{"product_id":"modern-canadian-plays-volume-2-5th-edition-paperback","title":"Modern Canadian Plays, (Volume 2, 5th Edition) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJerry Wasserman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eModern Canadian Plays is the core text for university-level Canadian drama courses around the world. Now in its fifth edition, with the previous edition published in 2002, the two-volume Modern Canadian Plays drama series anthologizes major Canadian plays written and performed since 1967. The second volume presents a range of exciting Canadian plays from the late 1980s through the first decade of the twenty-first -century. These plays respond directly or indirectly to the events of our time; work effectively on the stage, on the page, and in the classroom; and are contextualized with accompanying history, biography, and criticism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003ePolygraph\u003c\/em\u003e (1988) by Robert Lepage and Marie Brassard \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e7 Stories\u003c\/em\u003e (1989) by Morris Panych \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eNever Swim Alone\u003c\/em\u003e (1991) by Daniel MacIvor \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Glace Bay Miners' Museum\u003c\/em\u003e (1995) by Wendy Lill \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eCounter Offence\u003c\/em\u003e (1996) by Rahul Varma \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eProblem Child\u003c\/em\u003e (1997) by George F. Walker \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eHarlem Duet\u003c\/em\u003e (1997) by Djanet Sears \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eStreet of Blood\u003c\/em\u003e (1998) by Ronnie Burkett \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Shape of a Girl\u003c\/em\u003e (2001) by Joan MacLeod \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eTempting Providence\u003c\/em\u003e (2002) by Robert Chafe \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eScorched\u003c\/em\u003e (2003) by Wajdi Mouawad \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Adventures of Ali \u0026amp; Ali and the aXes of Evil\u003c\/em\u003e (2005) by Marcus Youssef, Guillermo Verdecchia, and Camyar Chai \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAge of Arousal\u003c\/em\u003e (2007) by Linda Griffiths \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eBIOBOXES: Artifacting Human Experience\u003c\/em\u003e (2007) by Theatre Replacement \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Edward Curtis Project: A Modern Picture Story \u003c\/em\u003e(2010) by Marie Clements \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eKim's Convenience\u003c\/em\u003e (2011) by Ins Choi\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfessor of English and theatre at the University of British Columbia, Jerry Wasserman has written and lectured widely on Canadian drama. His books include Spectacle of Empire: Marc Lescarbot's Theatre of Neptune in New France, Theatre and AutoBiography (with Sherrill Grace), and Twenty Years at Play, all published by Talonbooks. He has more than two hundred professional acting credits on stage and screen, and has reviewed more than fifteen hundred plays for CBC Radio, the Province newspaper, and his website, Vancouverplays.com. Wasserman has received the Killam Teaching Prize (1998), the Dorothy Somerset Award (2005), and the Sam Payne Award (2012), honouring a lifetime of achievement in the performing arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 560\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.7 x 6.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47219972178169,"sku":"9780889226791","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/v-FqDuVw-E9780889226791.webp?v=1768170672","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/modern-canadian-plays-volume-2-5th-edition-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}