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Rendez-vous with Home
When news of their father’s death comes to Canada, sisters Josephine and Suzette take a trip to Haiti to bury a man they hardly knew.
Ecstasy of Rita Joe
Rita Joe is a Native girl who leaves the reservation for the city, only to die on skid row as a victim of white men’s violence and paternalistic attitudes towards First Nations peoples.
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First produced
1967, Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver
Publication year
1970
Published by
Talon Books
ISBN
9780889220003
In the anthology, "Modern Canadian Plays, Volume 1"
In the anthology, "Modern Canadian Plays, Volume 1"
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