One-Actmanship
Two Plays by Norm Foster: My Narrator / The Death of Me
- Publisher
- Playwrights Canada Press
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2008
- Category
- Canadian
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780887548277
- Publish Date
- Mar 2008
- List Price
- $16.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780369103116
- Publish Date
- Mar 2008
- List Price
- $12.99
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Description
My Narrator
Imagine what would happen if that little voice inside your head—the one that tells you how to behave and what choices to make—suddenly took on a life of its own? For Lacy and Miles, love is what happens, and with hilarious results.
The Death of Me
When John bargains with the Angel of Death for a second chance at life, he quickly discovers that fixing the mistakes of your past is difficult, and that perhaps his destiny is not yet etched in stone.
About the author
Norm Foster was born in Newmarket, Ontario on St. Valentineâ??s Day. Raised in Toronto, he attended West Hill Collegiate Institute and then went on to study Radio and Television Arts at Centennial College in Toronto and then Confederation College in Thunder Bay. Upon completion of his studies, he began a radio career that would span twenty-five years and which would take him from Thunder Bay to Winnipeg to Kingston and finally to Fredericton, New Brunswick. It was in Fredericton in 1980 that Norm was introduced to the world of theatre. Foster fell in love with the theatre right then and there, and two years later he penned his first professionally produced play, Sinners. It was produced by Theatre New Brunswick and directed by Malcolm Black, who would also direct Fosterâ??s next effort, the highly successful, The Melville Boys. The Melville Boys would go on to be produced across Canada and in the United States, including a well-received run Off Broadway in New York. It would become Fosterâ??s signature play, and the one which would bring his name to the forefront of Canadian theatre. Since then, Norm Foster has produced an astonishing output of work. Nearly forty plays in all, including The Affections of May, the most produced play in Canada in 1991. He has also written a musical with composer Leslie Arden (The Last Resort) and three musicals (Jasper Station, Race Day, and Sitting Pretty) with composer Steve Thomas.
Editorial Reviews
"…well-paced, vintage Foster. Foster makes the familiar all the funnier by catching you by surprise… The Death of Me… at times gets funny enough to almost become the death of all of us."
Calgary Herald
" …smart, fast-paced fun… Foster continues to be regarded as one of the funniest writers of intelligent comedy in Canadian theatre today."
Calgary Herald