Ryga & Simon

[Frank Moher]

For an article I'm working on, can anyone (Jim Hoffman?) provide me with
John Simon's infamous sneer at the idea of Canadian playwriting, at the
time that "Ecstasy of Rita Joe" was taken to the States? (Something like
"The term Canadian playwright sounds like the term Liberian shipbuilder.")
And does anyone know which production of "Rita Joe" it was that toured to
the U.S., and where it played?

With thanks,

Frank Moher