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Publisher:Playwrights Canada Press, 2018
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- Author: Tannahill, JordanEdition: Second editionDate:Created2018Summary:
One year after the suicide of their teenage son Joel, Debora and Michael Shaun-Hastings sit down to dinner with their son's bully and his parents. Closure is on the menu, but accusations are the main course as everyone takes a turn in the hot seat for their real or imagined part in the tragedy. Blame shifts over the course of the evening from one person to the next, raising questions no one is prepared to answer.  Hot off a run in London's West End, and described by Torontoist as a 'searing, unforgettable drama,' Late Company uncovers layers of parental and political hypocrisy at a suburban dinner party where grief is the loudest guest.  'This is theatre in its purest form: a cathartic cleansing.''Tannahill's writing fizzes with authenticity. His arrow sharp dialogue is by turns comic and excruciating.''Harrowingly powerful . . . a superb play, which deals compassionately yet unflinchingly with grief's desperate search for an answer to the question: Why?''A powerfully polarizing script. There is humour and heartbreak in equal parts.''Tannahill's subtle writing examines divergent approaches to parenthood without condemning anyone, as well as the challenges of childrearing in the 21st century.'
Genre:Subject(s): SuicideOriginal Publisher: [Place of publication not identified], Playwrights Canada PressLanguage(s): EnglishISBN: 9781770918993
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