The other side of the dark : four plays
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The other side of the dark : four plays
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The crackwalker: a dark portrait of the underbelly of Kingston Ontario, where Thompson had been a social worker. Theresa, a mentally challenged woman and her dysfunctional boyfriend Alan struggle to find love and the security of a home, but make disastrous decisions which result in the death of their baby. I am yours: a harrowing story about a group of characters on the brink of despair as each tries to escape what haunts them the most. Tornado: Mandy, an infertile social worker, tries to have a baby to save her marriage and in her desperation cons her uber fertile epileptic welfare client to surrender her newborn to “adoptive parents”. This one-act radio drama explores the conflict between a woman’s need to control and the need to surrender to nature. Pink: Lucy, a 6-year-old white girl, talks to her dead nurse Nelly, who lays in an open casket after being killed during a peaceful protest march. The insidious nature of racism is put on full display as the child attempts to convince the nanny's spirit that apartheid is good for her people.
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