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Although the General Evolution of French-Canadian theatre in the nineteenth century has been described previously in some detail, the plays themselves remain largely inaccessible, in French and, especially, in English. The Drama of Our Past fills this significant void by presenting, in English for the first time, five full-length plays and five playlets which together cover the major genres and themes treated by local dramatists throughout the century.These plays include: Anglomania (1803), the first play with an explicit Canadian theme and setting to appear since the seventeenth century; the best-known political plays -- the five Status Quo comedies (1834); The Donation (1842), the first pl...
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