City Stages : : Theatre and Urban Space in a Global City /

City Stages : : Theatre and Urban Space in a Global City / / Michael McKinnie.

In every major city, there exists a complex exchange between urban space and the institution of the theatre. City Stages is an interdisciplinary and materialist analysis of this relationship as it has existed in Toronto since 1967. Locating theatre companies - their sites and practices - in Toronto&...

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McKinnie, Michael,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]
©2006
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Cultural Spaces
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Physical Description:1 online resource (208 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Nomenclature
  • Introduction: Towards an Urban Analysis of Theatre in Toronto
  • PART ONE. Civic Development
  • 1. Urban National, Suburban Transnational: Civic Theatres and the Urban Development of Toronto's Downtowns
  • 2. Good Times, Inc.: Constructing a Civic Play Economy in the Entertainment District
  • PART TWO. The Edifice Complex
  • 3. Space Administration: Locating an Urban History of Theatre Passe Muraille
  • 4. A Troubled Home: Spatializing the Demise of Toronto Workshop Productions
  • 5. Movin' On Up: Spatial Scarcity, Cultural Equity, and the Geography of Theatrical Legitimacy
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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