Setting the stage : Montreal theatre, 1920-1949 / Herbert Whittaker ; edited by Jonathan Rittenhouse.

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Whittaker, Herbert, 1910-2006.

Title & Author:

Setting the stage : Montreal theatre, 1920-1949 / Herbert Whittaker ; edited by Jonathan Rittenhouse.

Publication:

Description:

xvii, 298 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-273) and index.
Foreword / Christopher Plummer -- Introduction / Jonathan Rittenhouse -- The Story So Far -- Beginnings: Hamlet Launches Three Careers -- The Church and the Stage Meet -- Searching for a Role -- The Montreal Repertory Theatre -- MRT to Guy Street and Moyse Hall -- Our Fair-Weather Theatre -- Riding Off in All Directions -- The Critic, Retrospective -- Le rideau se leve -- Afterword: A Contextual Commentary Jonathan Rittenhouse.

Summary:

"Herbert Whittaker begin his work in Montreal, where he witnessed the early careers of actors such as Christopher Plummer, Gratien Gelinas, John Colicos Jean Gascon, Denise Pelletier, and Amelia Hall. He worked in close collaboration with many pioneers of the little theatre movement, the Dominion Drama Festival, and Canadian theatre in general, such as Martha Allan, Charles Rittenhouse, and Pierre Dagenais. His involvement with Dagenais's I'Equipe allows him to report on the early days of francophone theatre in Montreal and the cross-formalization between Allan's Montreal Repertory Theatre and actor-directors such as Dagenais, Gelinas, and Yvette Brind Amour. In recounting his experiences he offers a glimpse of early theatrical spaces in the city that no longer exist, as well as some, such as the Salle du Gesu and the Montreal-National, that have survived."--Jacket

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ISBN:

0773520023
9780773520028

Subject:

Whittaker, Herbert, 1910-2006.
Theater Québec (Province) Montréal History 20th century.
Theater Québec (Province) Montréal History.
Théâtre Québec (Province) Montréal Histoire.
Théâtre Québec (Province) Montréal Histoire 20e siècle.
Theater
Québec Montréal
Montréal

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Rittenhouse, Jonathan, 1953-

Holdings:

Location: Library main montreal 247075
Call No.: PN2306.M6 W45 1999
Status: Available

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