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Drama – Theatre CriticismLatina/o Canadian Theatre and PerformanceNatalie Alvarez • Playwrights CanadaNEWLatina/o Canadian Theatre and Performance is a foundational collection of essays establishing the field ofLatina/o theatre and performance studies in Canada, showcasing the work of leading and emerging scholarsin North America who take a hemispheric perspective in their examination of Canadian “Latinidad.” Whilehemispheric approaches in Latina/o scholarship have centred geographically on the Americas, Canadahas had limited inclusion in this body of scholarship. These essays seek to include Canada in this field ofinquiry and assess the ongoing formation of Latina/o subjectivity in Canadian theatre and performancewithin ever-shifting hemispheric relations.Natalie Alvarez is an associate professor at Brock University’s department of dramatic arts where sheteaches in the Theatre Praxis concentration. Her work on contemporary performance, performance theory,and Latina/o theatre has appeared in a number of periodicals as well as in national and international essaycollections.Key words: Theatre criticism, Essays, Latina/o identities, DiasporaISBN-13: 9781770911482paperback / 296 pp6 x 9 / $25.00May 2013Drama – Theatre HistoryOpening Act: Canadian Theatre History, 1945–1953Susan McNicoll • Ronsdale PressDrawing on personal interviews with actors and directors of the period, McNicoll explores such companiesas Everyman in Vancouver, New Play Society in Toronto, Théâtre Nouveau Monde in Montreal, and manyothers—revealing what made Stratford possible in 1953. With 50 b&w photos.Susan McNicoll was born in Montreal. Her lifelong love of words and history has been the focus of herwriting career, which she began by reporting for the Ottawa Journal. Her published books include BritishColumbia Murders and Ontario Murders. She has devoted ten years to completing her history of theatre.Key words: Canadian theatre history, Canadian national identity, Narrative & biography,Christopher Plummer, Joy Coghill, InterviewsISBN-13: 9781553801139paperback / 328 pp7.5 x 10 / $24.95May 2012A Fiery Soul: The Life and Theatrical Times of John HirschFraidie Martz & Andrew Wilson • Véhicule PressHirsch arrived in Winnipeg in 1947, a 17-year-old Hungarian orphan of the Holocaust, knowing noEnglish. Ten years later, he co-founded the Manitoba Theatre Centre and established a model for regionaltheatres across North America. He went on to direct productions in LA, New York, Stratford, and Toronto,and worked with actors like Anthony Hopkins and Maggie Smith. Notorious for his temper, budgetblowingsets, and artistic risk-taking, he had a stormy four years as CBC’s head of TV drama in the 1970s,and an even stormier tenure as the artistic director at the Stratford Festival. He died in 1989 of AIDS.Fraidie Martz is a psychiatric social worker by training. She became interested in John Hirsch when shewrote Open Your Hearts (Véhicule Press, 1996), the story of the Jewish war orphans who came to Canadaafter World War II, of whom Hirsch was the most famous. She lives in Vancouver, BC. Andrew Wilsonis a writer, translator, and editor who worked with Fraidie Martz on Open Your Hearts. He lives in England,where he also serves as a magistrate.Key words: Biography, Regional history – Winnipeg, Canadian theatre history, Jewish identities,Queer/LGBTI identitiesISBN-13: 9781550653199paperback / 328 pp5.5 x 8.5 / $22.00November 2011Literary Press Group / Congress 2013 27