Wade In The Water
- Publisher
- Playwrights Canada Press
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2005
- Category
- Canadian
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780887547768
- Publish Date
- Mar 2005
- List Price
- $14.95
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Description
Nelson is forced to choose between a perilous freedom and the safety of the known on his quest for increased personal and social consciousness. Filled with lyrical dialogue and nuanced characters, Wade in the Water is a poignant story that celebrates the beauty of the human spirit.
About the author
George Boyd
George Elroy Boyd is a highly acclaimed Nova Scotian playwright and journalist who has been based in Montreal for the last three years as playwright-in-residence at the Black Theatre Workshop. His plays have been produced by the Neptune Theatre, Eastern Front Theatre, Obsidian Theatre and the CBC. The founder of the Canadian Black Theatre Society, Boyd has been nominated for a Governor General’s Award for his play Consecrated Ground (2000), and Gideon’s Blues has been adapted into film, which was released in 2004.