Book Description
Song of This Place creates both a portrait of the artist Emily Carr and an investigation into the process of liberation required for the creation of art. This is dramatized through the confrontation between the characters of Emily Carr herself and the actress Frieda (Joy Coghill) who wishes to portray Carr. Their debate and the illumination that Carr offers Frieda provides the central actions of the play.
Song of This Place FROM THE PUBLISHER
The story of an actress who wants to play Emily Carr, only to find that the eccentric, cantankerous Carr will not let her, Song of This Place creates both a portrait of the artist Emily Carr and an investigation into the process of liberation required for the creation of art. The confrontation between Carr and Frieda, the actress who wishes to portray her, provides debate and eventual illumination for the characters.
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