Crabdance
- Publisher
- Talonbooks
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1972
- Category
- Canadian, Relationships, Women Authors
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780889220164
- Publish Date
- Jan 1972
- List Price
- $17.95
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Description
Crabdance is a tragicomedy in three acts in which a lonely, middle-aged woman plays elaborate, ritualistic games with three men whom she forces to play the roles of her son, her husband and her lover.
About the author
Beverley Simons
Born in 1938 in Flin Flon, Manitoba, Beverley Rosen Simons has written extensively for the stage, film and television. Her play Crabdance (1972) is recognized as a classic of Canadian theatre. She lives and continues to write in Vancouver, B.C.
Editorial Reviews
“One of the most theatrical contemporary plays that I have ever read.”
— Malcom Black
“An unusual and searing play about a woman caught in a cage of frustration and neglect.”
— Vancouver Sun
