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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: MOSAIC PR, 294 Seiten, L=228mm, B=151mm, H=21mm, Gew.=467gr, [GR: 21600 - TB/Belletristik/Biographien, Erinnerungen], [SW: - Per… Mehr…

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: MOSAIC PR, 294 Seiten, L=228mm, B=151mm, H=21mm, Gew.=467gr, [GR: 21600 - TB/Belletristik/Biographien, Erinnerungen], [SW: - Performing Arts], Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: In 1951, a young actor-manager (Leslie Yeo), left post-war England -- and, with $30 in his pocket, brought 13 professional actors and a scenic designer across the Atlantic to the closest point on the North American shore -- St. John, Newfoundland. There, without sponsor or subsidy, he staged 26 different plays in 26 weeks and ended up the season with a profit. Over the next six years he firmly established Canada's first fully professional commercial regional theater. This is the story of that historic theatrical adventure its crises and its triumphs and the many lives it changed.<P>Documents the rapid growth of the repertory theater movement and the dying days of the Music Hall in Britain In 1951, a young actor-manager (Leslie Yeo), left post-war England -- and, with $30 in his pocket, brought 13 professional actors and a scenic designer across the Atlantic to the closest point on the North American shore -- St. John, Newfoundland. There, without sponsor or subsidy, he staged 26 different plays in 26 weeks and ended up the season with a profit. Over the next six years he firmly established Canada's first fully professional commercial regional theater. This is the story of that historic theatrical adventure its crises and its triumphs and the many lives it changed.<P>Documents the rapid growth of the repertory theater movement and the dying days of the Music Hall in Britain<