Courageous

Fiction & Literature, Drama
Cover of the book Courageous by Michael Healey, Playwrights Canada Press
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Author: Michael Healey ISBN: 9780887549557
Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press Publication: May 1, 2011
Imprint: Playwrights Canada Press Language: English
Author: Michael Healey
ISBN: 9780887549557
Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press
Publication: May 1, 2011
Imprint: Playwrights Canada Press
Language: English

A play in two acts, Healey introduces two sets of characters. In the first, a lawyer and his partner seek a civil ceremony, but are stopped when the officiant won’t perform a homosexual marriage because tenets of his religious beliefs won’t allow it. But tensions only mount when they learn that the officiant himself is openly gay. In the second act, a young couple decide to marry to secure a family for their unborn child, despite their poor financial situation. Facing eviction, the husband—a young Aboriginal man—meets his new neighbour, a refugee from Somalia, and they become fast friends. As the young couple finds happiness, prosperity, and friendship, their competing civil rights tears that friendship apart.

Nominated for the 2010 Governor General's Literary Award for Drama

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A play in two acts, Healey introduces two sets of characters. In the first, a lawyer and his partner seek a civil ceremony, but are stopped when the officiant won’t perform a homosexual marriage because tenets of his religious beliefs won’t allow it. But tensions only mount when they learn that the officiant himself is openly gay. In the second act, a young couple decide to marry to secure a family for their unborn child, despite their poor financial situation. Facing eviction, the husband—a young Aboriginal man—meets his new neighbour, a refugee from Somalia, and they become fast friends. As the young couple finds happiness, prosperity, and friendship, their competing civil rights tears that friendship apart.

Nominated for the 2010 Governor General's Literary Award for Drama

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