An Historiographical Reading of the Founding of Canada's National Theatre School

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dc.contributor.advisorRubin, Donald H.
dc.creatorTumarkin, Pola Rachel
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-20T17:17:16Z
dc.date.available2016-09-20T17:17:16Z
dc.date.copyright2016-03-30
dc.date.issued2016-09-20
dc.date.updated2016-09-20T17:17:16Z
dc.degree.disciplineTheatre and Performance Studies
dc.degree.levelDoctoral
dc.degree.namePhD - Doctor of Philosophy
dc.description.abstractOn November 2, 1960, French director and teacher Michel Saint-Denis declared the National Theatre School of Canada (NTS)the nations first professional theatre training institutionopen, and the Canadian theatreits English and French traditionsentered a new stage of professional development. But how did it get there? This historiographical study of the NTS founding is the first thorough examination of the complex process through which the only bi-cultural, co-lingual school in Canada was established, from first inklings in the nineteenth century to its official opening in 1960. This dissertation utilizes Thomas Postlewaits four-part model of historiographical theory to explore and document the various contexts which helped to shape the ways in which the School was structured, operated, and received by the public at the time it opened. While the National Theatre School of Canada is clearly recognized as an important part of the professional Canadian theatre, it is argued here that the details of the Schools foundingeven nowremain contradictory, forcing the discussion to focus more on the results of the school after it officially opened rather than on the ideas which created it. After half a century, it seems time to articulate, at the very least, those founding debates, adding them to Canadas theatre history and giving them relevance in todays increasingly diverse Canada.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/32289
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectTheater
dc.subject.keywordsNational Theatre School of Canada
dc.subject.keywordsMichel Saint-Denis
dc.subject.keywordsCanadian theatre history
dc.subject.keywordsTwentieth century actor training
dc.subject.keywordsActor training in Canada
dc.subject.keywordsMavor Moore
dc.subject.keywordsVincent Tovell
dc.subject.keywordsPowys Thomas
dc.subject.keywordsHerbert Whittaker
dc.subject.keywordsPauline McGibbon
dc.subject.keywordsRoy Stewart
dc.subject.keywordsYves Bourassa
dc.subject.keywordsLady Flora Eaton
dc.subject.keywordsDonald Davis
dc.subject.keywordsJames de Beaujeu Domville
dc.subject.keywordsDavid Gardner
dc.subject.keywordsJean Gascon
dc.subject.keywordsGratien Gélinas
dc.subject.keywordsMichael Langham
dc.subject.keywordsDavid Ongley
dc.subject.keywordsRobin Patterson
dc.subject.keywordsTom Patterson
dc.subject.keywordsJean Pelletier
dc.subject.keywordsYves Prévost
dc.subject.keywordsJean-Louis Roux
dc.subject.keywordsRobertson Davies
dc.subject.keywordsBilingualism
dc.subject.keywordsBi-culturalism
dc.subject.keywordsCo-lingualism
dc.subject.keywordsProfessional theatre in Canada
dc.subject.keywordsTheatre training in Canada
dc.subject.keywordsDominion Drama Festival
dc.subject.keywordsCanadian Theatre Centre
dc.subject.keywordsCanada Council
dc.subject.keywordsMassey Commission
dc.subject.keywordsTheatre schools in Canada
dc.titleAn Historiographical Reading of the Founding of Canada's National Theatre School
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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