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DramaRelative GoodDavid Gow • J.G. ShillingfordIn Relative Good, David Gow grapples with the complex implications of the War on Terror, and theresulting sweeping changes to law that allow authorities to violate basic civil rights. Mohamed El Rafi isa Syrian-born Canadian engineer. He’s arrested in New York’s JFK airport, held without explanation,interrogated, and eventually forced to sign papers that facilitate his deportation to Syria. As Canadiangovernment involvement only worsens El Rafi’s predicament, his lawyer and wife team up in an attemptto gain his freedom in a world where, as one character says, “Sometimes the price of freedom is freedomitself.” This incisive drama lays bare the absurdity of official policy, and the human cost of racial profiling.ISBN-13: 9781897289822paperback / 82 pp5.5 x 8.5 / $14.95October 2012David Gow is the author of five full-length stage plays, and an award-winning internationally broadcastradio adaptation. Gow’s play Cherry Docs premiered at Philadelphia’s Wilma Theatre, starring DavidStrathairn. It was also produced in Halifax and Montreal, and has been translated into Spanish, Hebrew,Polish and German.Key words: Drama – play, Political studies, War on terror, Criminal justice system - US, Racial profiling,Politics of immigrationDrama – AnthologiesThe Breakwater Book of Contemporary Newfoundland Plays, Volume IEdited by Denyse Lynde • Breakwater BooksAn exciting range of work by both established and emerging playwrights. This first volume includes sixplays selected from work written and produced during the opening decade of the twenty-first century.In her eclectic choices, editor Denyse Lynde offers an extraordinarily varied collection of dramatic workshandpicked from an incredibly successful and active period of production in the province. Robert Chafe’sillusory “Isle of Demons” shares space with Aiden Flynn’s mythic “The Death of Balder.” Amy House’sside-splitting “Scratch and Pull” stands next to the specter of Berni Stapletion’s “The Double Axe Murders.”And Anne Chislett’s civic-minded “No Sweat” meets Meghan Greeley’s psychological “Kingdom.”ISBN-13: 9781550813920paperback / 314 pp6 x 9 / $19.95November 2012Exceptionally edited and introduced by Professor Lynde, this anthology makes important work bycontemporary playwrights, rooted in Newfoundland’s vibrant tradition, available to new audienceseverywhere.Key words: Drama – play, Literary studies, Regional identity – Newfoundland & Atlantic Canada,Canadian national identityAnswer Me Home: Plays from Tramore TheatreAgnes Walsh • Breakwater BooksTramore Theatre was formed in 1999 by Agnes Walsh and Arlene Morrissey. It is a community-based artsorganization dedicated to the promotion of the oral history and the cultural traditions of the Cape Shoreof Placentia Bay, including the rich Irish heritage of the area.Answer Me Home: Plays from Tramore Theatre showcase the settlement history and unique culture of theCape Shore and the local people. The plays cross into social injustice, out-migration, aging, and changesin the fishery.ISBN-13: 9781550813487paperback / 256 pp5.25 x 8.5 / $17.95May 2011Agnes Walsh was born in Placentia, Newfoundland. She is a poet and a playwright. She has published twocollections of poetry, In the Old Country of My Heart (Killick) and Going Around With Bachelors (Brick).She is the artistic director and founder for the Tramore Theatre Troupe and in 2005 she founded the BereIsland Theatre Troupe in Ireland.Key words: Drama – play, Regional identity – Newfoundland & Atlantic Canada, Oral history26Literary Press Group / Congress 2013