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Strawberries in January
Evelyne de La Chenelière
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Description for Strawberries in January
Paperback. Francois and Sophie love each other but break up just before their wedding. Francois' friend, Robert, happens to stay at Lea's b&b, where they have a one-night stand. Lea has a baby and comes to Montreal in search of her childhood friend, Sophie. Meanwhile, Francois has introduced Robert to Sophie without telling him that she is his ex-girlfriend. Translator(s): Munro, Rona. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 5. Weight in Grams: 76.
A biting, heart-warming comedy of love and fate in contemporary Montréal, in a version by Rona Munro.
Strawberries in January is a version by Rona Munro of Evelyne de la Chenelière's 1999 play Des Fraises en Janvier, Winner of the Québec Academy of Theatre's award for Best Original Play of 2000. The play is a romantic comedy about four romantically challenged singletons who stumble through contemporary Montréal in search of love.
Rona Munro's version was first performed in August 2006 at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, in a co-production with Paines Plough as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781854599544
SKU
V9781854599544
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99-50
About Evelyne de La Chenelière
Rona Munro is a writer who has written extensively for stage, radio, film and television. Her plays include: James V: Katherine (Raw Material and Capital Theatres tour, 2024); Mary (Hampstead Theatre, 2022); James IV: Queen of the Fight (National Theatre of Scotland, 2022); a stage adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (UK tour, 2019); a stage adaptation of Louis ... Read more
Reviews for Strawberries in January
'Makes delightful use of the traditional rom-com formula to consider more thoughtful questions about... how real life seldom lives up to the movies... a very clever little show which operates on two levels: light and fluffy on the surface and hard as glass underneath'
Guardian
Guardian