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Overview
Drama. From his offer of tenuous hope to the denizens of a city salvaged from the powerful and the greedy in Beautiful City to his championing of women in Love and Anger to his explorations of sex and gender issues in Tough!, Walker continues his explorations of characters living in extremity in the arena of a political comedy uniquely his own. Walker has an eye for the ridiculous and an imagination that packs his plays with action - New York Times.
Synopsis
With his creation of the Governor General's Award winning "Criminals in Love" (1984); the Chalmers Award winning "Better Living" (1986); and "Escape from Happiness" (1991), Walker embarked on a whole new direction in his evolution as a playwright. Much less of his comic irony now relied on the recognition of character, much more now relied on the creation of character. In a very real way, George Walker had freed himself to "come home." Set in what is transparently a single neighbourhood, the East End of Toronto, these three interrelated plays were quickly collected in a volume called, naturally, The East End Plays.