Description:Biography, theater history, anecdotes, and commentary are combined to show the development of an indigenous Canadian professional theater since World War II. From Timothy Findley’s beginnings in theater to bats occupying the Red Barn Theatre, this book offers a behind-the-scenes peek at how plays were produced, what the critics thought, what went wrong on stage and off, and some big name performers, such as William Shatner, Bruno Gerussi, Mickey Rooney, Jackie Coogan, Jackie Burroughs, Joe E. Brown, Zasu Pitts, Tallulah Bankhead, Edward Everett Horton, and Billie Burke. The book also describes the financial struggles of keeping a theater open, and, through a wide variety of plays shown on the stage of these theaters, what type of play to put on for the public.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Who's in the Goose Tonight?: An Anecdotal History of Canadian Theatre. To get started finding Who's in the Goose Tonight?: An Anecdotal History of Canadian Theatre, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Who's in the Goose Tonight?: An Anecdotal History of Canadian Theatre
Description: Biography, theater history, anecdotes, and commentary are combined to show the development of an indigenous Canadian professional theater since World War II. From Timothy Findley’s beginnings in theater to bats occupying the Red Barn Theatre, this book offers a behind-the-scenes peek at how plays were produced, what the critics thought, what went wrong on stage and off, and some big name performers, such as William Shatner, Bruno Gerussi, Mickey Rooney, Jackie Coogan, Jackie Burroughs, Joe E. Brown, Zasu Pitts, Tallulah Bankhead, Edward Everett Horton, and Billie Burke. The book also describes the financial struggles of keeping a theater open, and, through a wide variety of plays shown on the stage of these theaters, what type of play to put on for the public.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Who's in the Goose Tonight?: An Anecdotal History of Canadian Theatre. To get started finding Who's in the Goose Tonight?: An Anecdotal History of Canadian Theatre, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.