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050 _aPN2308.P654
_bD47 2018
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100 1 _aDeSouza-Coelho, Shawn,
_eauthor.
_917576
245 1 0 _aWhenever you're ready :
_bNora Polley on life as a Stratford Festival stage manager /
_cShawn DeSouza-Coelho.
264 1 _aToronto :
_bECW Press,
_c[2018]
300 _a393 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
501 _aP.B
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 379-381) and index.
520 _a"Backstage with one of Canada's greatest stage managers Whenever You're Ready is an intimate account of the career of Nora Polley, who - in her 52 years at the Stratford Festival - has learned from, worked with, and cared for some of the greatest directors, actors, stage managers, and productions in Canadian theatrical history. In so doing, Nora became one of the greatest stage managers this country has ever seen. Here is an account of the Stratford Festival's history like no other. From her childhood forays into a theater her father, Victor, worked tirelessly to help maintain, to her unexpected apprenticeship and the equally unexpected 40 years of stage management it ushered in, this is the Stratford Festival seen exclusively through Nora's eyes. Here is an immersive account of a life spent in service of the theater, told from the ground floor: where actors struggle with lines and anxieties, where directors lose themselves in the work, where the next season is always uncertain, and where Nora - a stage manager, a custodian, a confidante, a pillar, a rock - finds her rhythm, her patience, her perseverance, her love, her consistency, and her invisibility. These are the qualities that make a stage manager great and, whenever you're ready, this book will show you why."--
600 1 0 _aPolley, Nora.
_917577
611 2 0 _aStratford Festival (Ont.)
_xHistory.
_917578
650 0 _aStage management.
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650 0 _aStage managers
_zOntario
_zStratford
_vBiography.
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