New Releases by Jason Sherman

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The murder of a wealthy landowner leads to the arrest of his eldest son. A grieving widow matches wits with her late husband''s aggressive creditor. Family loyalties are severely tested over the fate of a beloved summer home. Factory workers kill a hated boss and connive to hide the killer. The Brothers Karamazov captures the spirit, scope and dark humour of the Dostoevsky novel. Gorky''s unknown gem Enemies and Chekhov''s bright farce The Bear are given vibrant, contemporary language. Joining these three adaptations is an entirely new play, After the Orchard, inspired by Chekhov''s last play and placed in contemporary Ontario cottage country. No matter the setting, Russian never sounded so good. Includes: THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV, from the novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Constance Garnett translation) THE BEAR, a new version of the vaudeville by Anton Chekhov ENEMIES, an adaptation of the play by Maxim Gorky AFTER THE ORCHARD, a new play inspired by Chekhov''s The Cherry Orchard

A new play from one of Canad''s most important playwrights.

Sherman, author of many vital contemporary plays, delves into the past to America''s Depression years.

Reuben has a great marriage and a loving family. He has personal health and vitality enough for a killer squash game. He''s been blessed with financial success and has a car filled with the latest gadgets. The security that he''s on top of his own world. Then, with almost biblical abruptness, Reuben''s universe tumbles and almost everything he has come to count on is gone. In our spiritually brutal age, how does a man put himself together again?

Winner of the 1995 Governor General''s Literary Award for Drama. "A beguiling debate on state morality versus personal morality...hammers away at the rich dramatic themes of loyalty and betrayal". -- Toronto Star