Spit Delaney's island
Subtitle: the play
By: adapted for the stage by Charles Tidler ; adapted from two stories by Jack Hodgins ; [production photos, Monique Cartesan]
Series: Inconnu dramabook
Publisher: Ekstasis Editions Canada
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Victoria, B.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 111
ISBN-13: 9781771711470; 9781771711487
Subjects: Social life and customs; Drama; Manners and customs
Description: "Spit Delaney is a steam locomotive operator at a pulp mill. After decades of rising at 4am to fire up his beloved steam engine, Spit finds himself without a job when the pulp mill replaces "Old Number One" with a modern diesel engine"--
Notes: "Based on two short stories, "Separating" and Spit Delaney's island, copyright © Jack Hodgins 1976, published in Spit Delaney's island [a collection of short stories] by Ronsdale Press"--Title page verso.

"First adapted ... as a stageplay ... for the Nanaimo Festival in May, 1990 ... This new version ... had its world premiere at Paul Phillips Hall, Victoria, B.C., produced by Theatre Inconnu in December, 2015"--Page 7.

Issued also in electronic format.