Hot Thespian Action!: Ten Premier Plays from Walterdale Playhouse (Au Press)

Book Description:

Robin Whittaker makes an important contribution to Canadian theatre studies with the first critical anthology of Canadian plays first performed by the Walterdale Theatre Associates, Edmonton’s historic amateur theatre company. This collection commemorates Walterdale’s 50th anniversary and highlights the social and artistic significance of amateur theatre practice in Canada by drawing together significant plays by acclaimed and emerging Canadian playwrights, detailed introductions, and archival production photographs.

About the Author
Robin C. Whittaker is completing doctoral work at the Graduate Centre for Study of Drama at the University of Toronto. He has written extensively on theatre in Canada and has taught, directed, and dramaturged at universities across the country.