Half Man, Half Beast
Making a Life in Canadian Theatre
- Publisher
- Vehicule Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1998
- Category
- General, Artists, Architects, Photographers
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550650891
- Publish Date
- Jan 1998
- List Price
- $17.95
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Description
When Maurice Podbrey arrived in Montreal from England to teach at the National Theatre School in the autumn of 1966, Canadian theatre was in ferment and the excitement of Expo 67 and Canada's centenary was in the air. By 1969 he had become founding artistic director of Montreal's Centaur Theatre and embarked on twenty-eight successful seasons of theatre. The story of the Centaur and Podbrey's reflections on theatredirecting, acting and actors, theatre administration, teaching, the audience, and criticsspotlights Canada's remarkable cultural evolution over the last three decades.
About the authors
In 1969 Maurice Podbrey became the founding artistic director of Montreal`s Centaur Theatre and embarked on twenty-eight successful seasons of theatre.