Anyone who has delved into the history of the Red River Settlement will have come across the name Sarah Ballenden. Her 1850 trial is one of the most famous in Manitoba legal history. The fact that her name isn't officially attached...
Canadian drama
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Author:Hunter, MaureenSummary: - Author:Corbeil-Coleman, CharlotteSummary:
When fifteen-year-old Anna is told that her mother is dying of cancer, she responds in the only way she knows how—by ignoring the issue. Friends and family are unable to understand her reaction and Anna is increasingly frustrated by...
- Author:MacIvor, DanielSummary:
Bob is on the road. Bob is on the run. But from what, or whom, is she running? Follow Bob as she hops from car to car telling her story to unsuspecting drivers as she tries to put her life in the rear-view mirror. Will she make it to...
- Author:Foster, NormSummary:
A married pair of second-rate theatre actors cast themselves as nationally renowned self-help gurus. Their lives unravel in a farce as they try to conceal a body and hold on to their falsely won fame.
- Author:Quintana, ChristineSummary:
A new year of high school is full of excitement and potential—but three teens didn't expect it to bring such a dark change to their lives. After spending a summer reinventing herself in Paris, Emma is ready for her new life to start,...
- Author:Cruise, MJSummary:
Ernie and Twink are in the autumn of their lives. In celebration of their thirtieth wedding anniversary, the couple's children send them on a Caribbean cruise. Free of chores and children, Ernie and Twink are wined, dined, and...
- Author:Lakra, ArunSummary:
Theo has been named Time Magazine's Luckiest Man Alive. For twenty consecutive years he has successfully bet double or nothing on the Super Bowl coin toss. And he's getting ready to risk millions on the twenty-first when he is...
- Author:Johnson, MarciaSummary:
Serving Elizabeth begins in Kenya in 1952, during the fateful royal visit of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh. Mercy, a restaurant owner, is approached to cook for the royal couple. Though she could use the money, she is a...
- Author:Joyal, Glenn D.Summary:
C’est le procès du siècle, la lutte aux gangs. Le juge d’instruction est appréhendé en état d’ébriété. Entre un verre de trop et les meurtres gratuit, comment négocier ce que l’on passe sous silence? Qui sera condamné, qui...
- Author:Chafe, RickSummary:
Living in a wild world full of unpredictable creatures—beasts, beggars, witch hunters, and actors—William's family must find a way to cope with their changing Elizabethan world. With four legs, a keen eye, and a sharp tongue, Hooker,...
- Author:Pierre, Joseph JomoSummary:
Shakespeare holds the fate of several black slaves in his hands. Among them are the rebellious Aaron and the obedient Othello, who each have complicated relationships with Shakespeare's daughter, Judith. But a vital secret remains...
- Author:Lavigne, MishkaSummary:
A small military-occupied community sits, waiting, parched of natural water while nearby levees hold the rising global shoreline. Seventeen-year-old twins Alix and Evan pass the time in an empty, abandoned pool with what they are able...
- Author:Leiren-Young, MarkSummary:
Second Prize Winner, Canada's National One-Act Playwriting Competition (1994).
Shylock is an award-winning play about a Jewish actor who finds himself condemned by his own community for his portrayal of Shakespeare’s notorious...
- Author:Davies, TrinaSummary:
It only takes one spark of love to change the world forever. Mabel Hubbard Bell was a strong, self-assured woman—bright, passionate, and a complete original. Despite a near-fatal case of childhood scarlet fever that cost her the ability...
- Author:Foster, NormSummary:
A furniture store owner is having an affair with the local minister's wife. The situation becomes complicated when the minister comes home unexpectedly. An intricate web of deceit is hilariously exposed as the police, members of the...
- Author:Foon, DennisSummary:
Skin introduces us to a group of Canadian teenagers who are coming of age in the late 1980s. Faced with racial discrimination, Phiroza, Jennifer, and Tuan must navigate the choppy waters of high school, each confronting his or her own...
- Author:Foon, DennisSummary:
A Canadian drama classic, these two plays--one dealing with racism, the other with alcoholism--explore some of the most pressing issues facing teenagers today.
- Author:Foster, NormSummary:
Middle-aged couple Daphne and Rollie and their friend Alex have found themselves out of work and out of luck. So when they come across a mistakenly rented X-rated movie, they get the idea to make their own porno film for some quick cash...
- Author:McBride, CeliaSummary:
In a support group for bereaved parents, Shayla, Lyle, Linee, and Jed each fight their personal demons in the search for life after the death of one's child. Set in the vast and remote landscape of Whitehorse, Yukon, playwright Celia...
- Author:O'Donnell, DarrenSummary:
Theatre doesn't have much relevance anymore. Or so acclaimed playwright Darren O'Donnell tells us. The dynamics of unplanned social interaction, he says, are far more compelling than any play he could produce. So his latest show, A...
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