Migration, Mental Illness and Terry Watada's The Tale of a Mask

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.

labor et ralis au Workman Theatre Project (WTP) de Toronto en 1993, The Tale of a Mask de Terry Watada est un conte japonais populaire entrelac avec une tragdie contemporaine inspire par un double meurtre et suicide Vancouver. Depuis 1991, le WTP a collabor avec des dramaturges pour laborer des pices de thtre qui renseignent les auditoires sur les maladies mentales et dstabilisent les reprsentations qui perptuent les stigmates. The Tale of a Mask a t labor dans le cadre d'une initiative du WTP pour examiner de plus prs le multiculturalisme, l'immigration et les maladies mentales au Canada. Le masque mentionn dans le titre reprsente, d'aprs l'auteure, un symbole nigmatique de la sant mentale peru diffremment par diffrentes cultures.