Marie Clements, The Unnatural and Accidental Women

Cécile Heim (Université de Lausanne)

Ed. by Sarah Henzi, Simon Fraser University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.1.5: Indigenous Writing and Culture of North America - Canada.
Vol. editors: Renate Eigenbrod (University of Manitoba), Sarah Henzi (Simon Fraser University), Padraig Kirwan (Goldsmiths College, University of London), Glen Nichols (Mount Allison University), Wendy Roy (University of Saskatchewan), Denis Salter (McGill University), Karis Shearer (University of British Columbia)

Dates

First circulation or publication 2000

Places

Canada (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Play

Resources

Métis playwright, director, and producer Marie Clements’s play, The Unnatural and Accidental Women, was first performed on November 2, 2000 at Vancouver’s Firehall Arts Centre and was a co-directed by herself and Donna Spencer, the artistic director of the Firehall Arts Centre at the time. It was received with great acclaim, as Zoe Leigh Hopkins’s review in Raven’s Eye attests:

One would think that a play that is based on a true story that is both enraging and terribly sad would be hopelessly dark, depressing and bleak. But Clements has written dialogue that is playful and engaging, even spurring laughter in the audience.

In addition, Clements …

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Citation: Heim, Cécile. "The Unnatural and Accidental Women". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 24 July 2019 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=22045, accessed 24 November 2024.]

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