Democracy
One Whole Day beside a Pond
- Publisher
- Talonbooks
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1991
- Category
- Canadian
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780921368281
- Publish Date
- Jan 1991
- List Price
- $10.95
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Description
In the midst of the American Civil War, Walt Whitman and Ralph Waldo Emerson discuss the past, the future, life, love and what it means to be human. Cast of 4 men.
About the author
John Murrell is one of the most frequently produced Canadian playwrights. His plays have been translated into fifteen different languages and performed internationally. His work for the stage includes Waiting for the Parade, a Canadian classic; Memoir, which has been produced world-wide; Chalmers Best Canadian Play Award winners Farther West and The Faraway Nearby; and the libretto for the acclaimed opera Filumena. As a translator, he has created frequently revived versions of Chekhovâ??s Uncle Vanya, The Seagull, and The Cherry Orchard; Ibsenâ??s The Doll House; Rostandâ??s Cyrano de Bergerac; and The Four Lives of Marie, Elisaâ??s Skin, and Seven Days in the Life of Simon Labrosse, all by Carole Fréchette.
Awards
- Winner, Alberta Writer's Guild Prize for Drama
Editorial Reviews
"Even the simplest lines have a quiet eloquence...soft explosions of the heart."
— Quill & Quire
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