Dark comedy in nine scenes by George F. Walker , premiered at the Factory Theatre , Toronto, 1984, directed by the author with sets and costumes by Reginald Bronskill, lighting by Sholem Dolgoy, and featuring Ted Dykstra , Gina Wilkinson, Peter Blais, Dean Hawes, Lesleh Donaldson and Barbara Gordon. Winner of the Chalmers Award and the Governor General's Award . More recently, the work was produced at William Head Prison, British Columbia (October, 2000).
A rambunctious, deft and hilarious work about destiny, love and the classes. Junior is a goofy post-adolescent in love with the smart Gail. Junior, however, has a father in prison who blackmails Junior into committing a crime. Soon Junior finds himself hooked up with an unlikely assortment of accomplices including his girlfriend, a drunk turned hero-of-the-hour, a mad, pseudo-revolutionary who kisses everyone (kiss of death? Judas kiss? lust?) and a young woman who has tried prostitution as a legitimate career choice. It can't possibly end well.
Not just a winner with critics and awards' juries, but a box-office hit as well. This is a work that cries out for revival, a smart director and a savvy cast. The work has quasi-sequels in the other two plays of the East End Plays: Better Living and Escape From Happiness.
Readings: East End Plays, Part 1, The, George F. Walker, 1999, Talon, Vancouver
(Additional information provided by Colin Plant)
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