Riel
work by Coulter
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Canadian literature
- In Canadian literature: Drama
…such as John Coulter, whose Riel (1962) creates a heroic figure of Louis Riel, the leader of the Métis rebellion in 1885. As regional and experimental theatres multiplied, increasingly innovative and daring productions were mounted, such as John Herbert’s Fortune and Men’s Eyes (1967), on homosexuality in prison; George Ryga’s…
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