One Good Marriage (Paperback)

Sean Reycraft

ISBN 10: 0920486576 / ISBN 13: 9780920486573

Published by Scirocco Drama, 2004

About this Item

Paperback. Steph and Stewart are celebrating their first anniversary. She's an English teacher; he's a high-school librarian. At the heart of the occasion, though, is a terrible sorrow. You see, Steph and Stewart arrived home from their blissful honeymoon to find that something terrible had happened? Blackly hilarious and deeply moving, this two-hander moves from pathos to humour and back again as a tragic story is revealed. A vivid portrait of two ordinary people to whom an extraordinary event has occurred, One Good Marriage speaks to our need for community. One Good Marriage won the NOW Magazine award for Outstanding New Play at the 2002 Summerworks Festival. Steph and Stewart are celebrating their first anniversary. She's an English teacher; he's a high-school librarian. At the heart of the occasion, though, is a terrible sorrow. You see, Steph and Stewart arrived home from their blissful honeymoon to find that something terrible had happened. Blackly hilarious and deeply moving, this two-hander moves from pathos to humour and back again as a tragic story is revealed. A vivid portrait of two ordinary people to whom an extraordinary event has occurred, "One Good Marriage" speaks to our need for community. "One Good Marriage "won the "NOW Magazine" award for Outstanding New Play at the 2002 Summerworks Festival. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: One Good Marriage (Paperback)
• Publisher: Scirocco Drama
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0920486576
• ISBN 13: 9780920486573
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Steph and Stewart are celebrating their first anniversary. She's an English teacher; he's a high–school librarian. At the heart of the occasion, though, is a terrible sorrow. You see, Steph and Stewart arrived home from their blissful honeymoon to find that something terrible had happened? Blackly hilarious and deeply moving, this two–hander moves from pathos to humour and back again as a tragic story is revealed. A vivid portrait of two ordinary people to whom an extraordinary event has occurred, One Good Marriage speaks to our need for community. One Good Marriage won the NOW Magazine award for Outstanding New Play at the 2002 Summerworks Festival.

About the Author

Born in Glencoe, Ontario, Sean Reycraft's plays include Stranger Things Happen, Roundabout, One Good Marriage (Scirocco Drama), and Pop Song (included in Scirocco Drama's 2003 anthology Shakin' the Stage: Four Plays from Theatre Direct Canada's Buncha Young Artists?Festival). For Pop Song, Reycraft won the Chalmers Canadian Play Award (Theatre for Young Audiences). Pop Song has been adapted into a short film, and premiered at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival.