Author: George Ryga. Published byTalonbooks, Vancouver, BC., 1970, 1st Edition, (This is a 21st Printing Jan 2003). Printed in Canada by Hignell Books Printing. Like New Condition SOFTCOVER Book, with light cover scuff. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 8.25 x 5.25 inch, 126 pages.
THE ECSTASY OF RITA JOE, is THE Famous Canadian Play by George Ryga, and I'm pretty sure it was a compulsory read during high school!
Rita Joe is a Native girl who leaves the reservation for the city, only to die on skid row as a victim of white men’s violence and paternalistic attitudes towards First Nations peoples. As perhaps the best-known contemporary Canadian play and a poetic drama of enormous theatrical power, The Ecstasy of Rita Joe had a major influence in awakening consciousness to the “Indian problem” both in whites and Natives themselves.
