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As playwright, actor, director, teacher, mentor, theatre administrator, and critic, Sharon Pollock has played an integral role in the shaping of Canada's national theatre tradition, and she continues to produce new works and to contribute to Canadian theatre as passionately as she has done over the past fifty years. Pollock is nationally and internationally respected for her work and support of the theatre community. She has also played a major role in informing Canadians about the ""dark side"" of their history and current events.This collection, comprised entirely of new and original assessments of her work and contribution to theatre, is both timely and long overdue. It includes a new play titled Sharon's Tongue by the Playing with Pollock Collective.

A historical documentary of Sitting Bull's exile in Canada after the Montana massacre at Little Big Horn. The play examines Sitting Bull's relationship with superintendent Walsh of the North West Mounted Police and is the study of the disillusionment of a man who believes in his government's integrity but who is betrayed by that government."This is the law," Walsh declares, "but where is the justice?" Premiered at Theatre Calgary. Subsequently performed at Stratford's Third Stage.

This brand new edition features the plays that established Sharon Pollock as a major Canadian playwright and gained her many accolades&#44 among them&#44 the first ever Governor General&#146s Award for Drama for Blood Relations in 1981&#46 Her characters are the oppressed&#44 from the spinster Lizzie Borden in the title play&#44 Blood Relations&#44 to the prisoners of One Tiger to a Hill&#44 to Leah&#44 &quotchosen&quot daughter/mistress of rum runner Mr&#46 Big in Whiskey Six Cadenza&#46