Musical Form as Theatrical Form in Native Canadian Stage Plays

• Main Author: Harrison, Klisala Rose
• Other Authors: Hoefnagels, Anna, Beverley, Beverley
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: McGill-Queen's University Press 2012
• Subjects: 6131 Theatre; dance; music; other performing arts; Ethnomusicology; Indigenous studies; Theatre; Canada; Igloolik; Kane; Moses; First Nations; inuit
• Online Access: https://pure.au.dk/portal/da/publications/musical-form-as-theatrical-form-in-native-canadian-stage-plays(e99d734c-e1bd-4b13-8240-7bb7487e03b2).html

This article is the first survey of music in Aboriginal theatre throughout Canada. I focus on stage plays, penned solely or partly by First Nations, Métis and Inuit, in English, between 1986 and 2007, and in non-linear or third wave styles among others. In addition to incorporating diverse Native an...