Professor of English and theatre at the University of British Columbia, Jerry Wasserman has written and lectured widely on Canadian drama. His books include Spectacle of Empire: Marc Lescarbot¿s Theatre of Neptune in New France, Theatre and AutoBiography (with Sherrill Grace), and Twenty Years at Play, all published by Talonbooks. He has more than two hundred professional acting credits on stage and screen, and has reviewed more than fifteen hundred plays for CBC Radio, the Province newspaper, and his website, Vancouverplays.com. Wasserman has received the Killam Teaching Prize (1998), the Dorothy Somerset Award (2005), and the Sam Payne Award (2012), honouring a lifetime of achievement in the performing arts.

Preface

Introduction by Jerry Wasserman

Polygraph (1988) by Robert Lepage and Marie Brassard

7 Stories (1989) by Morris Panych

Never Swim Alone (1991) by Daniel MacIvor

The Glace Bay Miners' Museum (1995) by Wendy Lill

Counter Offence (1996) by Rahul Varma

Problem Child (1997) by George Walker

Harlem Duet (1997) by Djanet Sears

Street of Blood (1998) by Ronnie Burkett

The Shape of a Girl (2001) by Joan MacLeod

Tempting Providence (2002) by Robert Chafe

Scorched (2003) by Wajdi Mouawad

The Adventures of Ali & Ali and the aXes of Evil (2005) by Marcus Youssef, Guillermo Verdecchia & Camyar Chai

Age of Arousal (2007) by Linda Griffiths

BIOBOXES: Artifacting Human Experience (2007) by Theatre Replacement

The Edward Curtis Project (2010) by Marie Clements

Kim's Convenience (2011) by Ins Choi

Selective Bibliography of Source Material

Modern Canadian Plays is the core text for university-level Canadian drama courses around the world. Previous edition published 2002.