The Doorman of Windsor Station

By Julie Vincent

Francisco will forever be haunted by the sight of his best friend Juan lying on the floor of a train station, pierced by five bullets. He’ll remember that sight as he flees the political uprising in Uruguay that night. He’ll remember when he’s holding a dying homeless man in Windsor Station in Montreal eight months later. He’ll remember when he’s a successful architect. He’ll remember when he’s having an affair with a Québécoise pianist named Claire. He’ll remember when he’s much older, a vagrant sleeping in a café that was once part of Windsor Station, where he meets his son, an activist in the student strikes in Quebec. As he tries for a better life, Francisco’s past keeps finding him, until it blurs with the present in a series of hallucinations, challenging him to reclaim his identity and his rights.

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First produced

2010, Fred-Barry Hall, Montreal

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2017

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Playwrights Canada Press

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9781770918146

This play can be accessed by Langara students in it's entirety via Drama Online: https://www.dramaonlinelibrary.com/playtext-overview?docid=do-9780369101822&tocid=do-9780369101822-div-00000004

This play can be accessed by Langara students in it's entirety via Drama Online: https://www.dramaonlinelibrary.com/playtext-overview?docid=do-9780369101822&tocid=do-9780369101822-div-00000004

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