Main entry:

Johnston, Denis, 1950-

Title & Author:

Up the mainstream : the rise of Toronto's alternative theatres, 1968-1975 / Denis W. Johnston.

Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1991.

Description:

xii, 337 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Before the Flood (The pattern of Canadian Theatre ; Toronto's Mainstream in the 1960s ; Alternative Theatre in the 1960s ; Critics in the 1960s and 1970s) -- Theatre passe muraille to 1970 (Rochdale College to Futz, 1968-69 ; Trinity Square to Fut, 1969-70) -- The Factory Theatre Lab (Background to 1970 ; Production at the Factory, 1970-75 ; The Factory after 1975) -- Threatre Passe Muraille After 1970 (Fut to the Farm Show, 1970-72 ; The Farm Show to Baby Blue, 1972-75 ; Passe Muraille after 1975) -- Tarragon Theatre (Background to 1971 ; Production at Tarragon, 1971-75 ; Tarragon after 1975) -- Toronto Free Theatre (Background to 1972 ; Production at the Free, 1972-75 ; The Free after 1975) -- The Off-Yonge-Street Theatres (Studio Lab Theatre ; Global Village Theatre ; Creation 2) -- The second wave (New Theatre ; Open Circle Theatre ; Phoenix Theatre) -- NDWT (NDWT after 1975) -- Making Myths -- Appendix A: Chronology -- Appendix B: Toronto Playlist. 1968-1975 -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Picture Credits and Sources -- Index

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français
Donor bookplate

ISBN:

0802058345 (bound)
9780802058348 (bound)
0802067417 (pbk.)
9780802067418 (pbk.)

Subject:

Experimental theater Ontario Toronto History.
Théâtre expérimental Ontario Toronto Histoire.
Experimental theater
Alternatives Theater
Experimentelles Theater
Ontario Toronto
Toronto
Experimental theater -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History
Canada

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 248261
Call No.: PN2306.T62 J6 1991
Status: Available