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The drowning girls and Comrades

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    Publisher:
    Playwrights Canada Press, 2009
  • Publisher:
    Playwrights Canada Press, 2009
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

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  • Author: Graham, Beth
    Contributor: Tomlinson, Charlie; Vlaskalic, Daniela
    Date:
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    2009
    Summary:

    The Drowning Girls. Bessie, Alice, and Margaret have two things in common: they are married to George Joseph Smith, and they are dead. Surfacing from the bathtubs they were drowned in, the three breathless brides gather evidence against their womanizing, murderous husband by reliving the shocking events leading up to their deaths. Reflecting on the misconceptions of love, married life, and the not-so-happily ever after, The Drowning Girls is both a breathtaking fantasia and a social critique, full of rich images, a myriad of characters, and lyrical language.Comrades. Bartolomeo Vanzetti and Nicola Sacco dreamt of the land of the free. Leaving their small Italian villages, they embarked on a long voyage to the United States, only to encounter a world they never could have imagined. Controversially imprisoned for murder, both men must fight for their lives amidst discrimination and public humiliation. Based on actual events, Comrades bring to life Sacco and Vanzetti's seven-year imprisonment and explores the struggles and agonies of two men, tried not for what they did, but for who they were.

    Contents:
    • The drowning girls / Beth Graham, Charlie Tomlinson, Daniela Vlaskalic
    • Comrades / Daniela Vlaskalic, Beth Graham.
    Original Publisher: Toronto, Playwrights Canada Press
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781770912441, 1770912444