Down North
- Publisher
- Breton Books
- Initial publish date
- May 2008
- Category
- Canadian
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781895415933
- Publish Date
- May 2008
- List Price
- $12.95
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Description
A terrific and moving read!
These voices confirm the tenderness, good humor and rich story telling of Cape Breton Island. Down North stands as a solid tested play–whether on stage or among friends. And then, it encourages you to “Make this play your own!”–a unique and compelling invitation.
About the authors
BEV BRETT works as a playwright, director, and dramaturge, and is director of St. Ann's Bay Players. She is a past president of Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre. Bev's passion is writing plays about historical and modern Cape Breton; she has written plays for several Cape Breton communities, including Cape North, Ingonish, Louisbourg, and St. Ann's Bay.
Ronald Caplan has served as interviewer and photographer for Cape Breton's Magazine for twenty-five years. He has received the Barbeau Award of the Folklore Studies Association of Canada, Nova Scotia's Cultural Life Award, the Canadian Historical Association's Award for exemplary contribution to the Oral History of Cape Breton and an honorary doctorate from Cape Breton University. His work is best known for keeping the Cape Breton story alive through oral testimony and images. Living at Wreck Cove on the Cabot Trail, Caplan is the author of several books and the publisher of Breton Books.
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