{"product_id":"9780889224360","title":"Modern Canadian Plays: Vol. 1","description":"“I don’t see how a play can be Canadian. I don’t think there are any plays that you could call strictly Canadian … What does that phrase mean?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, thirty-three years after Canadian directors spoke their minds, or rather shrugged their shoulders at the seeming hopelessness of de-colonizing Canadian theatre, this fourth edition of the “classic” \u003ci\u003eModern Canadian Plays\u003c\/i\u003e sets out for us an even broader range of plays than previous editions, outlining a Canadian drama-scene that is far from colonial, inert, middle-class, or middle-aged. spanning the years from 1967 to 1997, this anthology will likely continue to be the standard anthology for Canadian drama—and not without good reason.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdited by Jerry Wasserman—professor at the Universityof British Columbia, theatre critic for CBC, and one of Vancouver’s most recurring (and memorable) faces on television— Volume I still contains plays such as George Ryga’s seminal and highly political \u003ci\u003eThe Ecstasy of Rita Joe\u003c\/i\u003e (first performed in 1967, it was described as a “cicatrice” of Canadian society that “showed the bleeding flesh beneath”), as well as Michel Tremblay’s \u003ci\u003eLes Belles-Soeurs\u003c\/i\u003e (one of the most critically acclaimed plays in Canada, translated from the original, controversial, joual). But more to the point, this edition of Volume I carries with it an even more distinct flavour of adventurousness in its juxtaposition of plays that are strikingly, even wildly, various—plays that can only be said to cohere around the difficulty of amorphous notions such as social justice, cultural belonging, and the existence of a collective past.\u003cp\u003eThe plays in this fourth edition of \u003ci\u003eModern Canadian Plays: Volume I\u003c\/i\u003e date from 1967 to 1986:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Ecstasy of Rita Joe by George Ryga\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFortune and Men’s Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e by John Herbert\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLes Belles-Soeurs\u003c\/i\u003e by Michel Tremblay\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeaving Home\u003c\/i\u003e by David French\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e1837: The Farmer’s Revolt\u003c\/i\u003e by Rick Salutin and Theatre Passe Muraille\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe St. Nicholas Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e by James Reaney\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eZastrozzi\u003c\/i\u003e by George F. Walker\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBilly Bishop Goes to War\u003c\/i\u003e by John MacLachlan Gray with Eric Peterson\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBalconville\u003c\/i\u003e by David Fennario\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDoc\u003c\/i\u003e by Sharon Pollock\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDrag Queens on Trial\u003c\/i\u003e by Sky Gilbert\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Occupation of Heather Rose\u003c\/i\u003e by Wendy Lill\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Talonbooks, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022885044464,"sku":"9780889224360","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780889224360_p0.jpg?v=1763848893","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780889224360","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}