A companion to UEP’s Grand-Guignol: The French Theatre of Horror (now in its third reprint). A genre that has left more of a mark on British and American culture than we may imagine” (Gothic Studies). London’s Grand Guignol was established in the early 1920s at the Little Theatre in the West End. It was a high-profile venture that enjoyed popular success as much as critical controversy. On its side were some of the finest actors on the English stage, in the shape of...
Romancing the Bard offers a look at the Stratford Festival in its first fifty years as it developed from a bold venture driven by vision of a handful of eager enthusiasts to its present status as a multi-million dollar cultural and commercial enterprise. With profiles of Stratford personalities from founder Tyrone Guthrie to current artistic director Richard Monette, it provides glimpses of intrigue and conflict both offstage and on. The book traces the development of a distinctive Canadian...
Based on the true story of an Irish family with seven sons and one daughter immigrating to Biddulph Township near London, 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. First published in 1975, this script takes its place among other true Canadian classics on...
Welcome to Miami. Home of the nation’s most notorious Haitian organization… It’s where Low and Rob, inner city teens from Lil Haiti, Florida, are small-time car thieves. They take part in an organized huge payout-carjacking scheme. Low and Rob do whatever is necessary to complete the deal, including stealing and committing murder. After attaining the required cars, Low and Rob cashes in, but not before Rob gets shot in the head. With a huge payoff, and his best friend out of...
Die drama handel oor die lewe van die Griekse digter-staatsman Periandros (627-585 v.C.), die alleenheeser van Korinthe, wat sy groot droom probeer verwesenlik: om Korinthe ’n wêreldstad te maak.
Na sewe jaar word ’n gevreesde bendeleier Map Jacobs op parool uit die tronk vrygelaat en op almal se lippe is die vraag, het Map verander of is hy steeds die ou Map? Die drama speel hom af na die gedwonge verskuiwings vanuit die Kaap na die vlaktes. Dit gee die leser ’n blik op die leefwyses van die ontworteldes, hul lief en leed en sommige se desperate hunkering na ’n beter bestaan.
Uit die flenters van oorloë smous Priscilla vir haar en haar familie ʼn lewe aanmekaar. 'n Gemeenskap op die Kaapse Vlakte bloei op die snypunt van politieke ordes, bende-base en godsdiensleiers. Soms is daar eilandjies vrede, soos in enige goeie oorlog. Maar oorlog is soos liefde: dit sal ʼn pad vind. En solank die bloeddruk klop, sal Priscilla se smokkelhandel oorleef, in die kantlyn van die geskiedenis. Amy Jephta se epiese teaterstuk vertel die verhaal van ʼn gemeenskap, ʼn verhaal veel...
Dié drama, ’n liries en droomagtige maar tegelyk ook skreiend pynlike stuk oor herinnering en ongeregtigheid, is reeds in 1978 geskryf, in die hoogbloei van apartheid en twee jaar ná die Soweto-opstand. Dit is etlike kere opgevoer, maar word nou die eerste keer gepubliseer. Dit is in wese ’n versetdrama, maar die artistieke krag en durende relevansie daarvan lê in die wyse waarop dit wys hoe pynlik intiem verset en lojaliteit verstrengel is. Goree word gesien as Small se mees persoonlike...
Die potlooddief en die engel is ’n hedendaagse blyspel wat losweg gebaseer is op die Middeleeuse mirakel- en moraliteitspele. Alles is moontlik, met die gevolg dat hierdie heerlike en hoogs opvoerbare komedie, wat met groot sukses voorgeskryf is, net sulke prettige leesstof is.