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    ISBN: 9781772014471 | Paperback

    176 pages | Pub. Date: 20231005
    5.5 W × 8.5 H × .443 D inches
    featured | Drama | Bisac: DRA013000
    Rights: WORLD

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Two epic labour plays, based on true events, by the acclaimed author of Fado: The Saddest Music in the World.

Discover how Canada got the eight-hour workday! Visit the first town to vote on Big Oil! The Ballad of Ginger Goodwin recreates the events surrounding the mysterious death of Albert “Ginger” Goodwin, who led a strike at a Canadian zinc smelter in Trail, BC, that brought the WWI British war machine to a halt. In Kitimat, residents of an industry town in the glorious BC wilderness struggle to decide between economic prosperity and environmental protection when they must vote yes or no to a proposed oil pipeline.

The Ballad of Ginger Goodwin: Cast of 2 women and 3 men

Kitimat: Flexible, between 6 and 16 actors

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