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Matthew and Stephen
by Jean-Rock Gaudreault, trans.
Linda Gaboriau
Stephen hates his new neighbourhood. It's ugly,
dirty and far from the country. And even worse,
he doesn't know anyone. It's too hard--and takes
too long--to make new friends. Matthew feels lonely
too. He doesn't go to school anymore... not since
his mother died from the sickness, his sickness,
the sickness of our time.... Now, they're all afraid
of him. Between a ration of pills and coughing
fits, he lashes out at his enemies: the neighbourhood
birds. A story about two separate and lonely
lives that will collide before the light in the
room goes out forever.
This outstanding play was awarded the Théâtre
Jeunesse de Radio France prize. It has been staged
250 times in French throughout Canada, France,
and Belgium. The English-language production
premiered in New York on Broadway, then went
on to Philadelphia and Toronto.
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