Author : James Reaney
Publisher : Erin, Ont. : Press Porcepic ; Don Mills, Ont. : Distribution, Canada, Musson Book Company
ISBN 13 : 9780888780515
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (85 download)
Book Synopsis The St. Nicholas Hotel, Wm. Donnelly, Prop by : James Reaney
Download or read book The St. Nicholas Hotel, Wm. Donnelly, Prop written by James Reaney and published by Erin, Ont. : Press Porcepic ; Don Mills, Ont. : Distribution, Canada, Musson Book Company. This book was released on 1976-01-01 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the true story of an Irish family with seven sons and one daughter immigrating to Biddulph Township near London, Ontario, in 1844, The Donnellys tells the tale of mystery and truths stranger than fiction. It is the story of a secret society and a massacre that shocked the Canadian public, a story overlooked by the artistic community until Reaney's play elevated the events to the level of legend. First published in 1975, this script takes its place among other true Canadian classics on university and college course listings and in the hearts of drama lovers everywhere. The Donnellys is a trilogy comprised of Sticks & Stones, St. Nicholas Hotel and Handcuffs, three tense and mythic tragedies that garnered critical praise at the 1973 Tarragon Theatre opening and continue to acquire accolades from professors, actors and artistic directors across the country. As with the drama of Yeats, Eliot, O'Neill, Brecht and Beckett, this rendering of a generation of Irish settlers and their brutal murder at the hands of more than thirty vigilante killers is controversial and exciting to this day. Foreword, Afterword and Chronology by James Noonan.