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What the Ear Hears Last

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Kemp, Penn, Born: August 4, 1944 (Playwright)

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Born: August 4, 1944

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Playwright

Publisher

Playwrights Guild of Canada

Date Issued

1983
1983

Edition

ISBN: 978-1-55155-977-3

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monographic

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text

Scholar Note

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.

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Canadian Writing Research Collaboratory

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islandora:be6d219a-594b-4bd8-a875-da087b683293

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2018-07-14T14:38:26.296Z

Abstract

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".

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What the Ear Hears Last
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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., 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".
Publisher
Playwrights Guild of Canada
Contributor
Kemp, Penn, Born: August 4, 1944 (Playwright)
Date
1983
Type
Book
Format
text
Identifier
islandora:be6d219a-594b-4bd8-a875-da087b683293
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Language
eng
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London, Ontario, Early 20th Century
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