Love and Anger (play)

Love and Anger is a play by George F. Walker.[1] It remains one of his most widely produced plays both in Canada and internationally.

It is the fourth installment of Walker's East End Plays, a series of plays that also includes Criminals in Love, Better Living, Beautiful City and Escape from Happiness.[2] Walker wrote the play specifically as a starring vehicle for actor Peter Blais, who had performed in supporting roles in nearly all of Walker's plays over the previous decade, to the point that he had earned a reputation as the "quintessential" Walker actor.[3]

The play was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 1990 Governor General's Awards,[4] and won the Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award[5] and the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play.[6]

  1. ^ New, W. H., Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. University of Toronto Press, 2002. ISBN 0802007619. Entry "Walker, George F.", pp. 1182-1185.
  2. ^ "Escape a race to the punchline". Toronto Star, February 23, 1992.
  3. ^ Vit Wagner, "Walker's friend Blais at centre of his stage". Toronto Star, October 6, 1989.
  4. ^ "Familiar names in awards hunt". Edmonton Journal, November 16, 1990.
  5. ^ "Playwright wins Chalmers 2 years in row". Ottawa Citizen, February 15, 1990.
  6. ^ "Three Doras each for Billy the Kid, Love and Anger". The Globe and Mail, June 26, 1990.