Freeze

Stephen Orlov (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

110 Seiten

2016
Guernica Editions,Canada (Verlag)
978-1-77183-068-3 (ISBN)

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Freeze is an allegorical comedy that dramatizes the Great Ice Storm of '98 as a metaphor for "cooler", more tolerant times in Quebec compared to the separatist "heat" of earlier decades. Five Montrealers find themselves trapped inside the power-outed duplex of Nicole, a pur-laine pro-sovereignty journalist. Her boyfriend Curtis, a Black Anglo jazz musician, arrives with a shocking marriage proposal. Mickey, an Irish gambling-addicted handyman, exploits the storm by selling firewood at exorbitant prices. And Hydro Quebec lineman Réjean tries to do his job, while Claire, the horny elderly neighbor, struggles to mediate. This dysfunctional quintet butt heads over politics and love, provoking us to ponder whether Montreal's "two solitudes" has become a stereotype in this new Century.

Stephen Orlov is an award-winning Montreal playwright, whose plays have been showcased in such major theatre centres as Montreal, Chicago and London. He is co-editor of Double Exposure: Plays of the Jewish and Palestinian Diasporas and has recently served on the Board Executives of Playwrights Guild of Canada and Playwrights Canada Press.

Erscheinungsdatum	04.10.2016
Reihe/Serie	Essential Drama Series
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	Toronto
Sprache	englisch
Maße	127 x 203 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-77183-068-9 / 1771830689
ISBN-13	978-1-77183-068-3 / 9781771830683
Zustand	Neuware