Suburban Motel - by George F Walker (Paperback)

About the Book

Six plays that take place in the same hotel room, including Problem Child, Risk Everything, The End of Civilization and others.

Book Synopsis

Something completely different from George Walker! Six plays, united only by the fact that they each take place in one and the same suburban motel room. Transients, lovers, the haunted and the hunted, the desperate and the dumb, each "strut and fret their hour upon the stage and then are heard of no more." Real, funny and heartbreaking. With an introduction by Daniel De Raey.

Suburban Motel contains six plays: Problem Child, Criminal Genius, Risk Everything, Adult Entertainment, Featuring Loretta and The End of Civilization.

Review Quotes

"Walker has an eye for the ridiculous and an imagination that packs his plays with action."
--New York Times

"We're back in the strange world of George Walker, where humor and horror waltz drunkenly around in each other's arms."
--Washington Post

About the Author

George F. Walker is one of Canada's most prolific and widely produced playwrights. His work has been honoured with eight Chalmers Awards and five Dora Awards. His plays Criminals in Love and Nothing Sacred each won Governor General's Awards for Drama. In 1999 Talonbooks released The East End Plays: Part One (which includes Criminals in Love, the Chalmer's Award-winning Better Living and Escape from Happiness) and The Power Plays (a collection containing Gossip, Filthy Rich and The Art of War).