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Les Canadiens
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Les Canadiens
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Rick Salutin
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Introduction by Ken Dryden
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:192 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 153 |
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| Category/Genre | Plays, playscripts |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780889221222
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| Classifications | Dewey:812 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Talon Books,Canada
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| Imprint |
Talon Books,Canada
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| Publication Date |
1 January 1977 |
| Publication Country |
Canada
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Description
Les Canadiens begins on the Plains of Abraham in 1759 when a French-Canadian soldier throws his rifle to his son and it becomes a hockey stick. It ends in the Montreal Forum on the night of November 15, 1976, when Montreal Canadien fans turn a hockey game into an election victory rally for the independantiste Parti Quebecois. In between, it is a play about Quebec and Canada using hockey as a metaphor and a play about hockey using Quebec and Canada as its setting. Les Canadiens was commissioned by and first performed at Centaur Theatre in Montreal in February, 1977. The book contains a preface by Ken Dryden, former goalie for the Montreal Canadiens, and an introduction on hockey, politics and theatre by Rick Salutin.
Author Biography
Rick Salutin His play Les Canadiens (1977), written with an "assist" by hockey great Ken Dryden, won a Chalmers Award in 1978.
Reviews"An examination of the Canadiens has never been mastered so well--even in a town that searches every pore of its sports heroes." -- Montreal Gazette
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