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The Book of Jessica
by Linda Griffiths and Maria Campbell
Winner, Dora Mavor Moore Award, Outstanding
New Play, Winner Quizanne International Festival, 1996, Winner Chalmers
Award, 1996.
“…a dense, mystical play about the
spiritual journey of a young half-breed woman and about the process
of change itself. After slipping into a life of prostitution and hard
drugs, Jessica is rootless. She visits a native elder who creates a
ceremony in which Jessica’s animal spirits appear and promise to take
her back through her life. Each represents an aspect of human existence.
Crow is her special protector, he’s unreliable and he gambles. Bear
is a shaggy security blanket of strength, the Wolverine is vicious and
terrifying but also has much to teach. Then a Unicorn arrives from Jessica’s
Celtic past, shocking the native spirits and all hell breaks loose.
As the ceremony unfolds, each spirit enacts a character in Jessica’s
life. Bear becomes her boyfriend Sam, Unicorn, a friend from her drug
days, Wolverine a lawyer who tries to own her. But Crow always remains
Crow. A significant new play.”
—Toronto Star
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