Birthright / Constance Lindsay Skinner ; adapted by Joan Bryans ; introduction by Jean Barman ; afterword by Michelle La Flamme.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bryans, Joan, 1941-

Contributor:

Skinner, Constance Lindsay, 1882-1939.

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

White people--Relations with Indians--Drama.

White people.

Métis--British Columbia--Drama.

Métis.

Frontier and pioneer life--British Columbia--Drama.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Genre:

Drama

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xii, 84 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : Playwrights Canada Press, 2005.

Summary:

"In the British Columbia frontier in 1905, missionary Robert Maclean has an ever-increasing foothold of power and influence. Into the swirling melee of shifting allegiances steps Precious Conroy, Maclean's adopted daughter. She is unaware that she was sent away for schooling to avoid the shame and discrimination which would occur should the secret get out that she is part Native. The son of the local chief, himself a product of a mixed marriage, is in love with her but so too is the son of the house. What will happen when, as it must, the secret of her parentage gets out?"--Back cover.

Notes:

Adaptation of the unpublished play by Constance Lindsay Skinner, originally written in 1906, first with the working title Aidzumka, and then as The birthright. The birthright is renamed Birthright in this adaptation to distinguish it from the original.

Local Notes:

Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Related Work:

Skinner, Constance Lindsay, 1882-1939. Birthright.

ISBN:

0887547524

9780887547522

OCLC:

61526375