George Bernard Shaw & Christopher Newton: Explorations of Shavian Theatre
By Keith Garebian.
Description
Christopher Newton has placed the Shaw Festival firmly on the map of world-class theatre. His best Shavian productions are revolutionary re-interpretations of plays that are normally treated as Edwardian period pieces or didactic entertainments. In this first full-length study of Newton, critic Keith Garebian shows how the pairing of Shaw and Newton, that once seemed not bloody likely, has become one of the most exciting enterprises in Canadian theatre, with startling results. George Bernard Shaw & Christopher Newton begins with a biographical section that sketches some of the most pera...
ISBN(s)
0889625085, 9780889625082
