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020			_a9781770414020 _q(pbk.)
020			_a9781773051741 _q(pdf)
020			_z9781773051734 _q(epub)
040			_aUniversiti Teknologi Brunei _beng _cUTB _dUTB
084			_aPN2308 DES 2018
100	1		_aDeSouza-Coelho, Shawn, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aWhenever you're ready : _bNora Polley on life as a Stratford Festival stage manager / _cShawn DeSouza-Coelho.
260			_aCanada : _bECW Press, _c2018.
300			_a393 pages : _c23 cm. _billustrations (some col.) ;
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 379-381) and index.
520			_a"Backstage with one of Canada's greatest stage managers Whenever You're Ready is an intimate account of the career of Nora Polley, who - in her 52 years at the Stratford Festival - has learned from, worked with, and cared for some of the greatest directors, actors, stage managers, and productions in Canadian theatrical history. In so doing, Nora became one of the greatest stage managers this country has ever seen. Here is an account of the Stratford Festival's history like no other. From her childhood forays into a theater her father, Victor, worked tirelessly to help maintain, to her unexpected apprenticeship and the equally unexpected 40 years of stage management it ushered in, this is the Stratford Festival seen exclusively through Nora's eyes. Here is an immersive account of a life spent in service of the theater, told from the ground floor: where actors struggle with lines and anxieties, where directors lose themselves in the work, where the next season is always uncertain, and where Nora - a stage manager, a custodian, a confidante, a pillar, a rock - finds her rhythm, her patience, her perseverance, her love, her consistency, and her invisibility. These are the qualities that make a stage manager great and, whenever you're ready, this book will show you why."-- _cProvided by publisher.
600	1	0	_aPolley, Nora.
611	2	0	_aStratford Festival (Ont.) _xHistory.
650		0	_aStage management.
650		0	_aStage managers _zOntario _zStratford _vBiography.
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998			_eBook _s901511 : 016029(H) c.1 UTB _xDonated by High Commission of Canada to Brunei Darussalam
999			_c19853 _d19853