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Author Whittaker, Herbert, 1910-2006.

Title Setting the stage : Montreal theatre, 1920-1949 / Herbert Whittaker ; edited by Jonathan Rittenhouse
Published Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1999

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Description 1 online resource (298 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits
Contents 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 In Montreal Whittaker witnessed the early careers of actors such as Christopher Plummer, Gratien Gélinas, 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' L'Equipe allows him to report on the early days of francophone theatre in Montreal and the cross-fertilization between Martha Allan's Montreal Repertory Theatre and actor-directors such as Dagenais, Gratien Gélinas, and Yvette Brind'Amour. He also gives us glimpses of the early theatrical spaces in the city that no longer exist, as well as some, such as the Salle de Gésu and the Monument-National, that have survived. This engaging memoir of exciting times is prefaced by a personal tribute from Christopher Plummer and set in context through an introduction, chronology, and bibliography by Jonathan Rittenhouse. Illustrated with a selection of Whittaker's stage and costume designs as well as photographs, Setting the Stage provides a captivating visual record of the period and is a must for everyone interested in Canadian theatre, Canadian arts, culture, and Montreal
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-273) and index
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Subject Whittaker, Herbert, 1910-2006.
SUBJECT Whittaker, Herbert, 1910-2006 fast
Subject Theater -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- History
PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- History & Criticism.
Theater
Theater
Theater.
Québec -- Montréal
Montréal
Montréal.
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
Author Rittenhouse, Jonathan, 1953-
ISBN 9780773568150
0773568158