| Poor Super Man: A Play with Captions Contributor(s): Fraser, Brad (Author) |
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ISBN: 0920897819 ISBN-13: 9780920897812 Publisher: NeWest Press OUR PRICE: $8.06 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 1995 Annotation: Frustrated by the lack of love and affection in his life, celebrated gay painter David McMillan returns to his humble beginnings as a waiter where he hopes to find his lost creativity. He finds creativity more and more in the arms of his married male employer, Matt. Matt inspires David to paint the best pictures of his career. However, the affair forces David to face new realities about himself and his world as he re-examines his long-time friendship with a straight female gossip columnist, and when he watches his transsexual roommate live with HIV. Poor Super Man had its world premiere in Cincinnati before opening at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | Canadian |
| Dewey: 812.54 |
| LCCN: 95193455 |
| Series: Prairie Play Series |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 5.52" W x 8.46" (0.57 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian - Sex & Gender - Gay |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Poor Super Man is "one of the top ten plays of the year," according to Time magazine. "An unflaggingly witty and often moving slice of life . . . Poor Super Man explodes on to the stage like a bold comic strip, complete with snappy captions and hard, bright, witty dialogue," writes the Edmonton Journal. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fraser, Brad: - Brad Fraser is an awardwinning and internationally renowned playwright with a reputation for being dark, witty, often shocking, and always controversial. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, in 1959, Fraser has been writing for theatre and winning awards since his teens. Besides being a playwright, Brad Fraser has been a playwrightinresidence, a celebrity spokesperson for The AIDS Network of Edmonton, and has conducted interviews with many interesting people including Kim Campbell and kd lang. Frasers success as a playwright was predicted early on — While Macleans magazine told us Fraser was one of " 100 Canadians to watch, " Variety said hed be " a major new force in North American play writing. " His plays have been produced worldwide including Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Chicago, Cinncinati, Washington DC, New York, Edinburgh, London, Sydney, Milan, and Tokyo. Brad Fraser currently lives in Toronto. |
