About the Book:

Canadian Drama and the Critics by L. W. Conolly is an enjoyable read that offers an intelligent, wide-ranging overview of modern Canadian plays and playwrights.

As the editor of this lively, updated assortment of reviews, interviews and other critical deliberations on contemporary Canadian drama, L. W. Conolly has gathered material from books, theatre and scholarly journals; from major daily newspapers in Canada and abroad; from critics, academics, journalists and playwrights. This new expanded and updated edition of Canadian Drama and the Critics now includes commentary on forty-three English-language plays written during the last fifty years.

Canadian Drama and the Critics is an ideal companion text to Modern Canadian Plays, Volumes I and II and other anthologies of Canadian drama. Canadian Drama and the Critics also includes detailed production information for the premiere of each play and a comprehensive index.

What people say:

"Fascinating, entertaining, and instructive." — Max Wyman, OC, cultural commentator

"Provides a critical map to our drama, a useful and stimulating context for our plays, and a basis for the on-going debate that makes the theatre important in our lives." — Canadian Literature

About the Author:

Leonard W. Conolly was educated in England, Wales, and Canada. He taught at the Universities of Saskatchewan, Alberta and Guelph before joining Trent University as President and Vice-Chancellor in 1994. A noted theatre historian, he is the author of some 60 articles and reviews in a variety of British and North American scholarly journals, and author, co-author and editor of 20 books on theatre, including The Oxford Companion to Canadian Theatre.