Marilyn Anne Campbell
Canadian writer of stage plays, stories, non-fiction, and what-have-you.
All the Light-Hearted Souls
by Marilyn Anne Campbell
Stage play: Drama, 10 minute, 2M
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"I never tried to help people. I never tried to make the world better. I just sat around making bad jokes and using up the air."
After an unfortunate encounter with some woodworking machinery, Alex finds himself on the threshold between life and death, challenged to justify his detached and carefree ways.
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This piece was written especially for 8-0-8 Productions first collaborative show, nigh. Six scenes by six different writers were selected, each depicting an encounter between the recently deceased and a Gatekeeper standing guard over the other side.
Status: ​
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First produced in Calgary, Alberta in November 2005
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Available for future productions
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Read the script online and contact the playwright to obtain a reading copy.
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Members of the New Play Exchange may download a full copy.
Production History
Ted Lach and Jed Tomlinson; 8-0-8 Productions, 2005
First production:
All the Light-Hearted Souls was produced during November 2005 at the Birds and Stone Theatre in Calgary, Alberta by 8-0-8 Productions as part of the collaborative show, nigh.
Directed by Meg Wilkie
Featuring:
Jed Tomlinson as the Gatekeeper
Ted Lach as Alex
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"Theatre Preview: The beginning is Nigh" by Fiona McLay, The Gauntlet; Nov. 3, 2005