by Ann-Marie MacDonald
directed by Kate Horzempa
Winner of the 1990 Governor General's Award, the Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award and the Canadian Author's Association Award.
Constance Ledbelly, a dusty academic, deciphers a cryptic manuscript and finds herself transported into Shakespeare's Othello and Romeo and Juliet. She visits Juliet and Desdemona and has a hand in saving their lives. Constance plunders the plays and creates something new, all the while engaging in a personal voyage of self-discovery.
Starring:
Angie Sapalovski
Ashley Abbott
Geordie Derraugh
Roderick Cook
and
Jo-Anne Pulfer (Best Supporting Actress Award Winner and THEA Nominee)
Performance Dates
Evening Performances: September 23, 25, 26; October 2, 3, 8, 9, 10
Matinee Performances: September 27; October 4
Evening Performances begin at 8:15pm; Matinee Performances begin at 2:15pm
“Clever, pointed and entertaining. . . . This play is one of the wildest and woolliest feminist reappraisals that theatre has seen, and one of the most intellectually ambitious."-Toronto Globe and Mail
"Imagine a collaboration among Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll and Woody Allen, and you have the essence of Goodnight Desdemona."-The Commercial Appeal (Memphis)
"In Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) the playfulness is the thing."-San Francisco Chronicle
"Delightful, often hilarious . . . MacDonald doesn't miss a trick, scattering satirical observations on love and sex, scholarship and the Bard like birdseed, while taking full advantage of the slapstick possibilities in Shakespearean cross-dressing."-The Washington Post
MacDonald's influences may be apparent, but the charm is her own."-Variety
"Stratford-upon-Acid: that's where MacDonald's dizzying Goodnight Desdemona lives. . . . MacDonald traipses through the canon with glee. . . . Lots of clever fun."-The Village Voice
Ann-Marie MacDonald is one of Canada's leading dramatists and is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Fall on Your Knees
