Tag: Alan Filewod

  • Reviving the ‘Radical’ in Canadian Theatre History

    Reviving the ‘Radical’ in Canadian Theatre History

    Reviewed in this essay: Committing Theatre: Theatre Radicalism and Political Intervention in Canada, by Alan Filewod. Between the Lines, 2011. Alan Filewod, arguably the most prolific scholar of leftist political theatre in English Canada, has skillfully analyzed the history of radical performance in this country, from the mid-nineteenth century to the most recent G20 demonstrations,…