| Dead Metaphor: Three Plays Contributor(s): Walker, George F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0889229287 ISBN-13: 9780889229280 Publisher: Talonbooks OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | Canadian - Performing Arts | Monologues & Scenes - Family & Relationships | Dysfunctional Families |
| Dewey: 812.54 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.70 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Canada's top playwright sears the page with three new darkly comic plays that denounce political culture, individualism, and the accompanying moral depravity. The title play, Dead Metaphor, examines the collision of a politician's personal and professional lives, complicated by a son's return from Afghanistan. In The Ravine, a mayoral candidate learns that his ex-wife is living in a gully nearby and wants to put a hit on him. The Burden of Self-Awareness has money at the centre of a dramatic conflict of values. Each of the three plays is populated by characters trying to navigate the increasingly blurred lines of what's right and wrong - trying to always stay informed, alert, and ready to act for the common good. Or just to get even. |