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Bains, Yashdip S.
Journal of Canadian Studies/Revue d'études canadiennes vol. 20 no. 2, p. 150-158, 1985
Focussing upon newspaper commentaries on Frederick Brown, a British actor who emigrated to the United States in 1816 and served as the first manager of Montreal's Theatre Royal in 1825-26, this study shows that there existed in Montreal, Quebec City, and Halifax a serious theatrical criticism in the
early nineteenth century. Reviewers diagnosed the characteristic style of Brown's acting in a variety of roles, noted the impressions he made on the audiences, and discussed the influence of theatre on society
in Nova Scotia and Quebec. This paper also emphasizes the contribution of theatrical troupes to the spread of literate culture and the crucial relationship between the press and the theatre in Canadian towns.
En se concentrant sur des commentaires de journaux traitant de Frederick Brown, acteur anglais qui emigra aux Etats-Unis en 1816 et qui fut de 1825 a 1826 le premier directeur du Theatre Royal a Montreal, le present texte montre qu'il exista a Montreal au debut du dix-neuvieme siecle une critique serieuse du
theatre. Les critiques detenninerent le style particulier du jeu de Brown dans divers roles, remarquerent les effets qu'il fit sur !'assistance et discuterent de !'influence qu'exer~a le theatre sur la societe en Nouvelle-Ecosse et au Quebec. Ce texte appuie aussi sur Ja part des troupes d'acteurs dans la diffusion des connaissances savantes ainsi que sur les rapports essentiels entre la presse et le theatre dans les villes canadiennes.
Focussing upon newspaper commentaries on Frederick Brown, a British actor who emigrated to the United States in 1816 and served as the first manager of Montreal's Theatre Royal in 1825-26, this study shows that there existed in Montreal, Quebec City, and Halifax a serious theatrical criticism in the
early nineteenth century. Reviewers diagnosed the characteristic style of Brown's acting in a variety of roles, noted the impressions he made on the ...