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Drama Canadian

Democracy

One Whole Day beside a Pond

by (author) John Murrell

Publisher
Talonbooks
Initial publish date
Jan 1991
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780921368281
    Publish Date
    Jan 1991
    List Price
    $10.95

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Description

In the midst of the American Civil War, Walt Whitman and Ralph Waldo Emerson discuss the past, the future, life, love and what it means to be human. Cast of 4 men.

About the author

John Murrell is one of the most frequently produced Canadian playwrights. His plays have been translated into fifteen different languages and performed internationally. His work for the stage includes Waiting for the Parade, a Canadian classic; Memoir, which has been produced world-wide; Chalmers Best Canadian Play Award winners Farther West and The Faraway Nearby; and the libretto for the acclaimed opera Filumena. As a translator, he has created frequently revived versions of Chekhovâ??s Uncle Vanya, The Seagull, and The Cherry Orchard; Ibsenâ??s The Doll House; Rostandâ??s Cyrano de Bergerac; and The Four Lives of Marie, Elisaâ??s Skin, and Seven Days in the Life of Simon Labrosse, all by Carole Fréchette.

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Awards

  • Winner, Alberta Writer's Guild Prize for Drama

Editorial Reviews

"Even the simplest lines have a quiet eloquence...soft explosions of the heart."
Quill & Quire