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Title:

ROMANCING THE BARD
STRATFORD AT FIFTY

By:

Martin Hunter

Format:

Hardback

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£19.99

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ISBN 10:

1550023632

ISBN 13:

9781550023633

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Publisher:

DUNDURN GROUP LTD

Pub. date:

1 October, 2001

Pages:

240

Synopsis:

Romancing the Bard offers a look at the Stratford Festival in its first fifty years as it developed from a bold venture driven by vision of a handful of eager enthusiasts to its present status as a multi-million dollar cultural and commercial enterprise. With profiles of Stratford personalities from founder Tyrone Guthrie to current artistic director Richard Monette, it provides glimpses of intrigue and conflict both offstage and on. The book traces the development of a distinctive Canadian acting style, the soaring costs of production and design, the conflict between artists and moneymen, the external image promoted by publicists or imposed by critics and the changing mandate as the Festival assumes an increasingly populist character. This is a celebration of a uniquely successful artistic enterprise, and focuses on some of the Festival's finest productions. Illustrated with photographs from the Festival archives.

Illustrations:

b/w photos

Publication:

Canada

Imprint:

Dundurn Group Ltd

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Returnable

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