The League of Nathans
- Publisher
- Playwrights Canada Press
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2003
- Category
- Canadian
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780887546570
- Publish Date
- Feb 2003
- List Price
- $12.00
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Description
Nathan Abramowitz, Nathan Glass and Nathan Isaacs form a boyhood club and together grapple with their Jewish faith and identity, until Glass suddenly moves to Israel. Many years later, a telegram summons Abramowitz and Isaacs to a synagogue in Spain for one last meeting of the League of Nathans. An early and brilliant play by critically acclaimed playwright, Jason Sherman.
About the author
Jason Sherman has written extensively for the stage, radio, and television. His plays include Remnants (A Fable); Itâ??s All True; Patience; Reading Hebron; The Retreat; The League of Nathans; An Acre of Time, and Three in the Back, Two in the Head, which won the Governor Generalâ??s Literary Award for Drama. He served as executive story editor and writer on the TV series ReGenesis, earning Gemini and Canadian Screenwriting Award nominations. For CBC Radio he wrote â??National Affairs,â?? â??Irving Invectus,â?? and â??Graf,â?? for which he received the Canadian Screenwriting Award for radio drama. He is currently working on several television, radio and film projects. He lives in Toronto.