Five Political Plays by Arthur Milner

Includes:

1997

Cheap Thrill

Zero Hour

Learning to Live with Personal Growth

Sisters in The Great Day Care War

This is a collection of five plays by Arthur Milner. They were first produced between 1984 and 1990, during a period when the author was playwright-in-residence at the Great Canadian Theatre Company in Ottawa, Canada. All feature Milner's fast-paced dialogue, quick and unexpected humour, and sharp political eye.

1997

“Entertaining, educational and pretty disturbing. A fantastic play.” — Geoff Pevere, CHEZ-FM

First Produced: 1983 by the Great Canadian Theatre Company, Ottawa.
Acts: 2
Male Cast: 5
Female Cast: 4

Cheap Thrill

“Leaves us with a warm glow of admiration and — let’s admit it — a bit of surprise that such a prickly subject can be handled with such grace.” — Audrey M. Ashley, The Ottawa Citizen

First produced: 1983 by Great Canadian Theatre Company

Zero Hour

“We’re never allowed to forget the importance of its subject: one country’s politics against another’s; one man’s ethics against those of his own country. Zero Hour is that rarest of things, an intelligent play.” — Alberto Manguel, CBC State of the Arts

First Produced: 1986 by the Great Canadian Theatre Company, Ottawa.
Acts: 1
Male Cast: 3

Learning to Live with Personal Growth

“Political theatre at its best.” — Lynne Van Luven, Newest Review

 First Produced: 1987 by the Great Canadian Theatre Company, Ottawa.

Acts: 1

Male Cast: 2
Female Cast: 2

Sisters in the Great Day Care War

“Makes us laugh uproariously one moment, feel a lump in our throats the very next. You’re bound to be moved.” — Barbara Crook, Ottawa Citizen

First Produced: 1990 by Local 2204 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (Day Care Workers).

Acts: 1

Female Cast: 5