Sharon Pollock : first woman of Canadian theatre / edited by Donna Coates.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coates, Donna, 1944- author, editor.

Series:

West series (Calgary, Alta.) ; 8.

West ; 8

Standardized Title:

Sharon Pollock (2015)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pollock, Sharon--Criticism and interpretation.

Pollock, Sharon.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, 2015

Place of Publication:

Calgary, Alberta : University of Calgary Press, [2015]

Summary:

As playwright, actor, director, teacher, mentor, theatre administrator, and critic, Sharon Pollock has played an integral role in the shaping of Canada's national theatre tradition, and she continues to produce new works and to contribute to Canadian theatre as passionately as she has done over the past fifty years. Pollock is nationally and internationally respected for her work and support of the theatre community. She has also played a major role in informing Canadians about the "dark side" of their history and current events. This collection, comprised entirely of new and original assessments of her work and contribution to theatre, is both timely and long overdue. Includes a new play titled "Sharon's Tongue" by the Playing with Pollock CollectiveWith contributions by:Kathy K. Y. ChungDonna CoatesCarmen DerksenSherrill GraceMartin MorrowJeton NezirajWes PearceTanya SchaapShelley ScottJerry WassermanJason WeinsCynthia Zimmerman.

Contents:

Introduction / Donna Coates, editor

1. Walsh and the (de-)construction of Canadian myth / Jerry Wasserman

2. Sharon Pollock and the scene of the crime / Shelley Scott

3. Ownership and stewardship in Sharon Pollock's Generations / Jason Wiens

4. Different directions : Sharon Pollock's Doc / Cynthia Zimmerman

5. "The art a seein' the multiple realities" : fragmented scenography in Sharon Pollock's plays / Wes D. Pearce

6. Listening is telling : Eddie Roberts's poetics of repair in Sharon Pollock's Fair liberty's call / Carmen Derkson

7. Loss and mourning in Sharon Pollock's Fair liberty's call / Kathy K.Y. Chung

8. Questions of collective responsibility in Sharon Pollock's Man out of joint / Tanya Schaap

9. Equal opportunity torturers in Judith Thompson's Palace of the end and Sharon Pollock's Man out of joint / Donna Coates

10. Sharon Pollock and the Garry Theatre (1992-97) / Martin Morrow

11. Sharon Pollock in Kosovo / Jeton Neziraj

12. Biography and the archive / Sherrill Grace

13. Sharon's tongue. Calgary playing with Pollock Collective : Lindsay Burns, Pamela Halstead, Grant Linneberg and Laura Parken

Pollock on plays.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-55238-791-7

OCLC:

940512992