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Articles

Volume 4 Number 1 / Spring 1983

Theatre on the Frontier: Winnipeg in the 1880s

Submitted
May 13, 2008
Published
1983-01-01

Abstract

The paper discusses the influence of the frontier environment on theatres in Winnipeg during the 1880s by looking at the suppression of variety theatres by the City Council and the role in the community of the Princess Opera House and its resident stock company. L'article examine l'influence du milieu des pionniers sur le théâtre à Winnipeg pendant les années 1880 en prenant en considération la suppression des théâtres de variétés par le conseil municipal et le rôle dans la communauté du Princess Opera House et sa troupe permanente.