Description
Aboriginal drama and theatre in Canada is a rich subject, and this collection marks only a beginning in the process of watching, studying, and understanding its complexity and liberative possibilities. Contributors include: Tomson Highway, Sheila Rabillard, Floyd Favel Starr, Alan Filewood, Reid Gilbert, Drew Hayden Taylor, Robert Nunn, Yvette Nolan, Ric Knowles, Geraldine Manossa, Daniel David Moses, Rob Appleford, Armand Garnet Ruffo. Aboriginal Drama and Theatre: Critical Perspectives on Canadian Theatre in English, volume 1 contains 15 scholarly essays by well-known playwrights and scholars. Tomson Highway writes On Native Mythology; Robert Nunn discusses the plays by Drew Hayden Taylor; Rob Appleford writes about the works of Daniel David Moses; and Armand Garnet Ruffo contributes the paper, A Windigo Tale: Contemporizing and Mythologizing the Residential School Experience.