This week we have a great selection of theatre-related print items as well as some pertinent titles from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’ Curio platform.
A Flea in her rear, or, Ants in her pants: and other vintage French farces /English versions by Norman R. Shapiro. Ten French farces as translated by Norman R. Shapiro, including the title play by Feydeau and: The Poor Beggar and the Fairy Godmother (Allais) – Boubouroche, or She Dupes to Conquer (Courteline) – It’s All Relative (Labiche) – Mardis Gras (Meilhac and Halevy) – and more.
American drama of the twentieth century /Gerald M. Berkowitz. a critical introduction to the genre in its historical and cultural context.
Amigo’s blue guitar /Joan MacLeod. A college student’s life is given meaning when he chooses to sponsor Elias, a Salvadoran refugee, as a class project. When Elias arrives, his hosts, Sander and his family, learn what it means and feels like to be a refugee and how to relate to someone who has endured such intense personal grief. The warmth and humour of the characters invite us to embrace the situation, be moved by it, threatened by it, and to consider how we would react.
B.C. industries at an impasse in the ‘Heart of the Fraser’ /Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The 80-kilometre stretch of the Fraser River between Mission and Hope, B.C. has become known to conservationists as “the Heart of the Fraser.” It’s also the site of an ongoing dispute over land use and the potential threats to some of the province’s salmon runs.
B.C. measles outbreak has some kids taking their health into their own hands /Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Some 33 students and staff at the centre of a measles outbreak in Vancouver have been ordered to stay home because they haven’t provided proof of vaccination. This has some B.C. kids taking their health into their own hands.
Breast implants: the trouble is under the skin /Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Thousands of Canadian women have had silicone breast implant surgery. Apart from some known complications, next-generation implants, approved by Health Canada in 2006, were said to be safe. Yet in recent years thousands of women have had their implants removed because of various problems. New studies have shown that silicone implants are linked to the development of autoimmune diseases and a rare form of cancer. An inquiry conducted by Enquête in collaboration with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Radio-Canada, CBC and the Toronto Star revealed that Health Canada approved the release of these implants despite a lack of information on long-term effects, and allowed manufacturers to withhold information on possible adverse side effects for years.
Cassell companion to theatre. A wide-ranging guide to the world of theatre, this dictionary contains a blend of facts and anecdotes for those interested in the theatre and its history. Its coverage ranges from biographies of writers, performers and directors to plot summaries of major plays, and from definitions of theatre jargon to articles on the development of the theatre, from ancient times to the present.
Declining Fraser River sturgeon stocks lead to calls for gill net restrictions /Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. B.C.’s salmon stock decline has been described as an ecological catastrophe, but Ottawa’s solution is putting the government at odds with local First Nations.
Doctor fears future ‘epidemic’ of long-term vaping effects /Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. A new generation is getting hooked on nicotine, and doctors say there are alarming similarities between the past popularity of cigarettes and the current vaping trend.
Fighting to protect B.C.’s ancient forests / /Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Environmentalists are using social media to lobby the B.C. government to protect the ancient trees in Vancouver Island’s temperate rainforest from logging companies.
Finding joy in God’s names & attributes: a Christian devotional and Bible study resource /S.T. Perry. TWU Author The first step to getting to know anyone is with their name – that is the same with God. But He has many names, such as Sovereign Lord, Redeemer or Rock, with each being derived from His nature and attributes, but all relating to the one triune God. Now you can explore 40 of the most common names that are a tribute to God in this resourceful Christian devotional that explores them through: A lesson on each one with an overview of the name, Bible passages in which that name appears, A story or observation to give a clearer picture of the name, A thematic photograph with Bible verse overlaid, A short prayer at the conclusion of each chapter, and A Bible study resource to expand your knowledge.
How changing language could help in the fight against opioids /Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.If you had any doubt about whether Canada’s opioid crisis was getting better or worse, the latest numbers tell a big part of that story: it’s still out of control. More than 9,000 people died between January 2016 and June 2018. There’s a lot of talk about how to turn things around, but there may be another side to it we don’t often consider, the way we talk about the problem may be a bigger issue than we think.
How science says drawing will help you retain information better /Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.It’s been said that “a picture is worth a thousand words,” and this might be more true than we realize, especially when it comes to our thinking and memory.
How some online shopping habits are terrible for the environment /Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. What can be a convenient click away could drastically expand the carbon footprint of an online sale.
Indigenous graves have B.C. landowners pitted against the government /Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Thousands of sites in British Columbia are believed to be ancient First Nations burial grounds. Some are on private lands, and many Indigenous people believe these sites are sacred. But the government doesn’t see the burial sites the same way as registered cemeteries, and that has left all parties frustrated and feeling vulnerable.
Is there a future for Olympic Games in Canada? /Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. After a hard-fought campaign, Calgarians essentially scuttled plans for a 2026 Olympic bid by voting ‘No’ in a plebiscite. That vote leaves questions not just for Calgary though, but for the entire country.
L’affaire Tartuffe, or, The garrison officers rehearse Molière /Marianne Ackerman ; with an introduction by Guy Sprung. This play is Inspired by historical fact: the first performance by anglophones in Québec was put on by British garrison officers stationed in Montreal. They chose to debut with Molière…and they performed in French. Ackerman weaves a riveting drama of cross-cultural love affairs, the stranglehold of Church and State, and the seditious plans to join the Yankees to the south.
Nothing sacred: based on Fathers and sons by Ivan Turgenev /George F. Walker.
Ocean noise poses threat to endangered whales off B.C. coast /Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Researchers are looking to better understand how marine traffic is affecting the critically endangered southern resident killer whales. In an attempt to reduce the threat, ships are being asked to slow down and whale watchers are being asked to stay back. CBC’s Briar Stewart reports.
Ottawa’s fight with Netflix reignites age-old debate: what is Cancon and who should pay? /Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Canadian studios and production crews are busier than ever before, thanks in part to demand from foreign streaming giants such as Netflix, Amazon and Hulu. At the same time, those American behemoths are being accused of not contributing their fair share to produce Canadian content and culture. But what exactly constitutes Cancon?
Plays /by Henry Arthur Jones ; edited with an introduction and notes by Russell Jackson. This volume contains three of Jones’s plays, representing the best of his work in different styles. The Silver King (1882), the story of a man, falsely accused of murder, is one of the best melodramas ever written, and won high praise from Matthew Arnold for its literary merit and convincing characterisation. Jones’s interest in the ‘New Woman’ of the 1890s is expressed in the lively dialogue of The Case of Rebellious Susan (1894), whose heroine is advised to renounce her new lover and return to her faithless. The Liars (1897) is a fine comedy of manners which considers the question of marriage and the role of women in society.
Prefaces to English nineteenth-century theatre /Michael Booth. This compilation of the prefaces from the author’s “English plays of the nineteenth century” (5 vols. ; London : Oxford Univ. Press, 1969-1976) provides an introduction to the critical interpretations of most genres of English drama.
Shakespeare alive! /Joseph Papp and Elizabeth Kirkland. Discover the London of Shakespeare’s time, a fascinating place to be–full of mayhem and magic, exploration and exploitation, courtiers and foreigners. Stroll through narrow, winding streets crowded with merchants and minstrels, hoist a pint in a rowdy alehouse, and hurry across the river to the open-air Globe Theater to see that latest play written by a young man named Will Shakespeare.
The CTR anthology: fifteen plays from Canadian Theatre Review /edited by Alan Filewod. This volume brings together fifteen of the most significant plays published in CTR between 1974 and 1991. Most have been out of print since their appearance in the journal. They include recognized classics that have transformed Canadian theatre, such as “Ten Lost Years” and “This is for You, Anna,” and lesser-known plays by such major writers as Robert Lepage and George F. Walker.
The Donnellys: a trilogy /by James Reaney ; with scholarly apparatus by James Noonan. Based on the true story of an Irish family with seven sons and one daughter immigrating to Ontario, in 1844, The Donnellys tells the tale of mystery and truths stranger than fiction. It is the story of a secret society and a massacre that shocked the Canadian public, a story overlooked by the artistic community until Reaney’s play elevated the events to the level of legend. This script takes its place among other true Canadian classics and in the hearts of drama lovers everywhere. As with the drama of Yeats, Eliot, O’Neill, Brecht and Beckett, this rendering of a generation of Irish settlers and their brutal murder at the hands of more than thirty vigilante killers is controversial and exciting to this day.
The drawer boy /by Michael Healey. A two-act play set in 1972 on a farm near Clinton, Ontario. There are only three characters: the farm’s two owners, Morgan and Angus, and Miles Potter, a young actor from Toronto doing research for a collectively created theatre piece about farming.
The one-act play companion: a guide to plays, playwrights and performance /Rex Walford and Colin Dolley. This guide surveys the work of over 250 playwrights who specialise in one-act plays, covering multiple styles nationalities and periods. In addition, it offers guidance on performing and staging a one-act play, with contact information and how to apply for performance rights.
The resurgence of poetry through a modern medium /Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Poetry is having a huge surge, largely through the growing popularity of so-called “Insta-poets.” These young writers built their audience using Instagram, and have now drifted into the world of celebrity, gracing the front rows of fashion shows and getting celebrity endorsements.
Unity (1918) /Kevin Kerr. In the fall of 1918, a world ravaged by four years of war was suddenly hit by a mysterious and deadly plague–the “spanish Flu.” As fear of the dreaded flu begins to fill the town of Unity with paranoia, drastic measures are taken. But when the disease descends upon the town despite their precautions, the citizens begin to turn on each other as they attempt to find a scapegoat for the crisis. Kerr offers audiences not only an epic chronicle of this forgotten chapter of Canadian history, but a chilling preview of the beginnings of our own new century. The play is a gothic romance, filled with dark comedy and the desperate embrace of life at the edge of death.
Victorian actors and actresses in review: a dictionary of contemporary views of representative British and American actors and actresses, 1837-1901 /compiled and edited, with an introduction, by Donald Mullin. This informative and scholarly survey, compiles extensive critical assessments by contemporary reviewers of some 250 British and American players.
What will our jobs look like when employers go droid? /Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Robots are getting smarter, and the consequences are becoming harder to predict. Who loses their jobs? Which industries are vulnerable? Kim Brunhuber explores the robot revolution.
Women, sex, and addiction: a search for love and power /Charlotte Davis Kasl. A breakthrough guide to help women understand sexual addiction and sexual codependency and to lead them to recovery. Women will learn to experience their sexuality as a source of love and positive power, and sex as an expression that honors the soul as well as the body.
Fight direction for stage and screen /William Hobbs ; forewords by Laurence Olivier and Roman Polanski. Hobbs has now revised his classic Techniques of the Stage Fight to incorporate his extensive experience and increased expertise in this field. He offers guidelines for the preparation of fight scenes in all forms of media, with special focus given to the stage and with screen combat discussed separately. The author shows how to make a fight scene an integral part of the play: by creating and selecting moves which relate to the character, by sharpening the performer’s skill and by forwarding the story. There are chapters on: analysis and construction, movement and shapes, fight orchestration, safety, basic movements, battles, the author’s own fight notation system and much more.
Gabriel Marcel the dramatist /[by] Hilda Lazaron. Marcel, who died in 1973, was essentially a philosophical dramatist; his plays deal with ideological conflicts, with man’s relation to the universe and its laws, and his reaction to two world wars and the worlds they created.
Putting together the puzzle of the New Testament /Bill Jones. Imagine that the New Testament was a 1,000 piece puzzle. It’s easier to figure out what you’re putting together if you have the picture on the box to go by and the corners and straight edges as guides. The chapters in this book provide the puzzle’s box cover, corners and straight-edged pieces, demystifying the whole picture of what you are assembling. Armed with these advantages, when you read or study New Testament passages, you will easily understand how the puzzle fits together.
Putting together the puzzle of the Old Testament /Bill Jones. This book is ideal for those who have little or no familiarity with the Old Testament or for pastors and lay leaders to help teach a better understanding of the Old Testament.
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