TY - JOUR PY - 2005// TI - Migration, mental illness and Terry Watada's The Tale of a Mask JO - Journal of Canadian studies A1 - Johnston, K. SP - 123 EP - 145+178 VL - 39 IS - 3 N2 - Developed and produced at Toronto's Workman Theatre Project (WTP) in 1993, Terry Watada's play The Tale of a Mask weaves a Japanese folktale with a contemporary tragedy inspired by a double murder and suicide in Vancouver. Since 1991, the WTP has collaborated with playwrights to develop plays that educate audiences about mental illness and destabilize representations that perpetuate stigma. The Tale of a Mask was developed as part of a WTP initiative to investigate multiculturalism, immigration, and mental illness in Canada. The eponymous mask of the title, the author argues, acts as an enigmatic symbol for mental illness read differently by different cultures.

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