Drama Anthologies (multiple Authors)
Four by Four by Four
- Publisher
- Red Deer Press
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2008
- Category
- Anthologies (multiple authors)
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780889953666
- Publish Date
- Mar 2008
- List Price
- $12.95
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Description
Developed to meet the needs of secondary and post-secondary drama teaching and performance, these four one-act plays -
The Wild Guys (Andrew Wreggitt and Becky Shaw),Monkey Business (Nicole Zylstra),Shopaholic (Glenda Stirling), andBorrow Me (Clem Martini)- demonstrate the tremendous range of the one-act form. Whether it is a romantic comedy of ideas set in the dense tropical jungle, a tale of obsessive commercialism and surprising redemption set in our urban malls, a crazed investigation of male psychology in the backwoods of the Rocky Mountains, or a ghostly avenger's tale played out in a dining room, these plays will not fail to please a wide audience.The book also offers four scenes for in-class rehearsal and investigation and four monologues for study or use in auditions.For production, for reflection, for performance, or as a teaching tool, Four by Four by Four is certain to become a well-used, well-loved text.Andrew Wreggitt was head writer on North of 60 for three seasons and wrote or co-wrote four of the North of 60 movies. The Wild Guys, co-written with his wife Rebecca Shaw, was honoured with the Solange Karsh Award for best play in the 1992 National Playwriting Competition and has appeared in over sixty theatres across North America.Writer and director Glenda Stirling is also the author of Stick, Stones, and Ancestors Bones; Dark Isle; and The Longest One Night Stand in History and has directed or assistant directed over twenty productions.Nicole Zylstra is a professional writer, actor, and director with more than eight main stage or fringe festival plays to her credit. Monkey Business was nominated for the Betty Mitchell Award for Outstanding New Play.Editor Clem Martini is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter and novelist. He is the current president of the Playwrights Guild of Canada.
About the author
Clem Martini is an award-winning playwright, novelist, and screenwriter with over thirty plays and nine books of fiction and non-fiction to his credit, including Bitter Medicine: A Graphic Memoir of Mental Illness, winner of the Calgary Book Award, and his most recent anthology of plays, Martini with a Twist. He has served on the boards of numerous writing organizations including the Alberta Playwrights Network, the Playwrights Guild of Canada, and the Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs. His texts on playwriting, The Blunt Playwright and The Greek Playwright, are used in universities and colleges across the country. He is currently a professor in the School of Creative and Performing Arts at the University of Calgary.
