Suburban Motel

by George F. Walker

Overview

Six plays, united only by the fact that they take place in one and the same suburban motel room: Problem Child, Criminal Genius, Risk Everything, Adult Entertainment, Featuring Loretta, and The End of Civilization. Transients, lovers, the haunted, the hunted, the desperate, the dumb, each “strut and fret their hour upon the stage and then are heard of no more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781772010657
Publisher:	Talonbooks, Limited
Publication date:	03/24/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

George F. Walker
George F. Walker is one of Canada’s most prolific and widely produced playwrights. His work has been honoured with eight Chalmers Awards and five Dora Awards. His plays Criminals in Love and Nothing Sacred each won Governor General’s Awards for Drama. In 1999 Talonbooks released The East End Plays: Part One (which includes Criminals in Love, the Chalmer’s Award-winning Better Living and Escape from Happiness) and The Power Plays (a collection containing Gossip, Filthy Rich and The Art of War).

Editorial Reviews

Walker has an eye for the ridiculous and an imagination that packs his plays with action.”
—New York Times

“We’re back in the strange world of George Walker, where humor and horror waltz drunkenly around in each other’s arms.”
—Washington Post

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