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Tom Wood Claptrap (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- Claptrap : a Comedy in Two Acts
- Publication Name
- Claptrap
- Title
- Claptrap
- Subtitle
- A Comedy in Two Acts
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0889242798
- EAN
- 9780889242791
- ISBN
- 9780889242791
- Publisher
- Dundurn Press
- Genre
- Drama, Performing Arts
- Release Year
- 1998
- Release Date
- 15/10/1998
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- CA
- Item Height
- 0.2in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Width
- 6in
- Publication Year
- 1998
- Topic
- Canadian, General, Comedy
- Item Weight
- 5.7 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 122 Pages
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Product Information
Late spring in Oslo, Ontario. The annual Ibsen Festival begins with auditions, then rehearsals, and, finally, performances. This year, the Ibfest features productions of five classic plays: The Twins , a renaissance play in the, er, tradition of Shakespeare; Virtue Slandered , a restoration comedy in the, um, fashion of Sheridan; The Raj , a nineteen century look at those quirky, madcap, but well-meaning Brits in a backward society (it's a musical!); Pantilous in Crete , a classic Greek tragedy about an Athenian, having offended Zeus, who is doomed to live a life of horrors; and the Canadian classic, Frozen Wheat , about a Quebucois couple stranded on the prairies in the dead of winter, their son growing up Anglais, their daughter pregnant, with relatives from Newfoundland causing havoc and humorous but touching situations. The actors in the company include (among many others) Dirk Hart, the gorgeous American film star, making an attempt at serious theatre; Simon Webber-Douglas, Canadian-born but British-trained, which makes him almost good; and Julia Hudson, talented, Canadian-born and trained, and the target of the Ibfestos sarcasm, sadism, and cruelty. Antony Manley-Dunn presides over the Ibfest as one imagines Cecil Rhodes did the continent of Africa. Claptrap is a grand satire of the colonial mentality that governs the theatre festivals of Canada. Anyone who has worked at, performed in, been to, or even heard about the Stratford or Shaw festivals will laugh heartily and with recognition. Although a play, Claptrap reads much like a comic novel; here is Tom Wood's description of the development of the festival: Oslo's biggest claim to fame before the Festival was the Hastverk Fish Pickling Plant (Herring and Smelt). When the town was floundering in the early 1960s, the city fathers hit upon the idea of having a summer festival of Norwegian culture. Dancing, food, sports, and the community players performed A Doll's House at the town hall. The cultural festival failed miserably, but the play was a modest success. The town fathers decided to follow in the footsteps of two other theatrical festivals and gussied up the town to look more period. 1850s Norway, to be exact. Local businesses slapped on facades and adopted Ibsenesque names: the hair salon became Hedda Hair; the pub, Gabbler's; the funeral parlor, Ghosts; the hotel and convention centre, Gynt Pier Inn.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Dundurn Press
ISBN-10
0889242798
ISBN-13
9780889242791
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2752918
Product Key Features
Book Title
Claptrap : a Comedy in Two Acts
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Canadian, General, Comedy
Publication Year
1998
Genre
Drama, Performing Arts
Number of Pages
122 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.2in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
5.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pr9199.3.W574c58
Reviews
The characters are well-drawn [and] distinct enough that following along, though never simple, becomes a big part of the fun... [ Claptrap ] is a good reason to start thinking about reading plays for fun., Claptrap is both clever and ambitious: onstage shenanigans and offstage drama. -- Letters in Canada Woods B-Movie: The Play...won the Chalmers Award for Best New Play, as well as five Dora Mavor Moore Awards. Claptrap seems destined to repeat that success. -- David E. Kemp -- Canadian Book Review Annual The characters are well-drawn [and] distinct enough that following along, though never simple, becomes a big part of the fun... [Claptrap] is a good reason to start thinking about reading plays for fun. -- The Toronto Star, Wood's B-Movie: The Play ...won the Chalmers Award for Best New Play, as well as five Dora Mavor Moore Awards. Claptrap seems destined to repeat that success., Woods B-Movie: The Play...won the Chalmers Award for Best New Play, as well as five Dora Mavor Moore Awards. Claptrap seems destined to repeat that success., Claptrap is both clever and ambitious: onstage shenanigans and offstage drama. Wood's B-Movie: The Play...won the Chalmers Award for Best New Play, as well as five Dora Mavor Moore Awards. Claptrap seems destined to repeat that success. -- David E. Kemp The characters are well-drawn [and] distinct enough that following along, though never simple, becomes a big part of the fun... [Claptrap] is a good reason to start thinking about reading plays for fun., Woods B-Movie: The Play...won the Chalmers Award for Best New Play, as well as five Dora Mavor Moore Awards. Claptrapseems destined to repeat that success., The characters are well-drawn [and] distinct enough that following along, though never simple, becomes a big part of the fun... [Claptrap] is a good reason to start thinking about reading plays for fun., Wood's B-Movie: The Play...won the Chalmers Award for Best New Play, as well as five Dora Mavor Moore Awards. Claptrapseems destined to repeat that success.
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
98-205977
Dewey Decimal
812/.54
Dewey Edition
21
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