Modern Canadian Plays

Modern Canadian Plays is the core text for university-level Canadian drama courses around the world.

Now in its fifth edition, the two-volume Modern Canadian Plays drama series anthologizes major Canadian plays written and performed since 1967. Volume two presents Canadian plays written over the past twenty-five years. These plays respond directly or indirectly to the events of our time; work effectively on the stage, on the page, and in the classroom; and are contextualized with accompanying history, biography, and criticism--all in one place for a reasonable price

Polygraph (1988) by Robert Lepage and Marie Brassard

7 Stories (1989) by Morris Panych

Never Swim Alone (1991) by Daniel MacIvor

The Glace Bay Miners' Museum (1995) by Wendy Lill

Counter Offence (1996) by Rahul Varma

Problem Child (1997) by George Walker

Harlem Duet (1997) by Djanet Sears

Street of Blood (1998) by Ronnie Burkett

The Shape of a Girl (2001) by Joan MacLeod

Tempting Providence (2002) by Robert Chafe

Scorched (2003) by Wajdi Mouawad

The Adventures of Ali & Ali and the aXes of Evil (2005) by Marcus Youssef, Guillermo Verdecchia, and Camyar Chai

Age of Arousal (2007) by Linda Griffiths

BIOBOXES: Artifacting Human Experience (2007) by Theatre Replacement

The Edward Curtis Project (2010) by Marie Clements

Kim's Convenience (2011) by Ins Choi

Professor of English and theater at the University of British Columbia, Jerry Wasserman has written and lectured widely on Canadian theater and theater history, modern fiction, and blues music.