Leaving Home Of The Fields Lately And Salt Water Moon

Author : David French
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009-05-15
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780887849084

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Leaving Home, Of the Fields, Lately, and Salt-Water Moon by David French Pdf

David French's award-winning plays Leaving Home, Of the Fields, Lately and Salt-Water Moon are available for the first time in a special one-volume edition, with an introduction by Albert Schultz. Set in the 1950s, Leaving Home tells the story of the Mercers, a Newfoundland family who have emigrated to the mainland and lost all sense of their place in the world. In Of the Fields, Lately, the emotionally charged sequel to Leaving Home, young Ben Mercer returns home after being gone for two years and confronts the family he left behind. Salt-Water Moon was written later than the other two plays but tells the earlier story of the courtship of Jacob and Mary Mercer in Newfoundland. Leaving Home was named one of the 100 Most Influential Canadian Books by the Literary Review of Canada. Of the Fields, Lately won the Chalmers Award in 1973, and Salt-Water Moon won the Canadian Authors Association Award for Drama, the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best New Play, and the Hollywood Drama-Logue Critics' Award.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1091215198

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Leaving Home, Of the Fields, Lately, and Salt-Water Moon Three Mercer Plays by Anonim Pdf

David French's award-winning plays Leaving Home, Of the Fields, Lately and Salt-Water Moon are available for the first time in a special one-volume edition, with an introduction by Albert Schultz. Set in the 1950s, Leaving Home tells the story of the Mercers, a Newfoundland family who have emigrated to the mainland and lost all sense of their place in the world. In Of the Fields, Lately, the emotionally charged sequel to Leaving Home, young Ben Mercer returns home after being gone for two years and confronts the family he left behind. Salt-Water Moon was written later than the other two plays but tells the earlier story of the courtship of Jacob and Mary Mercer in Newfoundland. Leaving Home was named one of the 100 Most Influential Canadian Books by the Literary Review of Canada. Of the Fields, Lately won the Chalmers Award in 1973, and Salt-Water Moon won the Canadian Authors Association Award for Drama, the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best New Play, and the Hollywood Drama-Logue Critics' Award.

Author : David French
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2002-03-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780887846663

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Leaving Home by David French Pdf

This is David French's first play and the first part of what has come to be known as the Mercer Series. Leaving Home tells the story of a Newfoundland family that has emigrated and lost all sense of its place in the world. Nominated for the Chalmers Award, Leaving Home is a classic in Canadian drama.

Author : David French
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Canada
ISBN : 0822213885

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Salt-water Moon by David French Pdf

THE STORY: The time is 1926, the place the front porch of a summer home in the tiny coastal town of Coley's Point, Newfoundland. Mary Snow, a lovely young girl of seventeen, studies the evening sky through a telescope. Her reverie is interrupted by

Author : David French
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Drama
ISBN : UOM:39015066295745

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Salt-water Moon by David French Pdf

The third book of the Mercer family saga. Cast of 1 woman and 1 man.

Author : Blyth Festival Theatre Archives (University of Guelph),David French
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:828037656

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Leaving Home by Blyth Festival Theatre Archives (University of Guelph),David French Pdf

Author : David French
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1991-03-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780887849077

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Of the Fields, Lately by David French Pdf

A son returns after an absence of two years to find both his mother and family friend Wiff trying to sustain his father, Jacob. A heart attack has forced Jacob out of work, and he can't reconcile himself to his frightening situation. The characters all discover something about themselves under this pressure of imminent death. Of the Fields, Lately won the Chalmers Award in 1973.

Author : David French
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780887845086

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Of the Fields, Lately by David French Pdf

"A son returns after an absence of two years to find his mother and family friend Wiff trying to sustain his father, Jacob. A heart attack has forced Jacob out of work, and he can't reconcile himself to his frightening situation. The characters all discover something about themselves under this pressure of imminent death."

Author : Kenneth G. Pryke,Walter C. Soderlund
Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Page : 575 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781551302263

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Profiles of Canada by Kenneth G. Pryke,Walter C. Soderlund Pdf

This book brings together contributions on a wide range of topics, including regionalism, the North, demography, ethnicity, culture, and sport, to create a comprehensive and interesting introduction to Canadian society. The addition of a short story by Alistair MacLeod is a creative departure from the academic writing of the other chapters. This updated edition is an innovative collection that combines depth, breadth, sophistication, and readability to offer the reader a comprehensive overview of Canada. Contributors include Michael Howlett, Alistair MacLeod, Don Rubin, and Patricia Monture-Angus and subjects include public policy, theatre, minorities, globalisation, and aboriginal women.

Author : William Baillie Hamilton
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0802075703

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Place Names of Atlantic Canada by William Baillie Hamilton Pdf

"Atlantic Canada" covers the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland.

Author : Bruce King
Publisher : Springer
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1993-02-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781349224364

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Post-Colonial English Drama by Bruce King Pdf

Post-Colonial English Drama is the first critical survey of contemporary Commonwealth drama. Besides essays on such individual dramatists as Wole Soyinka, Derek Walcott, David Williamson, Louis Nowra, Athol Fugard, George Walker, Sharon Pollock and Judith Thompson there are surveys of the dramatic literature and developments in the theatre in Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Papua New Guinea, Ghana, Nigeria, Jamaica and Trinidad. Canadian woman dramatists and the new radical South African theatre are also among the topics.

Author : Martin Banham
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1268 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1995-09-21
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521434378

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The Cambridge Guide to Theatre by Martin Banham Pdf

Provides information on the history and present practice of theater in the world.

Author : Arthur Holmberg,Carlos Solorzano
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1199 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781136118449

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World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre by Arthur Holmberg,Carlos Solorzano Pdf

The second volume of the World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre covers the Americas, from Canada to Argentina, including the United States. Entries on twenty-six countries are preceded by specialist introductions on Theatre in Post-Colonial Latin America, Theatres of North America, Puppet Theatre, Theatre for Young Audiences, Music Theatre and Dance Theatre. The essays follow the series format, allowing for cross-referring across subjects, both within the volume and between volumes. Each country entry is written by specialists in the particular country and the volume has its own teams of regional editors, overseen by the main editorial team based at the University of York in Canada headed by Don Rubin. Each entry covers all aspects of theatre genres, practitioners, writers, critics and styles, with bibliographies, over 200 black & white photographs and a substantial index. This is a unique volume in its own right; in conjunction with the other volumes in this series it forms a reference resource of unparalleled value.

Author : Glenn David Colton
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780773589377

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Newfoundland Rhapsody by Glenn David Colton Pdf

Frederick Rennie Emerson (1895-1972) was a dynamic presence in the cultural and intellectual life of Newfoundland and Labrador for much of the twentieth century. A musician, lawyer, educator, and folklore enthusiast, Emerson was a central figure in the preservation and mediation of Newfoundland culture in the tumultuous decades prior to and following Confederation with Canada in 1949. Glenn Colton shows how Emerson fostered greater awareness and understanding of Newfoundland's cultural heritage in local, national, and international contexts. His collaboration with song collector Maud Karpeles in the late 1920s preserved some of the most cherished folk songs in the English language, and a decade later, his lectures at Memorial University College emphasized folk traditions and classical repertoire to inspire cultural discovery for an entire generation. As Newfoundland's representative on the first Canada Council and vice-president of the Canadian Folk Music Society, he played a crucial role in shaping Canadian cultural policy during the transformative years of the mid-twentieth century. Colton also reveals the meaningful creative works Emerson composed in response to the same cultural heritage he documented and preserved: his one-act drama Proud Kate Sullivan (1940) is a pioneering depiction of Newfoundland life, and the folk-inspired Newfoundland Rhapsody (1964) is one of few examples of symphonic music composed by a Newfoundlander of his generation. Newfoundland Rhapsody explores Newfoundland society, Canada's emerging arts scene, and the international folk music community to offer a new lens through which to view the cultural history of twentieth-century Newfoundland and Canada.

Author : Reingard M. Nischik
Publisher : Camden House
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 1571133593

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History of Literature in Canada by Reingard M. Nischik Pdf

The development of literature in Canada with an eye to its multicultural, multiethnic, multilingual nature. From modest colonial beginnings, literature in Canada has arrived at the center stage of world literature. Works by English-Canadian writers -- both established writers such as Margaret Atwood and new talents such as Yann Martel -- make regular appearances on international bestseller lists. French-Canadian literature has also found its own voice in the North American and francophone worlds. "CanLit" has likewise developed into a staple of academic interest, pursued in Canadian Studies programs in Canada and around the world. This volume draws on the expertise of scholars from Canada, Germany, Austria, and France, tracing Canadian literature from the indigenous oral tradition to thedevelopment of English-Canadian and French-Canadian literature since colonial times. Conceiving of Canada as a single but multifaceted culture, it accounts for specific characteristics of English- and French-Canadian literatures, such as the vital role of the short story in English Canada or that of the chanson in French Canada. Yet special attention is also paid to Aboriginal literature and to the pronounced transcultural, ethnically diverse character ofmuch contemporary Canadian literature, thus moving clearly beyond the traditions of the two founding nations. Contributors: Reingard M. Nischik, Eva Gruber, Iain M. Higgins, Guy Laflèche, Dorothee Scholl, Gwendolyn Davies, Tracy Ware, Fritz Peter Kirsch, Julia Breitbach, Lorraine York, Marta Dvorak, Jerry Wasserman, Ursula Mathis-Moser, Doris G. Eibl, Rolf Lohse, Sherrill Grace, Caroline Rosenthal, Martin Kuester, Nicholas Bradley, Anne Nothof, Georgiana Banita, Gilles Dupuis, and Andrea Oberhuber. Reingard M. Nischik is Professor of American Literature at the University of Constance, Germany.