Title & Author:

Early stages : theatre in Ontario, 1800-1914 / edited by Ann Saddlemyer.

Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©1990.

Description:

xiii, 412 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

Ontario historical studies series, 0380-9188

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-354) and index.
The cultural setting : Ontario society to 1914 / J.M.S. Careless -- Amateurs of the regiment, 1815-1870 / Leslie O'Dell -- The nineteenth century repetoire / Robertson Davies -- Entertainers of the road / Mary M. Brown -- Variety theatre / Gerald Lenton-Young -- Theatres and performance halls / Robert Fairfield -- Chrolonlgy: Theatre in Ontario to 1914 / Richard Plant -- Select bibliography / Richard Plant.
Also issued online.

Summary:

"A circus, a production of Shakespeare, an evening of song and ventriloquism, a performance by a ‘learned pig’ – all of these offered an evening’s entertainment to the citizens of early nineteenth-century Upper Canada. Although the population in 1800 was only 90,000, a wide range of entertainers performed in towns across the province: touring companies, variety and animal acts, and theatrical troupes, professional and amateur, some home-grown and based in the garrisons, others from Montreal, New York, and London. By the end of the century, some 250 touring groups were on the road across Ontario, from Ottawa to Rat Portage (now Kenora). The lively theatre tradition of that century would extend into the next, beyond the appointment in 1913 of Ontario’s first official censor, until the outbreak the following year of the First World War.This collection of essays covers a number of facets of the growth of theatre in Ontario. Ann Saddlemyer’s introduction provides an overview of the period, and historian J.M.S. Careless focuses on the cultural environment. Novelist Robertson Davies writes on the dramatic repertoire of the period. Architect Robert Fairfield explores the structures that housed performances, from the small community halls to the grand opera houses. Theatre scholar and professional actor and director Geralrd Lenton-Young discusses variety performances. Leslie O’Dell, scholar, actor, and playwright, writes on garrison theatre, while Mary M. Brown, a teacher, actress, and director, covers travelling troupes. A chronology and bibliography, both by the theatre scholar Richard Plant, complete the work." -- from Google Books

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0802027385 (bound)
9780802027382 (bound)
0802067794 (pbk.)
9780802067791 (pbk.)

Subject:

Theater Ontario History 19th century.
Theater Ontario History 20th century.
Theater Ontario History.
Théâtre Ontario Histoire.
Théâtre Ontario Histoire 19e siècle.
Théâtre Ontario Histoire 20e siècle.
18.07 English literature outside Europe and the USA.
Theater
Aufsatzsammlung
Engels.
Toneel.
Théâtre Ontario (Canada) Histoire.
Ontario

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Saddlemyer, Ann.
Ontario historical studies series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 120950
Call No.: PN2305.O5 E25 (ID:95-B2182)
Notes: hardcover
Status: Available