Paperback / softback
ISBN:
9780889223691
Pages: 128
Pub. Date:
September 15 1996
Dimensions: 8.5" x 5.5" x 0.4375"
Rights: Available: WORLD
Categories
Drama / DRA013000
- DRAMA / Canadian
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A story of the ill-fated romance between a wandering musician-social-idealist and a Cape Breton coal miner’s daughter, whose dreams are reawakened by their passion. The Glace Bay Miners’ Museum is a play in which the all-consuming brightness of dreams and memory are overshadowed by absentee greed, callousness and exploitation. It is a tragedy that is hard as nails and completely unsentimental, yet nonetheless full of love and humour.
Cast of two women and three men.
Short-listed 1996 Governor General's Literary Award for Drama
“Lill has translated a novel – and, moreover, a novel that is essentially an intense, first-person monologue – into a captivating dramatic form, with engaging dialogue, conflict between characters, and enough thoughts shared directly with the audience to retain the flavor of the original.” – Canadian Book Review Annual
“… a tender, romantic triumph over the genre …” – Eye Weekly
“… bittersweet magic realism leavened by the ribald banter between the characters”
– Halifax Daily News
“… as real as the coal.”
– Halifax Chronicle Herald
“What an emotional roller coaster ride! Playwright Wendy Lill has touched every possible nerve in her latest offering, The Glace Bay Miners’ Museum.” – Halifax Mail Star
