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Category Archives: Play
A Drama Simplified
Whooeee— we’ve got a living drama going on right before our eyes! I don’t mean the classical Tragedy unfolding south of us as the American government destroys the environment while undermining the rule of law. No, no. Not that. There’s … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Opinion, Play, Politics
Tagged Alberta, B.C., Big Oil, environment, Federal Gov't, Hohn Horgan, Pipelines, Rachel Notley, Trudeau
4 Comments
WITH AX AND SAW
Warning. Introducing a 40 minute fictional dialogue having to do with religion. Some months ago I posted an original play, in several installments. Some of you struggled through it and a few even helpfully commented! But don’t go looking for … Continue reading
Posted in Opinion, Play, Religion
Tagged Christianity, Col. Robert Ingersoll, Debate, Gretta Vosper, Heresy, The United Church of Canada
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The Orator — the involuntary resurrection of Col. Ingersoll
Playwriting is a hazardous business and I suppose at my age I should know better than to mess with it. There is, however, much truth in the old saw, “Too soon old, too late smart”. When I speak of playwriting I mean … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Opinion, Play, Religion
Tagged Col.Robert Green Ingersoll, drama, freethinkers, Gretta Vosper, oratory, Showplace Peterborough, theatre
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Bethune in China — a blip in a paragraph
Hey, let me make one thing clear. I have nothing against Dr. Norman Bethune. He was an eccentric, extremely talented, and brave man but was his contribution to China so unusual that he deserves a taxpayer-funded 2.5 million dollar addition … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Book, Opinion, Play, Politics
Tagged Bethune Shrine, Bob McClure, Canadian missionaries, China, Communist missionary, Dick Brown, doctors, Gravenhurst, Medicine, Norman Bethune, surgeons, teachers
13 Comments