{"product_id":"the-glace-bay-miners-museum-paperback","title":"The Glace Bay Miners' Museum - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWendy Lill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA story of the ill-fated romance between a wandering musician-social-idealist and a Cape Breton coal miner's daughter, whose dreams are reawakened by their passion. \u003ci\u003eThe Glace Bay Miners' Museum\u003c\/i\u003e is a play in which the all-consuming brightness of dreams and memory are overshadowed by absentee greed, callousness and exploitation. It is a tragedy that is hard as nails and completely unsentimental, yet nonetheless full of love and humour. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCast of two women and three men.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWendy Lill\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWendy Lill has not only written extensively for radio, magazines, film, television and the stage, but has also been active in national politics. In 1979, while with CBC Radio in Winnipeg, Lill wrote her first play, \u003ci\u003eOn the Line\u003c\/i\u003e, to dramatize the plight of striking Winnipeg garment industry workers. Since then, her plays have gone on to examine the Canadian women's suffrage movement (\u003ci\u003eThe Fighting Days\u003c\/i\u003e); aboriginal-white relations (\u003ci\u003eThe Occupation of Heather Rose\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSisters\u003c\/i\u003e); pedophilia and mass hysteria (\u003ci\u003eAll Fall Down\u003c\/i\u003e); the slashing of social programs (\u003ci\u003eCorker\u003c\/i\u003e); and the dangerous lives of coal miners in her adopted province of Nova Scotia (\u003ci\u003eThe Glace Bay Miners' Museum\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 8.46 x 5.55 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772971057440,"sku":"9780889223691","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0080bf902ffd78cd044b9619ebdea8a4.webp?v=1780417563","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-glace-bay-miners-museum-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}