Although English Canadians often pride themselves on being the world's third-largest centre of English-language theatre, it's a meaningless distinction, Nardi says. "We have nothing to show for it. We are self-congratulatory about appreciating theatre, but we don't really care for the act of theatre itself. It has no authenticity or rather, we are authentic only in our inauthenticity. Our major festivals celebrate Shaw and Shakespeare. You don't see Quebec mounting festivals for Racine and Molière. I'm not a separatist, but that's a genuine culture. English Canadians live in a country of perceptions, as opposed to seeing what's really there."(From today's Globe.)
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