Eight Men Speak
A Play by Oscar Ryan et Al
Edición de la obra Eight Men Speak
| Autor | Alan Filewod, Oscar Ryan, Edward Cecil-Smith, Frank Love, Mildred Goldberg |
|---|---|
| Editorial | University of Ottawa Press/Les Presses de l'Universite d'Ottawa |
| Fecha de publicación | 2013 |
| Idioma | inglés |
| ISBN-13 | 9780776620749 |
| Número de Cutter | F481e |
This volume comprises a reprinting and gloss of the original text of the 1933 Communist play Eight Men Speak. The play was banned by the Toronto police after its first performance, banned by the Winnipeg police shortly thereafter and subsequently banned by the Canadian Post Office. The play can be considered as one stage--the published text--of a meta-text that culminated in 1934 at Maple Leaf Gardens when the (then illegal) Communist Party of Canada celebrated the release of its leader, Tim Buck, from prison. Eight Men Speak had been written and staged on behalf of the campaign to free Buck by the Canadian Labour Defence League, the public advocacy group of the CPC.--Provided by publisher.