Several reviews of the Toronto production of Anne of Green Gables: The Musical have appeared online of late. The CBC News story “Toronto reviewers unkind to P.E.I.’s favourite redhead” (15 May 2009) gives a good overview of the response; Kelly Nestruck’s story “We still love you, Anne, but smarten up, will you?” was published in the Globe and Mail a day later, on 16 May.
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Imagining Anne: The Island Scrapbooks of L.M. Montgomery (2008)
By Elizabeth Rollins Epperly
Celebrated author Lucy Maud Montgomery was an avid keeper of journals and scrapbooks, collecting mementoes that together form a portrait of a fascinating Canadian life more than one hundred years ago. Her Island scrapbooks, from the years 1893 to 1910, provide a revealing look into her world and her inspiration during the period when she created the beloved character of Anne Shirley, while living in Atlantic Canada as a college student, teacher, and writer. Read more....Archives
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