Seize the Day The Mummers’ Gros Mourn

Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from None of That Artsy-Fartsy Stuff, a history of the Newfoundland Mummers Troupe (1972-1982) that Chris Brookes, the group’s Artistic Director for most of that period, is currently writing. This excerpt chronicles the evolution of Gros Mourn, a collective...

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Published in:Canadian Theatre Review
Main Author: Brookes, Chris
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) 1983
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/ctr.37.004
https://ctr.utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/ctr.37.004
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Summary:Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from None of That Artsy-Fartsy Stuff, a history of the Newfoundland Mummers Troupe (1972-1982) that Chris Brookes, the group’s Artistic Director for most of that period, is currently writing. This excerpt chronicles the evolution of Gros Mourn, a collective creation about a community crisis that the Mummers encountered in 1973 when they toured to the Gros Morne area of the Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland.