect. Edited by Erin Hurley. New Essays on Canadian Theatre, Vol. IV. Toronto, ON: Playwrights Canada Press, 2014. Pp. 296. £13/$25 Pb.

Theatre Research International ◽

10.1017/s0307883315000103 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 40 (2) ◽

pp. 206-207

Author(s):

Kathleen Gallagher

Keyword(s):

Canadian Theatre

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Studio 180’s Political Engagements: Finding the Jewish Soul in Canadian Theatre

Canadian Theatre Review ◽

10.3138/ctr.153.010 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 153 ◽

pp. 50-55

Author(s):

Laura Levin ◽

Belarie Zatzman ◽

Joel Greenberg

Keyword(s):

Canadian Theatre

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Response to Léa V. Usin, 'A Local Habitation and a Name: Ottawa's Great Canadian Theatre Company'

Theatre Research in Canada ◽

10.3138/tric.8.1.141 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 141-142

Author(s):

Robin Matthews

Keyword(s):

Canadian Theatre ◽

Theatre Company

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'Getting to' Canadian Theatre History: On the Tension Between the New History and the Nation State

Theatre Research in Canada ◽

10.3138/tric.13.1.63 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 63-80

Author(s):

Stephen Johnson

Keyword(s):

Civil War ◽

Nation State ◽

Upper Canada ◽

Trade Journal ◽

Theatre History ◽

Canadian Theatre ◽

Definition Of ◽

Theatrical Culture ◽

American Trade

The methods of the 'new' history have helped to define the study of theatre history; at the same time, these methods tend to de-emphasize the influence of the politics of the nation state on that history. This can create tension in a discipline such as Canadian theatre history that defines itself by national as well as cultural criteria. This article illustrates the tension by comparing the definition of theatrical culture implicit in two examples of the Upper Canada (Wellington County) local press during the 1860s with that of an American trade journal for the same period. Reference is made to the Civil War, the Fenian raids, and Confederation.

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