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Drama Canadian

Toronto the Good

by (author) Andrew Moodie

Publisher
Playwrights Canada Press
Initial publish date
Mar 2010
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780887549137
    Publish Date
    Mar 2010
    List Price
    $17.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781770912298
    Publish Date
    Mar 2010
    List Price
    $12.99

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Description

When top Crown attorney Thomas Matthews, a victim of racial profiling himself, is assigned to prosecute the accused against a Left-leaning white attorney, tensions mount and personal politics bubble to the surface. Cutting deep into the lawyers' private lives, their families and foibles are richly portrayed as an integral part of Toronto's shifting mosaic. From an ostensibly routine traffic stop, each character must come to terms with the city's racial politics and how they have shaped their own beliefs and prejudices. Written in response to the rise of gun crime in the streets of Canada's largest city, Toronto the Good probes the problems that perpetuate the changing metropolis and explores how they have been allowed to flourish.

About the author

Andrew Moodie is an Ottawa-born and raised actor, writer, educator, and director with extensive stage, film, and television credits. His plays include: Riot (which won the 1996 Chalmers Canadian Play Award), Oui, Wilbur County Blues, A Common Man's Guide to Loving Women, The Lady Smith, The Real McCoy, and Toronto the Good (which was nominated for the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play). Andrew also wrote for the acclaimed CBC Radio series Afghanada.

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Editorial Reviews

"A provocative new play about race relations…"

CBC News

"One of the most relevant works to hit a Toronto stage in years."

EYE Weekly

"Moodie provides no concrete answers, but he's given Toronto audiences something to mull over, providing an opening for discussion, learning—and perhaps most importantly—growth."

New Theatre Review