Waiting for the Parade Front Cover

Paperback / softback
ISBN: 9780889221833
Pages: 112
Pub. Date: January 1 1980
Dimensions: 8.5" x 5.5" x 0.375"
Rights: Available: WORLD
Categories
Fiction / FIC044000

  • DRAMA / Canadian
  • FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / World War II
  • FICTION / Women

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Waiting for the Parade

By John Murrell

Waiting for the Parade is John Murrell’s play, set in Calgary during World War II, in which five women gather to work for the war effort while their men are away. Waiting for the Parade was first performed by Alberta Theatre Projects, Calgary. Subsequently, it has been performed by Northern Light Theatre, Edmonton; Bastion Theatre, Victoria; Tarragon Theatre, Toronto; the National Art Centre, Ottawa; Centaur Theatre, Montreal; and at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre in London, England.

Winner 1980 Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award

Waiting for the Parade demonstrates the old theatrical law that a play that is local, detailed and specific often has the capacity to reach out beyond its immediate environment. Set in Calgary, Alberta, Waiting for the Parade deals with the way five women coped with the pressures of World War II. Geographically, the conflict may have been remote, but it still impinged on individual lives. Waiting for the Parade is an honest play that captures precisely the texture of ordinary hopes and despairs.”
The Guardian

“…subdued and definitely reflective. It’s told not from the male point of view, but from the women left behind to raise children, keep factories operational, and bolster young solders as they leave for the killing fields. … an honest appraisal and speaks directly to the heart. … In short, this is a parade of talent worth seeing. ” – St. Albert Gazette

"An honest appraisal and speaks directly to the heart. … In short, this is a parade of talent worth seeing. ” – St. Albert Gazettez