Vigil

By Morris Panych

"A solitary, young bank employee impatiently awaits the death of a silent, bedridden old woman, whom he believes is his aunt, filling the time with ruminations, recollections, and one-liners on mortality. Structured around what happens when an extremely self-centered and shallow person finds himself, through his own errors and inattentiveness, in a life and death situation with profound and far reaching consequences. A play of twisted circumstance, mistaken identity and surprising turns." - the first sentence from canadianoperaresource.org, the rest is from the publisher

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Production and Publication

First produced

1995, The Belfry Theatre, Victoria B.C.

Publication year

1996

Published by

Talonbooks

ISBN

9780889223653

Winner of the Jessie Richardson Award for Outstanding Original Play or Musical in 1996

Winner of the Jessie Richardson Award for Outstanding Original Play or Musical in 1996

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