LEADER 03483nam 2200577 450 001 9910149427603321 005 20230515055011.0 010 $a1-4426-5390-6 010 $a1-4426-3837-0 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442653900 035 $a(CKB)3710000000929693 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4730367 035 $a(DE-B1597)479322 035 $a(OCoLC)992524208 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442653900 035 $a(OCoLC)1124457855 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_107556 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000929693 100 $a20161111h19841984 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aTheatre in French Canada $elaying the foundations, 1606-1867 /$fLeonard E. Doucette 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1984. 210 4$dİ1984 215 $a1 online resource (305 pages) 225 1 $aUniversity of Toronto Romance Series ;$v52 311 $a1-4426-3126-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Theatre in New France 1606-1760 -- $t2. New Beginnings and New Trials 1760-1825 -- $t3. The Beginnings of a Native Tradition in Theatre -- $t4. Towards the Development of a French-Canadian Dramaturgy 1837-67 -- $tConclusion -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex -- $tUniversity of Toronto Romance Series 330 $aIt is only recently that historians of the theatre in French Canada have turned their attention to playwrights active before the twentieth century. Their practice had been to trace the roots of theatre to mid-1930s, to the appearance of Father Emile Legault and his troupe, the Compagnons de Saint-Laurent, dismissing what had gone before. In this innovative history, Leonard Doucette sets out deal for the first time with all plays that have survived to 1867 and to link them with the evolution of politics, institutions, and culture in French Canada. The study of theatre has often been handicapped also by the outdated practice of defining the literary-cultural history of a nation by identifying the masterpieces produced in specific periods and then defining other works in terms of what they are not. The surprisingly rich and varied history of theatrical forms in French Canada has just begun to receive the attention it deserves from scholars. Some of the texts and authors referred to in this history are identified for the first time: the materials cited and conclusions drawn are based upon original research in major Canadian libraries as well as the works of published critics and historians. The result is an excellent introduction to the various forms theatre has taken and the problems it has encountered in French Canada. 410 0$aUniversity of Toronto romance series ;$v52. 606 $aFrench-Canadian drama$xHistory and criticism 606 $aTheater$zCanada$xHistory 607 $aCanada$2fast 608 $aHistory. 608 $aCriticism, interpretation, etc. 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aFrench-Canadian drama$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aTheater$xHistory. 676 $a842 700 $aDoucette$b Leonard E.$0957044 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910149427603321 996 $aTheatre in French Canada$92167736 997 $aUNINA