Academy of the Shaw Festival's Books

In 1951, a young actor-manager (Leslie Yeo), left a post-war England still manacled by the toughest currency restrictions in its history 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.

Image and Identity examines the unique qualities of Canadian cinema, situating it within the broader spectrum of Canadian culture as a whole. Taking a genetic approach toward uncovering an answer to the ever-pressing Canadian question, “In reality, who are we?” Bruce Elder explores the essential features of Canadian thought and the distinctive Canadian philosophical traditions that developed in response to our particular historical and geographical circumstances. Arguing that this rich yet largely neglected tradition is still reflected in much of our current artistic practice, Elder examines the Canadian documentary tradition, English-Canadian narrative filmmaking, and the works of our cinematic avant-garde. Focusing on the particular strengths of the avant-garde cinema, and providing in-depth analyses of the works of Michael Snow, Jack Chambers, David Rimmer, and many others, he demonstrates why these internationally celebrated Canadian artists have been at the forefront of the transition from modernist to postmodernist practices.

Volume 111 of the Proceedings of the British Academy contains 12 British Academy lectures and 17 obituaries of Fellows of the British Academy.

Venice, home of Tiepolo, Canaletto, Piranesi, Piazzetta, and Guardi, was the most artistic city of 18th-century Italy. This beautiful book examines the whole range of the arts in Venice during the period, including paintings, pastels and gouaches, drawings and watercolors, prints and illustrated books and sculpture. Beautifully illustrated.

This is the first installment of a fully illustrated catalogue of the Academy's priceless collection of paintings and sculptures.

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Book's by Academy of the Shaw Festival

A Thousand and One First Nights

A Thousand and One First Nights

Image and Identity

Image and Identity

2000 Lectures and Memoirs

2000 Lectures and Memoirs

The Glory of Venice

The Glory of Venice

Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design: 1826-1925

Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design: 1826-1925

Belle Moral

Belle Moral

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