The Breakwater Book of Contemporary Newfoundland Plays, vol 1

THIS COLLECTION OF plays from Newfoundland playwrights, both established and emerging, is the first in a series of three anthologies. The collection proposes to include the following selection of popular plays from around the province: Robert Chafe’s “Isle of Demons,” recounting an affair and brutal punishment in 1542 New France; award-winning playwright Anne Chislett’s play “No Sweat” about the use of sweat shops; Amy House’s play “Scratch and Pull,” as well as Berni Stapleton’s “The Double Axe Murders.”