File FL0026 - Bessai, Diane E.

23 items : 29 p. on 28 leaves.

• Correspondence (1979 April 25-1984 March 29), between D. E. Bessai and Gwen Pharis Ringwood.
• Correspondence about the publication of an anthology of shorter prairie plays by NeWest Press eventually titled Prairie performance, D. E. Bessai's review of Mirage and the possible publication of that play by NeWest and miscellaneous articles, papers and reviews on G. P. Ringwood and her work. Essays by D. E. Bessai titled Modern prairie drama in its literary contexts, The regionalism of Canadian drama and Introduction to Prairie performance removed to MsC 25.48.5-7. Katherine Wensel's essay Human power and impotence in The lodge and Mirage removed to MsC 25.50.7.
• Includes references to the following: The drowning of Wasyl Nemitchuk; A fine colored Easter egg; Mirage; Still stands the house; Stampede (play); Widger's way; The furies; The sleeping beauty; The golden goose; The magic carpets of Antonio Angelini; The lodge; The deep has many voices; Garage sale; The stranger; Prisoners.