Research Catalog

Title

A fiery soul : the life and theatrical times of John Hirsch / Fraidie Martz and Andrew Wilson.

Author

Martz, Fraidie.

Publication

Montréal : Véhicule Press, c2011.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Wilson, A. (Andrew), 1956-
• Wilson, Andrew, 1956 April 29-

Description

382 p. : ill.; 22 cm.

Summary

"John Hirsch arrived in Winnipeg in 1947, a 17-year-old Hungarian orphan of the Holocaust, knowing no English. Ten years later, he co-founded the Manitoba Theatre Centre, establishing a model for regional theatres across North America. He went on to direct award-winning productions in Los Angeles, New York, Stratford and Toronto - everything from Guys and Dolls to The Tempest--and to work with actors like Len Cariou, Martha Henry, Anthony Hopkins, and Maggie Smith. Notorious for his fiery temper, budget--blowing sets, and artistic risk-taking, he had a stormy four years as CBC's head of TV drama in the 1970s (high and low points include King of Kensington and Peter Lougheed's lawsuit over The Tar Sands), and an even stormier tenure as Artistic Director at the Stratford Festival from 1981 to 1985. He died in 1989 of AIDS."--Publisher.

Subjects

• Biographies
• Hirsch, John, 1930-1989
• Theatrical producers and directors > Canada > Biography
• Jews > Canada > Biography
• Jewish theatrical producers and directors > Canada > Biography

Genre/Form

Biographies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

A hungarian childhood, interrupted -- Adrift in Europe -- Our bird of paradise -- Apprenticeship: from child's to Chu Chin Chow -- Growing an orange on the prairie -- Director at large -- CBC: the storm maker -- Director at large (again) -- The winter of his discontent -- Our revels now are ended -- Epilogue.

ISBN

• 9781550653199 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 1550653199 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2012379470

OCLC

• 751634232
• SCSB-11513766

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library