Ecstasy of Rita Joe
Language: English
Published by Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Talonbooks Ltd, 1981, 1970
- First Edition
- Softcover
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Very light shelf wear to the wraps. Small / light patch of creasing along the edge of the spine. The internal pages are clean and the binding is sound. This is a solid copy and a interesting read.
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- Title
- Ecstasy of Rita Joe
- Author
- Ryga, George
- Publisher
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Talonbooks Ltd, 1981
- Publication year
- 1970
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 088922000X
- ISBN 13
- 9780889220003
- Edition
- First Edition
Rita Joe is a Native girl who leaves the reservation for the city, only to die on skid row as a victim of white men’s violence and paternalistic attitudes towards First Nations peoples. As perhaps the best-known contemporary Canadian play and a poetic drama of enormous theatrical power, The Ecstasy of Rita Joe had a major influence in awakening consciousness to the “Indian problem” both in whites and Natives themselves.
Cast of 5 women and 15 men
With a preface by Chief Dan George
The Ecstasy of Rita Joe premiered November 23, 1967 at the Vancouver Playhouse.
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About the Author
George Ryga is one of Canada’s most important playwrights, with a broad international reputation. Born in Deep Creek, Alberta, of poor immigrant parents in a rural Ukrainian community, Ryga had to leave school after the sixth grade. Largely self-taught, he showed early promise when he won a writing scholarship to the Banff School of the Arts. He published his first book of poems in his late teens and earned a living first with hard labour and later in radio broadcasting.
In 1967, Ryga soared to national fame with The Ecstasy of Rita Joe, which has since evolved into a modern classic. A self-proclaimed artist in resistance, Ryga takes the role of a fierce and fearless social commentator in most of his plays, and his work is renowned for its vivid and thrilling theatricality. George Ryga died of stomach cancer in Summerland, BC, in 1987 and will always be remembered and cherished as one of Canada’s most prolific and powerful writers. His memory was publicly honoured at the BC Book Prizes ceremony in 1993.
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