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Cold Meat Party

Cold Meat Party
Your Price: $18.99 CDN
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Author: Brad Fraser
Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press (cover image may change)
Format: Softcover
# of Pages: 106
Pub. Date: 2003
ISBN-10: 0887547869
ISBN-13: 9780887547867
Cast Size: 3 female, 4 male

About the Play:

Cold Meat Party is a full-length dramatic comedy by Brad Fraser. A mix of Canadian, American and British characters, with radically dissimilar lifestyles, meet for the funeral of a mutual college friend, and demonstrate their inability to cope with their empty lives while satirizing contemporary mores in a series of one-liners. Cold Meat Party is a reflective look at mid-life crisis and its effects on the human psyche.

Cold Meat Party concerns a Canadian novelist's group of former friends converging on a Manchester bed and breakfast for the funeral and reading of the will of their recently deceased college friend. They include feminist film-maker Nash and her daughter, fading glitter rock star Marcus and his bisexual lover, homophobic rightwing politician Dean and his enigmatic consort. This unlikely group gathers to remember past friendships and the happy days of success but also to face the uncertain and chaotic present. In the course of a busy, bed-hopping weekend, the late novelist proves as potent an influence in death as he was in life.

Cold Meat Party was commissioned by and first performed in 2003 at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, England. Its Canadian premiere was in 2004 at The Factory Theatre in Toronto, Ontario.

Cast: 3 female, 4 male

What people say:

"It's 'The Big Chill' with attitude and better one-liners. But beneath the witty repartee there's something deeper: the melancholy feeling that life has passed far too quickly." — City Life

"Brad Fraser's new play fizzles with life and vitality. A master of stiletto dialogue, the verbal sparring from Fraser's characters ricochets like an electrically charged pinball. Fraser's play weaves a multitude of complex themes ranging from love, death, aging and sexual uncertainty with a deftness that engages the audience with each of the characters…." — Morning Star

"...the action moves at jet-propelled speed ... and the dialogue is bright, sharp and funny." — The Guardian

About the Playwright:

Brad Fraser is a Canadian playwright, screenwriter and cultural commentator. He is one of the most widely produced Canadian playwrights both in Canada and internationally. He began writing plays while in high school, and is the nominee and recipient of many awards for acting, directing and writing. He has also written extensively for radio, television, film and the print media.

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