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Vol. 49 No. 1 (2024): Special Issue Staging Strategies: Trends in Canadian Drama and Performing Arts / Stratégies de mise en scène : tendances de l’art dramatique et des arts de la scène canadiens

Resurgence of Land-Based Pedagogy in Yvette Nolan’s The Unplugging

Submitted
June 17, 2025
Published
2025-06-24

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