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Sir John A: Acts of a Gentrified Ojibway Rebellion
Sir John A: Acts of a Gentrified Ojibway Rebellion
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Author: Drew Hayden Taylor Publisher: Talonbooks (cover image may change) Format: Softcover # of Pages: 112 Pub. Date: 2018 ISBN-10: 1772012149 ISBN-13: 9781772012149 Cast Size: 1 female, 3 male
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About
the Play:
Sir John A is a full-length comedy by Drew Hayden Taylor.
Bobby Rabbit has some unfinished business with Canada's first prime
minister. His grandfather's medicine bundle lies mouldering in a
British museum, taken long ago from him at residential school. So
Bobby enlists the help of two friends to secure a bargaining chip ...
and execute a heist so epic in scale none of them may ever see the
light of day again. An uproariously funny and sharply inquisitive
play from one of Canada's leading Indigenous playwrights.
Sir John A: Acts of a Gentrified Ojibway Rebellion
centres on best friends from a reserve who go on a mission to steal
the first prime minister's bones in retribution for the theft of
sacred First Nations objects a half-century earlier. Bobby Rabbit, in
a fit of anger and revenge, convinces his rock star wannabe friend
Hugh to accompany him on a "sojourn of justice," or more
plainly, to assist him in digging up Sir John A. Macdonald's bones to
hold for ransom. Decades before, a medicine pouch belonging to
Bobby's grandfather was taken away by the staff of the residential
school where he was detained. The precious object was sent to a
British Museum exhibition room for conservation – and now Bobby
wants it repatriated. Along the way the pair pick up Anya, a young,
bright, and opinionated white woman fleeing a bad breakup, with
conflicting ideas about Sir John A's place in Canadian history. Not
to be left out of the argument, Canada's infamous first Prime
Minister, red-nosed and pompous, broadcasting live from
nineteenth-century Ottawa, shows up with opinions of his own. Filled
with humour and sorrow, Sir John A: Acts of a Gentrified
Ojibway Rebellion is a bittersweet story about finding life's
purpose, knowing when to hang on, and when to let go. A contemporary
classic by Drew Hayden Taylor.
Sir John A: Acts of a Gentrified Ojibway Rebellion
premiered in 2017 at the National Arts Centre (NAC) English Theatre
in Ottawa.
Cast: 1 female, 3 male
What people say:
"Who knew the relationship
between Canada and her Indigenous people could be so fun? Yes, fun.
Sir John A: Acts of a Gentrified
Ojibway Rebellion ... unpacks the issues that divide us in
a smart, punchy production bolstered by sharp satire." —
The Ottawa Citizen
"Drew Hayden Taylor
has a deft touch for mixing comedy and commentary in an entertaining
and all-Canadian form of social satire." — Vancouver
Sun
About the Playwright:
Drew Hayden Taylor one of Canada's best known and most
prolific Indigenous writers. An Ojibway born on Curve Lake First
Nation near Peterborough, Ontario, he has worn many hats in his
literary career, from performing stand-up comedy at the Kennedy
Center in Washington D.C., to being Artistic Director of Canada's
premiere Aboriginal theatre company, Native Earth Performing Arts. He
has been an award-winning playwright (with productions of his work in
Canada, the US, and Europe), a journalist/columnist (appearing
regularly in several Canadian newspapers and magazines), short-story
writer, novelist, television scriptwriter, and documentary filmmaker.
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