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Book SynopsisTracing the impact of North America's longest-running women-led theatre company, this book sheds light on the rise, impact, and redefinition of nonprofessionalizing theatre in Canada.
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: Alumnae Theatre Company, Alterity, and the Idea of Nonprofessionalizing Theatre Part One: History and Programming 1. The University Years: Founding Daughters and Their Philanthropic Little Theatre (1918–1939) 2. Producing on the Homefront and in the Postwar Theatre Boom (1939–1957) 3. The Coach House Years and Intellectual Modernism (1957–1972) 4. The Firehall Years in Toronto’s Expanding Theatre Ecology (1972–Present) Part Two: Perspectives 5. A “Distinct Passage-Way”: Theatre Spaces 6. “This is the Competitive Democracy of Amateur Drama”: Festivals and Nationhood 7. “No Cause for Alarm”: New Plays 8. “Pace-Setting and Ranging”: A Nonprofessionalizing Theatre in the Professionalizing Era Conclusions Appendix 1 Selected Biographies of Alumnae’s Early Women Appendix 2: Alumnae’s Production History Pre-firehall Appendix 3: Alumnae Production History Firehall Notes Works Cited Index
