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By Neil Simon. 1984
An autobiographical play set in 1937. Eugene, the 15-year-old narrator, dreams of becoming a writer and fulfilling his sexual curiosity.…
Includes strong language and sex. Winner of the 1983 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award. 1984.By Nicholas Jennings. 1997
A generation of musicians, from Vancouver to Halifax, were drawn to Toronto's Yorkville district during the sixties. From among this…
group came some of Canada's most well known musicians, both then and now. 1997.By Hugh MacDonald. 1982
The first half of this book covers the life of Berlioz. In the second part Hugh Macdonald considers all known…
works of the composer from his early works in Paris as a medical student, through the romanticism of the 1830s to the more serene compositions of later life. 1982.By Willy Russell. 2001
Twin brothers are separated at birth because their mother cannot afford to keep them both. She gives one of them…
away to wealthy Mrs Lyons and they grow up as friends, in ignorance of their fraternity until the inevitable quarrel unleashes a blood-bath. Includes strong language. 2001.By Simon Napier-Bell. 2001
The author uses his wealth of contacts and extraordinary personal experiences to chart the incredible story of an industry that…
has become like no other. Where bad or irrational behaviour is not only tolerated but encouraged; where drugs are sometimes as important as talent; where artists allow themselves to be pushed to their physical and mental limits in the name of profit and ego. 2001.By Kathleen Gallagher, Ann-Marie MacDonald. 2008
Scotland, 1899. Following her father's death, amateur scientist Pearl MacIsaac struggles to discover the secret of her family's past, which…
her father had kept hidden with the help of the family doctor. A story of family secrets that have come to life and of the birth and evolution of ideas, including Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, contemporary medical beliefs and the concept of eugenics. Some descriptions of sex. 2008.By David Fennario. 1980
Montreal playwright Fennario presents the lives of people in the poor area of Pointe Saint-Charles. Three families, French and English,…
and Thibeault, the neighbourhood rummy, sit on their balconies and deal with unemployment, an election, and the losing Expos baseball team. Poverty, domestic problems and French-English relations are explored with humour as the characters endure a hot summer in the late 1970's. With French and English dialogue. Strong language.By William Shakespeare, H. J Oliver. 1968
A pastoral comedy set primarily in the forest of Arden. A duke is exiled by his cruel brother, who later…
banishes his daughter as well. The action switches from the count to the forest where the exiles and friends wander in a maze of romances and mixed identities. For Senior High readers. 1968, c1599.By George Orwell, Phil Viner, Jools Viner, Jonathan Lomas. 2006
Orwell's political fable is told from the viewpoint of its key characters--the animals--who are quizzed and questioned about how 'some…
animals are more equal than others' in this vibrant guided drama. 2006.By Tom Stoppard. 1993
In a large country house in Derbyshire in April 1809 sits Lady Thomasina Coverly, aged thirteen, and her tutor, Septimus…
Hodge. 180 years later Bernard Nightingale has arrived at this house to uncover the scandal which is said to have taken place when Lord Byron stayed at Sidley Park. 1993.By Wendy Wasserstein. 1998
Play featuring Dr. Lyssa Dent Hughes, senator's daughter, descendant of Ulysses S. Grant, and wife and mother, who has been…
nominated for surgeon general. During a television interview, her husband and a gay friend both contribute information that creates a scandal leading to withdrawal from her position. Includs strong language. c1998.By John Rockwell. 1983
One of America's foremost music critics makes a case for seriously considering a wide range of styles beyond conventional contemporary…
classics. He broadens his perspective to embrace experimental and electronic music as well as the best of folk, country, Broadway, jazz, salsa, and rock. 1983.By Véronique-Marie Kaye. 2013
Il y a huit mois, Axelle et Jim, jeune immigrant, ont passé la nuit ensemble. Depuis cette nuit-là, Jim n'a…
pas revu Axelle qui est maintenant enceinte de lui. À une heure de son départ pour la base militaire de Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Axelle vient le retrouver à la salle de quilles où il travaille. Tandis que Jim avoue ses sentiments pour elle et tente de la raisonner afin de sauver leur relation, Axelle refuse de se laisser aller et lui annonce qu'elle donnera son bébé en adoption. Pour les lecteurs du collégial. 2013.By Edward Downes. 1944
By Dario Fo, Franca Rame. 1991
A collection of twenty monologues from the 1997 Nobel Prize-winning playwright and his actress wife. The plays deal with political…
and sexual themes that are often repressed in traditional Italian society, including rape, the double standard, and trophy wives. Strong language, some explicit descriptions of sex, and some violence. 1991.By Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin, Seiji Ozawa. 2016
Haruki Murakami's passion for music runs deep. Before turning his hand to writing, he ran a jazz club in Tokyo,…
and from The Beatles' "Norwegian Wood" to Franz Liszt's "Years of Pilgrimage," the aesthetic and emotional power of music permeates every one of his much-loved books. Now he fulfills a personal dream, sitting down with his friend, acclaimed conductor Seiji Ozawa, to talk, over a period of two years, about their shared interest. Transcribed from lengthy conversations about the nature of music and writing, here they discuss everything from Brahms to Beethoven, from Leonard Bernstein to Glenn Gould, from record collecting to pop-up orchestras, and much more. Ultimately this book gives readers an unprecedented glimpse into the minds of the two maestros. 2016. Uniform title: Ozawa Seiji-san to, ongaku ni tsuite hanashi o suru.By Virgil Thomson. 1981
An authoritative selection of critical writing distilled from the work of one of America's most influential twentieth-century musicians. Includes elegant…
reviews; portraits of such figures as Gershwin, Ives, and Gertrude Stein; and essays on subjects ranging from the nature of jazz to the nature of genius. National Book Critics' Award. 1981. Uniform title: Literary works.By Arthur Miller. 1961
Eddie Carbone is an Italian longshoreman working on the New York docks. When his wife's cousins, Marco and Rodolpho, seek…
refuge as illegal immigrants from Sicily, Eddie agrees to shelter them. Trouble begins when his wife's niece, Catherine, is attracted to the glamorous younger brother, Rodolpho. Eddie's baffled jealousy culminates in an unforgivable crime against his family and the Sicilian community. 1961.By Tennessee Williams. 2008
In this play, a recently widowed, faded southern belle visits her bohemian sister and lusty brother-in-law in the French Quarter…
of New Orleans. Seeking the lost gentility of her early life, she instead faces a mental breakdown because of the insensitivity of those around her. First published in 1947, c2008.