Robertson Davies, Playwright
A Search for the Self on the Canadian Stage
Description
In this book, Susan Stone-Blackburn studies how the tastes and concerns
of one of Canada's leading writers have been given dramatic
expression, beginning with The King Who Could Not Dream and
Benoni and ending with Question Time and Pontiac
and the Green Man. She also examines how Davies' playwriting
has been influenced by the dominant tastes of his time and by the
conditions under which his plays have been performed. Dealing with the
plays chronologically, Stone-Blackburn reveals Davies' fondness for
theatricality as opposed to realism, for mythic flavour and archetypal
character, his romanticism, and his irrepressible humour.
Reviews
Reopens the case for Davies' writings for the stage.
- American Theatre
A full-scale, well-researched study of Davies' drama.
- Theatre History in Canada