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The Ballad of Ginger Goodwin and Other Plays

Two Plays for Workers

Elaine vila

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English
Talon Books,Canada
21 February 2024
Discover how Canada got the eight-hour workday! Visit the first town to vote on Big Oil!

The Ballad of Ginger Goodwin recreates the events surrounding the mysterious death of Albert ""Ginger"" Goodwin, who led a strike at a Canadian zinc smelter in Trail, BC, that brought the WW I British war machine to a halt. In Kitimat, residents of an industry town in the glorious BC wilderness struggle to decide between economic prosperity and environmental protection when they must vote yes or no to a proposed oil pipeline.

The Ballad of Ginger Goodwin: Cast of 2 women and 3 men

Kitimat: Flexible casting, between 6 and 16 actors of different genders
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Imprint:   Talon Books,Canada
Country of Publication:   Canada
Dimensions:   Height: 215mm,  Width: 139mm,  Spine: 19mm
Weight:   163g
ISBN:   9781772014471
ISBN 10:   1772014478
Pages:   150
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Elaine vila's plays are produced in Central America, Europe, the U.S., Canada, and Australia. Her Best New Play Awards include: Jane Austen, Action Figure (Festival de los Cocos, Panam City), Lieutenant Nun (Victoria Critics Circle), and Caf a Brasileira (Disquiet International Literary Program in Lisbon). Her most recent play, Fado, won the award for Favourite Musical in Victoria, BC. She has taught in universities from Portugal to Tasmania (lutruwita), China to Panama, and is the co-founder of the International Climate Change Theatre Action, involving fifty playwrights, two hundred venues, and twelve thousand audience members worldwide. A 2019 Fulbright Scholar at the University of the Azores, vila now lives in New Westminster, British Columbia.

Reviews for The Ballad of Ginger Goodwin and Other Plays: Two Plays for Workers

On The Ballad of Ginger Goodwin: It's been nearly a century since Albert 'Ginger' Goodwin was shot and killed in the Cumberland bush on Canada's Vancouver Island, but thanks to people such as playwright Elaine Avila, the legacy of the workers' rights activist won't soon be forgotten. -Cascadia Weekly On Kitimat: It's a story as familiar to people in the US as in Canada - a large corporation comes to a town where they want to develop or deliver resources and they promise work and money, a boom, if the citizens will let the corporation have its way. -National Observer


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