George F. Walker is a renown Canadian playwright whose work should be performed in the U.S. more often. I saw this play at the Attic Theater in Detroit in 1992. Sad to say, I have little memory of it. It originally opened at the Factory Theater (Toronto) in 1989 to positive reviews and standing ovations. It examines a variety of moral issues through the metaphor of class conflict as embodied in the lives of society's downtrodden. But it is also a comedy.
The Attic Theater was big on socially relevant plays as I look through my programs from the years it existed. The Attic was the baby of Lavinia Moyer who still directs theater in Detroit.
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Nice, Patti.
I'd also like you to know, my entry for FBF is up. Michael Dibdin's masterpiece, THANKSGIVING.
Here's the link:
http://trackofthecat.blogspot.com/2012/11/michael-dibdins-thanksgiving-holiday.html
Patti - I must admit, this is a play I don't know. But it sounds as though there's a lot to it. Very interesting.
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