Apprehending the Canadian Landscape: A Profile of Playwright Leslie Hamson
Playwright Leslie Hamson is sitting down to discuss her work in her cozy, cluttered Whitehorse home when her telephone rings. She takes the call – it’s someone helping her with spellings of Tlingit Indian words for the final draft of Last Rites. Set mainly in a trapper’s cabin in the Yukon bush, it’...
| Published in: | Canadian Theatre Review |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
1992
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/ctr.73.011 https://ctr.utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/ctr.73.011 |
| Summary: | Playwright Leslie Hamson is sitting down to discuss her work in her cozy, cluttered Whitehorse home when her telephone rings. She takes the call – it’s someone helping her with spellings of Tlingit Indian words for the final draft of Last Rites. Set mainly in a trapper’s cabin in the Yukon bush, it’s the story of a dying woman coming to terms with the unfinished business in her life. The story had audiences in tears during its five-night run in Whitehorse in June. Produced by Nakai Theatre Ensemble and directed by Montrealer Svetlana Zylin, it was the first Yukon play featured at the new 420-seat Yukon Arts Centre in the Yukon capital. |
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