What the Ear Hears Last
Kemp, Penn, Born: August 4, 1944 (Playwright)
Born: August 4, 1944
Playwright
Playwrights Guild of Canada
1983 1983
ISBN: 978-1-55155-977-3
monographic
text
First produced in 1994 at Theatre Passe Muraille in Toronto, Ontario. Geographic setting: London, Ontario. Historical period: Early 20th Century. Characters: male adults: 1; female adults: 3. Play includes speeches suitable for actors auditioning.
Canadian Writing Research Collaboratory
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2018-07-14T14:38:26.296Z
In our culture, death is ignored. This play treats the dying process as an integral ritual in the celebration of life. The play is set in an intensive care unit where a man is dying surrounded by his wife, son, and daughter. His granddaughter affirms that kids "go on and on".