Canadian Drama

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Playwrights Union of Canada, 1985. 1st Edition . Trade Paper. Very Good. 0887544096; Very Good Clean, tight, unmarked; light age tanning; light rubbing to covers; otherwise very minimal shelfwear; spine straight and uncreased; "A play about the greatest mind the world has ever known. "Children of NIght" is the powerful and true story of Dr. Janusz Korczak, father to the orphans of the Warsaw Ghetto. Amidst the horrors of the Holocaust, he carried on his... Read more about this item

Vancouver, BC, Canada: Talonbooks, Limited, 1976. Soft cover. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; age tanning to pages; otherwise absolute minimal shelfwear;"It is Christmas Eve, 1970. In the shipping room of a Montreal dress factory, the workers get drunk and decide to go on strike. A post-mortem on the sixties and a look at the Canadian class structure."

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: Blizzard Pub Ltd, 1995. Trade Paper. Very Good. 0921368585; Clean, tight, unmarked; scratches to back cover; otherwise minimal wear;"The abrupt recall of a highly regarded Canadian ambassador from his post, the mysterious death of a Russian youth found brutally murdered in a Moscow hotel room, and the ambitions of an Ottawa diplomat-Findlay's play explores the darker side of loyalty and commitment, when the stakes are high and diplomatic careers hang by the thread.

Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Nuage Editions, 1998. Soft cover. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; "The history of Selkirk Avenue as a haven-cum-springboard for successive minorities is told in a complex but comprehensible and emotionally irresistible tale that winds back and forth through the 30s, 50s and the present."

Petersborough, Ontario: Broadview Press, 2002. Trade Paper. Very Good+. 1551115131; Clean, tight, unmarked; remainder mark on upper and lower edge; otherwise absolute minimal shelfwear; appears unread; 74 pp plus 4pp music and lyrics; "A United Empire Loyalist family flees from Boston to New Brunswick during the American Revolution. A stranger reveals himself to be a Rebel seeking to avenge the death of his brother; at gunpoint he demands that the others choose one among them to be executed at... Read more about this item

Edmonton, AB: Newest Press, 1999. Paperback. Very Good+. Based on Bruce Allen Powe's novel of the same name; Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal shelfwear; "A gripping Alberta history lesson, a sweetly nostalgic comedy and a cracking-good-murder-mystery, all rolled up into one big, bright ball of theatrical energy and verve.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: J Gordon Shillingford Pub Inc, 2000. Trade Paper. Very Good+. 1896239218; Clean, tight, unmarked; slight stain along back edge; otherwise absolute minimal shelfwear;"The Chief is in Las Vegas, the band is in receivership, and the Reserve is unilaterally declaring self-government. As if things weren't bad enough already, the welfare cheques don't arrive and the people of this fictional First Nation are forced to take control of their lives. A raw and funny look at... Read more about this item

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Simon & Pierre Pub Co Ltd, 1996. Soft cover. Very Good+. Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal shelfwear; appears unread; Includes: "Beautiful Deeds" by Marie-Lynn Hammond; "Like the Sun" by Veralyn Warkentin; "Mom, Dad, I'm Living With a White Girl" by Marty Chan; "Gently Down the Stream" by Aviva Ravel; "The House on Hermitage Road" by Dirk McLean; and "The Golden Door" W. Ray Towle .

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Theatre Communications Group, 2002. First Edition . Trade Paper. Fine. 088754603X; As New Condition; "Midnight Sun is situated in Stradvick, a small community in the north of Iceland in 1942, in the days leading up to Midsummer Eve, the time when the sun does not set. Set during the American occupation of Iceland in the Second World War--Iceland was seen as a strategic location for defense--Midnight Sun's subjects are love and country and release. "

Toronto, ON, Canada: Sirocco Drama, 1998. Trade Paper. As New. As new condition; "Still the Night is a celebration of survival-the story of two young women who were separated from their parents during the Second World War, and wander through Poland, pretending not to be Jewish. Theresa Tova has fashioned from true stories a moving, heart-rending and uplifting drama of survival against all odds, and punctuated it with songs from the Holocaust era. "

Toronto, ON, Canada: Playwrights Canada Press, 1986. Trade Paper. Very Good+. 0887544487; Clean, tight, unmarked; age tanning to pages and covers; name inside front cover; very light bump to bottom spine extreme; otherwise appears unread;"The play consists of the sometimes shared, sometimes singular memories of the past, as relived by the elderly Ev and Catherine, interacting with figures from the past (1920s).

Toronto, ON: Simon & Pierre, 1998. Paperback. Very Good+. Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal shelfwear; "Wood's parodies of commedia, Restoration comedy and Gilbert and Sullivan are masterful. But his recreation of earnest Canadian drama (Frozen Wheat, a grim parade of inarticulate hockey players, Ski-doo drivers and gum chewers from The Rock) is weepingly funny. So is the peek he provides behind the scenes.

Vancouver, BC: Talonbooks, 1993. Paperback. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal shelfwear; "A mordant satire on the relation between theatre and life. An accomplished actress in on the verge of a breakdown as she directs 'Waiting for Godot'. In her deranged effort to expose the emptiness of playing ficional characters, she cast the lead roles with a pair of non-actors whose lives mirror the characters they play.

Lockeport, Nova Scotia: Riverwood Publishers, Limited, 1997. Soft cover. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; ffep removed; otherwise absolute minimal shelfwear;"Two of the Plays, Growing up Salty and Frank Plummer, You Ain't Dead, are set in rural Nova Scotia and deal with the collapse of eh fishing industry and its impact on the family unit. The Attic and The Greatest Show on Earth were produced by The Chestnut Tree Theatre. Growing Up Salty was produced for the Atlantic Fringe Festival.

Winnipeg, MB, Canada: J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing, 2007. Trade Paper. As New. 1897289146; New;"A picaresque black comedy about a two-bit repo-man, his angry ex-wife and their smart-alec teenaged daughter whose lives collide with an enigmatic hitchhiker named Chekhov and a kid with a serious grudge. " .

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Theatre Communications Group, 2001. 1st Edition . Trade Paperback. As New. 0887546102; As New Condition;"Building Jerusalem takes place on New Year's Eve, 1899, in the Grange, one of the grandest houses in Toronto.When their host is delayed, the four guests find themselves instead with his beautiful young niece, Alice, who devises a series of songs and games to help her uncle's guests pass the time more easily. Little do they all know what surprises lie in wait... Read more about this item

Vancouver, BC: Talonbooks, 2007. Paperback. New. SIGNED BY MICHEL TREMBLAY on title page; New; This second revised edition of Forever Yours Marie-Lou, which played at the 1990 Stratford Festival, is John Van Burek and Bill Glassco's new translation of Michel Tremblay's original French text. Tremblay brings one family's awful past and haunted present together in mortal combat over a kitchen table.