Research Catalog

Title

Eight men speak : a political play in six acts / by Oscar Ryan ... [et al.] ; edited & with an introduction by Alan Filewod.

Publication

Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, c2013.

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Additional Authors

• Filewod, Alan, 1952-
• Ryan, Oscar, 1904-

Description

li, 110 p. : ill.; 21 cm.

Summary

This volume comprises a reprinting and gloss of the original text of the 1933 Communist play Eight Men Speak. The play was banned by the Toronto police after its first performance, banned by the Winnipeg police shortly thereafter and subsequently banned by the Canadian Post Office. The play can be considered as one stage--the published text--of a meta-text that culminated in 1934 at Maple Leaf Gardens when the (then illegal) Communist Party of Canada celebrated the release of its leader, Tim Buck, from prison. Eight Men Speak had been written and staged on behalf of the campaign to free Buck by the Canadian Labour Defence League, the public advocacy group of the CPC.--Provided by publisher.

Series Statement

Canadian literature collection

Uniform Title

Canadian literature collection

Subject

• Buck, Tim > Drama
• 1900-1999
• Political plays, Canadian > History and criticism
• Canadian drama > 20th century > History and criticism

Genre/Form

• Political plays
• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Drama

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-110).

Additional Formats (note)

• Also issued in electronic format.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Acknowledgements -- Critical introduction: 1. Eight Men Speak in historical context. 2. Authorship: coalescent dramaturgy. 3. The theatrical modernism of Eight Men Speak. 4. Reception -- Eight Men Speak -- Dossier: Documents, Reports and Reviews. Explanatory Notes. Textual Notes. Works Cited.

ISBN

• 9780776607962
• 0776607960

OCLC

• 818407761
• SCSB-11697585

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library