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Author Ryan, Oscar.

Title Eight men speak : a political play / by Oscar Ryan [and others] ; edited & with an introduction by Alan Filewod.

Publication Info. Ottawa [Ont.] : University of Ottawa Press, [2013]
Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2013.
©2013

Item Status

Description 1 online resource (li, 110 pages) : illustrations, digital file.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Canadian literature collection
Canadian literature collection.
Note This volume comprises a reprinting of the original text as well as a gloss of the 1933 Communist play, which had been written and staged as part of a campaign to free Tim Buck, the leader of the Communist Party of Canada, from prison.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-110).
Contents Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Critical Introduction; Eight Men Speak in Historical Context; Authorship: Coalescent Dramaturgy; The Theatrical Modernism of Eight Men Speak; Reception; Eight Men Speak; Foreword; Act I; Act II; Act III; Act IV; Act V; Act VI; Dossier: Documents, Reports and Reviews; Explanatory Notes; Textual Notes; Works Cited.
Summary The first scholarly edition of the only play banned in Canada for political reasons.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Buck, Tim -- Drama.
Buck, Tim.
Genre/Form Drama.
Subject Political plays, Canadian -- History and criticism.
Political plays, Canadian.
Canadian drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Canadian drama.
Chronological Term 20th century
1900-1999
Genre/Form Political plays.
Political plays.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Drama.
Added Author Filewod, Alan, 1952-
Other Form: Print version: 9781299482678
ISBN 9780776620749 (electronic book)
0776620746 (electronic book)
9780776620756 (electronic book)
0776620754 (electronic book)
9780776607962 (electronic book)
0776607960 (electronic book)
9781299482678
1299482678