Anthologies (multiple Authors)
5 Hot Plays
Edited by Dave Carley
Includes: Talk Thirty To Me by Oonagh DuncanA raw and funny look at a diverse group of 29-year-olds who are united by one pending horror—they are about to hit the Big 3-0. "Smart and entertaining." —NOW Magazine Offensive Shadows by Paul Dunn What happens when the two sleeping ... Read more
A Certain William
Edited by Leanore Lieblein
A collection of plays in English translation by some of Francophone Canada's most distinguished playwrights, chronicling their fraught and changing relationship with Shakespeare, these plays emerge from a context in which language is tied to both personal and political identity. ... Read more
A Foster Christmas
By Norm Foster
Ethan Claymore
It's a week before Christmas, and struggling egg farmer/artist Ethan Claymore meets a woman who could turn his life around. But things are shaken up when Ethan receives a visit from his estranged, and recently deceased, older brother.
Bob's Your Elf
An elf named ... Read more
Acting Out
Edited by Lynda Hill
"This collection is a chronicle of Theatre Direct's ever-evolving relationship to young people in Ontario. One can see as they read from beginning to end, how much has changed in thirty years. The world has changed, schools have changed, young people have changed… While the ... Read more
Adapt or Die
By Jason Sherman
The murder of a wealthy landowner leads to the arrest of his eldest son. A grieving widow matches wits with her late husband’s aggressive creditor. Family loyalties are severely tested over the fate of a beloved summer home. Factory workers kill a hated boss and connive to ... Read more
Afrika, Solo
Edited by Ric Knowles
The plays in this anthology pit individual against community and cause readers to rethink the associations placed on skin colour, language, and assumptions regarding someone’s past. “Home away from home”; the road to Canada, for some, has meant an abrupt uprooting from ... Read more
Alone, On Stage
Edited by DD Kugler & Brian Quirt
Each of these scripts represents—uniquely—a pinnacle in meeting the distinct challenges of the solo performance form. Scripts that rise above perceived limits of the solo performance, to examine the surrounding human society. Includes:Alphonse by Wajdi Mouawad, translated ... Read more
Anthology of Quebec Women's Plays in English Translation Volume One
Edited by Louise H. Forsyth
Covering a diverse range of subject matter, many of these plays are published in English for the first time.
Includes:
The Savage Season (Le Temps sauvage) by Anne Hébert, translated by Pamela Grant and Gregory Reid
Playing Double (Double jeu) by Françoise Loranger, translated ... Read more
Anthology of Quebec Women's Plays in English Translation Volume Three
Edited by Louise H. Forsyth
Covering a diverse range of subject matter, many of these plays are published in English for the first time.
Includes:
When Books Come Tumbling Down (Le bibliothèque de Constance) by Marie-Eve Gagnon, translated by Louise Forsyth
Public Disorder (Désordre public) by Evelyne ... Read more
Anthology of Quebec Women's Plays in English Translation Volume Two
Edited by Louise H. Forsyth
Covering a diverse range of subject matter, many of these plays are published in English for the first time.
Includes:
Evidence to the Contrary (La déposition) by Hélène Pedneault, translated by Linda Gaboriau
Marina, the Blush of Life (Marina, le dernier rose aux joues) by ... Read more