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Prok

by (author) Brian Drader

Publisher
J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing
Initial publish date
Jan 2003
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781896239972
    Publish Date
    Jan 2003
    List Price
    $12.95

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Description

Into a world of seemingly complacent conformity, Professor Alfred Kinsey’s Report on Human Sexuality exploded onto the scene and sparked off the sexual revolution. And Professor K, or "Prok," as he was known, had as many secrets as the subjects he interviewed for his ground-breaking studies. In this fascinating memory play, Kinsey’s wife Clara recalls scenes from their lives: their first meeting, their wedding night, lovers, conflicts, and children. Kinsey emerges as a complex individual—a renowned scientist and outwardly conventional family man who also indulges darker private compulsions. This play by award-winning Manitoba playwright Brian Drader, Prok, is intriguing, immediate, and moving. Winner of the Theatre BC National Playwrighting Award and the Brick Playhouse New Play Award.

About the author

Brian Drader is an actor and writer from Winnipeg, who now lives in Montreal, and is head of the playwriting program at the National Theatre School of Canada. His writing credits include Liar (Scirocco Drama, 2004, a finalist for the Joyce Dutka Arts Foundation Playwriting Award, New York, NY), Prok (Scirocco Drama, 2003, winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Drama, a finalist for the 2003 Governor General’s Award for Drama, and winner of the Theatre BC National Playwriting Award and the Brick Playhouse New Play Award), The Norbals (winner of the Herman Voaden National Playwriting Competition, and also published by Scirocco Drama), S*it (a play for teens), The Fruit Machine, and Tucktuck. Drader is also editor of Breakout, a Scirocco anthology of plays by young emerging playwrights.

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