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Mad Boy Chronicle

By (author): Michael O’Brien

Introduction by: Liz Nicholls

Set in the final days of the first millennium, Mad Boy Chronicle hauls the Hamlet story howling back to its origins. Join the Mad Boy as he sets out in fierce pursuit of his destiny, in a world where wolves, elves, spirits, and Jesus Christ all compete for the future of humanity.

AUTHOR

Michael O’Brien

Michael O’Brien was born on Saltspring Island and grew up in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, and London, England. After collecting bits of paper from the University of Ottawa and the National Theatre School, he travelled across Canada on the Fringe circuit. His plays include The Last Temptation of Christopher Robin, Freaks: A Circus Tale with Music (National Arts Centre, Atelier), the highly acclaimed stage versions of A Christmas Carol and Oliver Twist (Young Peoples Theatre), a new version of The Barber of Seville created for Theatre Columbus (Dora Award, Best Production of a Musical), and his Viking epic Mad Boy Chronicle (Alberta Theatre Projects), which was nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama. Recent works include Hard Times, adapted from Dickens for the National Arts Centre, and Shores of Wonder for CBC Radio, inspired by the Norse Vinland Sagas. He has also penned adaptations of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and The Blind Assassin. Still more recent works include Restitution: an Irish Canadian Rhapsody (Factory Theatre, 2004) and a new adaptation of H.G. Wells’s The Invisible Man for The Shaw Festival (2006).

AUTHOR

Liz Nicholls

Liz Nicholls is a theatre writer, traveller, and appreciator of all matters theatrical.

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Set in the final days of the first millennium, Mad Boy Chronicle hauls the Hamlet story howling back to its origins. Join the Mad Boy as he sets out in fierce pursuit of his destiny, in a world where wolves, elves, spirits, and Jesus Christ all compete for the future of humanity.

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Dimensions:

90 Pages

Published:

August 15, 2012

City of Publication:

Toronto

Country of Publication:

CA

ISBN:

9780887549502

9780887549281 – PDF

Book Subjects:

DRAMA / Canadian

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Language:

eng

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