His Greatness
- Publisher
- Playwrights Canada Press
- Initial publish date
- Jul 2008
- Category
- Canadian, Gay & Lesbian
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780887548291
- Publish Date
- Jul 2008
- List Price
- $16.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780369102690
- Publish Date
- Jul 2008
- List Price
- $12.99
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Description
Three men, a great American playwright, his trusted and loyal assistant, and a young Canadian street hustler, find themselves together for two days in a hotel room in Vancouver. This is the story about the nature of life in a created world.
Inspired by a potentially true story about the great American playwright...
About the author
Daniel MacIvor was born in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. He is the author and director of numerous award-winning theatre productions including See Bob Run, Wild Abandon, 2-2-Tango, This Is A Play, The Soldier Dreams, You Are Here, How It Works, A Beautiful View, Communion, and Bingo! From 1987 to 2007 with Sherrie Johnson he ran da da kamera, a respected international touring company that brought his work to Australia, the UK and extensively throughout the US and Canada. With long time collaborator Daniel Brooks, he created the solo performances House, Here Lies Henry, Monster, Cul-de-sac and This Is What Happens Next. Daniel won a GLAAD Award and a Village Voice Obie Award in 2002 for his play In On It, which was presented at PS 122 in New York. In 2006, Daniel received the Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama for his collection of plays I Still Love You. In 2008, he was awarded the prestigious Siminovitch Prize in Theatre.
Awards
- Winner, Jessie Richardson Theatre Award for Outstanding Original Script
Editorial Reviews
"It's rare to find a play in which the entire cast is so sharply written, but that's just one of the old-fashioned pleasures of His Greatness."
Kamal Al-Solaulee, The Globe and Mail
"His Greatness is a great piece of theatre. More than mere homage to Tennessee Williams, Daniel MacIvor's superb study of a fading Southern playwright is a finely detailed story with nuance to spare."
Peter Bernie, Vancouver Sun
