Watching Glory Die
Published on 30. March 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-1-77091-515-2 (ISBN)
Description
Inspired by the true story of a New Brunswick teenager who committed suicide in prison when corrections officers failed to intervene. From the two-time winner of the Governor General's Literary Award, this play is a bold, captivating portrait of three women who remain helpless in the tight jaws of an unjust judicial system.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Canada
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 193 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight
45 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-77091-515-2 (9781770915152)
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Person
Judith Thompson is a two-time winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for White Biting Dog and The Other Side of the Dark. In 2006 she was invested as an Officer in the Order of Canada and in 2008 she was awarded the prestigious Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for her play Palace of the End. Judith is a professor of drama at the University of Guelph and lives with her husband and five children in Toronto.