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Taylor, Drew Hayden, 1962-
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Macdonald, John A. (John Alexander), 1815-1891 -- Drama.
Revenge -- Drama.
Canadian drama -- 21st century.
First Nations -- Drama.
Canadian drama -- First Nations authors.
Canadian drama -- 20th century.
Canada -- History -- 19th century -- Drama.
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Taylor, Drew Hayden, 1962-
Macdonald, John A. (John Alexander), 1815-1891 -- Drama.
Revenge -- Drama.
Canadian drama -- 21st century.
First Nations -- Drama.
Canadian drama -- First Nations authors.
Canadian drama -- 20th century.
Canada -- History -- 19th century -- Drama.
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Sir
John
A : acts of a gentrified Ojibway rebellion / a play by Drew Hayden Taylor.
by
Taylor, Drew Hayden, 1962-
Talonbooks, 2018.
Call #:
819.254 T239sj
Subjects
Macdonald
,
John
A. (
John
Alexander
),
1815-1891
--
Drama
.
Revenge
--
Drama
.
Canadian
drama
--
21st century.
First Nations
--
Drama
.
Canadian
drama
--
First Nations authors.
Canadian
drama
--
20th century.
Canada
--
History
--
19th century
--
Drama
.
ISBN:
9781772012149 (softcover)
Alternate title:
Acts of a gentrified Ojibway rebellion
Description:
xiii, 97 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 96-97).
Summary:
"Explores the possibility of reconciliation between Peoples and urgently questions past and contemporary forms of Canadian colonialism. Taylor's twenty-seventh play, Sir
John
A's characters include Canada's infamous first Prime Minister, red-nosed and pompous, full of patriarchal contempt for those "strange and perplexing Indians," and his contemporary accusers: two Ojibway men and a soul-searching white woman. Bobby Rabbit, Sir
John
A's irked, Anishinaabe main character, in a fit of anger and revenge, convinces his friend Hugh to accompany him on a "sojourn of justice": to dig up Sir
John
A.
Macdonald
's bones and hold them for ransom. Decades before, a medicine pouch belonging to Bobby's grandfather was taken away by the staff of the residential school where he was detained. The precious object was sent to a British Museum exhibition room for conservation--and now Bobby wants it repatriated. Along the way the pair pick up Anya, a young, bright, and opinionated woman fleeing a bad breakup, with conflicting ideas about Sir
John
A's place in Canadian history. Not to be left out of the argument, Canada's first Prime Minister, broadcasting live from nineteenth-century Ottawa, shows up with opinions of his own. Sir
John
A: Acts of a Gentrified Ojibway Rebellion is a powerful satire, a creative debate about the past violences of colonial racism and the as yet untested potentiality of restoring harmony between Peoples in Canada. A contemporary classic by Taylor!"--Publisher.
Genre:
Comedy plays.
Canadian
drama
.
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