{"product_id":"9780889229549","title":"Moss Park and Tough!: The Bobby and Tina Plays","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge F. Walker\u003c\/b\u003e has been one of Canada’s most prolific and popular playwrights since his career in theatre began in the early 1970s. Since that time, he has written more than twenty plays and has created screenplays for several award-winning Canadian television series, including \u003ci\u003eDue South\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Newsroom\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThis Is Wonderland\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Line\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as for the film \u003ci\u003eNiagara Motel\u003c\/i\u003e (based on three plays from his Suburban Motel series).\u003cp\u003ePart Kafka, part Lewis Carroll, Walker’s distinctive, gritty, fast-paced comedies satirize the selfishness, greed, and aggression of contemporary urban culture. Awards and honours include appointment as a Member of the Order of Canada (2005); National Theatre School Gascon-Thomas Award (2002); two Governor General’s Literary Awards for Drama (for \u003ci\u003eCriminals in Love and Nothing Sacred\u003c\/i\u003e); five Dora Mavor Moore Awards; and eight Chalmers Canadian Play Awards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrick McDonald\u003c\/b\u003e is artistic director of Green Thumb Theatre, where he has directed more than seventy-five productions and overseen the commissioning and development of more than fifty new plays for children, teens, and young adults.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Talonbooks, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47009257095408,"sku":"9780889229549","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780889229549_p0.jpg?v=1763851516","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780889229549","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}