Cruel Tears
8th Edition
Will be published approx. on 31. March 1977
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-0-88922-120-8 (ISBN)
Description
Cruel Tears is one of the most original and inventive theatre pieces ever staged in Canada. Shakespeare buffs may see in the play certain intriguing parallels to Othello, but in Cruel Tears, the jealous hero is a Ukrainian truck driver from Saskatoon, not a moor of Venice. Described as a "country opera," the play is written in the idiom of country and western music and features music by the Saskatchewan musical group, Humphrey & Dumptrucks.
Cast of 2 women, 6 men, and a chorus
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Edition
8th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Canada
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 214 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
186 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-88922-120-8 (9780889221208)
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Person
Born and raised in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Ken Mitchell has been a journalist, house painter, press operator, hog farmer, actor, writer, director and teacher. His play Cruel Tears (1977) was a finalist for a Chalmers Award in 1978. Mitchell is currently the Head of the English Department at the University of Regina.