Playwrights Canada Press

These titles from the leading Canadian performing rights publisher are distributed outside of North America by Nick Hern Books.

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Quiet in the Land

By Anne Chislett

Set in and around an Amish Community in the Autumn of 1917.

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Scorched

By Wajdi Mouawad Translated by Linda Gaboriau

A haunting, poetic play from one of Canada's leading playwrights, Scorched is a powerful investigation of trauma and family ties.

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Shakespeare's Will

By Vern Thiessen

Vern Thiessen, winner of the Governor General's Award for his play Einstein's Gift, gives a voice to one of the most silent characters in history: Anne Hathaway, the wife of William Shakespeare.

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She Speaks: Monologues for Women

Edited by Judith Thompson

A collection of contemporary Canadian monologues for women, compiled and edited by Judith Thompson, offering many fresh and exciting speeches for auditions.

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Skin & Liars: Two Plays

By Dennis Foon

Two plays from one of Canada's leading writers and directors of theatre for young people.

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Staging Coyote's Dream: An Anthology of First Nations Drama in English

Edited by Monique Mojica and Ric Knowles

Staging Coyote's Dream brings together ten major plays by First Nations playwrights living in Canada and the United States.

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Stories from the Rains of Love and Death: Four Plays from Iran

By Bahram Beyza'ie, Abas Na'lbandian and Mohammad Rahmanian Translated by Soheil Parsa, Peter Farbridge and Brian Quirt

Four plays from leading Iranian dramatists, translated into English for the first time: Aurash, The Death of the King, Stories from the Rains of Love and Death and Interrogation.

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From the Canadian author of Cold Meat Party and Love and Human Remains, in sharp, non-stop dialogue, True Love Lives tears open the nuclear family and finds the heart that is often lost and forgotten.

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Truth in Play

Drama Strategies for Building Meaningful Performances

By Debbie Nyman and Jill Lloyd-Jones With David S. Craig

A collection of short dramatic scenes, with learning activities and teaching strategies to accompany each one - everything a teacher needs to help students connect with the material and give a truthful performance.