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A Man of Letters
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An unprecedented record of Kareda’s dramaturgical practice, including the values, preoccupations, and preferences that shaped his responses to new work.
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10 October 2017

The late Urjo Kareda was renowned for his commitment to respond personally to the unsolicited scripts received by Toronto’s Tarragon Theatre where he served as artistic director. His letters became the stuff of legend among Canadian theatre practitioners. This book makes public for the first time over three hundred responses with playwrights whose work Kareda developed for production at Tarragon.
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Pages: 576
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Imprint: Playwrights Canada Press
Publication Date:
10 October 2017
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9781770917743
Format: Paperback
Jessica Riley received her PhD from the School of English and Theatre Studies, University of Guelph, where she has taught courses on theatre history and Shakespeare. Her research interests include developmental dramaturgy, theatre history and historiography, Canadian theatre, and early modern English drama. Jessica is a former editorial assistant for Theatre Journal. Her work has been published in Canadian Theatre Review and in the essay collections Latina/o Canadian Theatre and Performance and OuterSpeares: Shakespeare, Intermedia, and the Limits of Adaptation. Forthcoming publications include contributions to the Cambridge Companion to Canadian Literature and Canadian Performance Histories and Historiographies in 2017. Jessica lives in Toronto.