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Canadian Rajah is the incredible -- and true -- story of Esca Brooke Daykin. He was the first-born son of the legendary "White Rajah of Sarawak" but was exiled from that country (a British colony, now part of Malaysia) to the backwoods of Eastern Ontario. Esca's very existence was erased from his birth country's history books. He waged a lifelong battle to have his true identity and parentage recognized. Esca's life spans continents, races, ge...

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Orchidelirium" is a hothouse hybrid of fact and fiction, research and hypothesis, scent and sex. The name of the flower itself is derived from the Greek word "oorchis" meaning testis. Through their resemblance to human and animal sexual organs, orchids were thought to stimulate lust. In fact, it was long believed that the flowers sprang from the spilled semen of mating animals. For the Victorian Alice O'Keefe, who established one of America's ...

Two Ships Passing is the sequel to Dave Carley's Midnight Madness, which received its world premiere in 1988, and went on to become one of Canada's most widely produced plays.

Twelve Hours is the story of Jimmy Stanton. Convicted of the rape and murder of a young woman, Jimmy is facing his last hours on Death Row. As his story unfolds, so do those of the people whose lives he has impacted, from the sister of the woman he killed, to the Governor who must decide if Jimmy's execution should be commuted. Twelve Hours goes into the hearts and minds of ordinary people affected by a terrible crime--and the cruel and biased...

Ron Bloom is the Education Minister and ostensibly in favour of the public school system. However, two clouds arrive on the horizon, which shake up his ideals: his son develops disciplinary problems that the public system cannot seem to address, and there is an election looming. If Bloom can find a way to loosen the purse strings to support the private system, his party stands to win a handful of extra swing seats... Acting as moral foil to Bl...

Perfect for schools, festivals, actors seeking scenes and monologues, and theaters wanting to produce something edgy.

This collection features three of Dave Carley's finest comedies, including: "Midnight Madness, " a gentle two-hander about the chance reunion of a pair of high school misfits, "Writing With Our Feet, " a black comedy for agoraphobics, and "Into, " where an urban nun, a mysterious beauty, a businessman, and a disaffected youth are stuck in a traffic jam outside a metropolis.

Margaret Atwood's internationally-renowned first novel has been brilliantly adapted for stage by playwright Dave Carley. With wit, affection and dollops of irony, "The Edible Woman" traces the journey of Marian, a young woman who has embraced the consumer society. Marian has a good job, a handsome lawyer-fiance, and a conventionally bright future. But slowly Marian's consumer world starts slipping out of focus, as she begins instead to identif...