Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
- Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
"Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)" is a 1988 comedic play by Ann-Marie MacDonald in which Constance Ledbelly, a young English literature professor from Queen's University, goes on a subconscious journey of self-discovery.
Constance theorizes that Shakespeare's tragedies, Othello and Romeo and Juliet, were originally comedies, and believes the ideas for the plays originate from the indecipherable Gustav Manuscript. She believes this because, if a wise fool archetype were reinstated into the plays, they could not remain tragedies. The only thing stopping her from showing skeptics like her boss, professor Claude Night, that she is right is her timid self. In a moment of despair, Constance is thrown into both her subconscious mind and the two Shakespearian tragedies to discover the truth about herself, and to find the lost fool with the help of Desdemona and Juliet.
MacDonald received the Governor General's Award, the Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award and the Canadian Author's Association Award for the play.
External Links
*http://www.allreaders.com/Topics/info_24940.asp
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Desdemona (play) — For other uses, see Desdemona. Desdemona is a play by Toni Morrison. It was first produced in Vienna in May 2011.[1] The title character of the play is Desdemona, the wife of the title character in Shakespeare s Othello. The 2011 play arose from… … Wikipedia
Helen Hayes Awards Resident Production — These Helen Hayes Awards are given for resident theatre productions in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. They include awards for the production itself, the direction, and the plays themselves.ProductionBest Resident Production* 1985 Cloud 9 … Wikipedia
Othello — This article is about Shakespeare s play. For the character, see Othello (character). For other uses, see Othello (disambiguation). The Russian actor and theatre practitioner Constantin Stanislavski as Othello in 1896. The Tragedy of Othello, the … Wikipedia
Helen Hayes Awards Resident Acting — These Helen Hayes Awards are given for acting in resident theatre productions in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. The awards are generally divided between male and female performers, between lead and supporting performers, and since the… … Wikipedia
Ann-Marie MacDonald — Infobox Writer imagesize = 150px name = Anne Marie MacDonald caption = pseudonym = birthname = birthdate = birth year and age|1958 birthplace = CFB Baden Soellingen, West Germany deathdate = deathplace = occupation = Playwright, Novelist, Actor,… … Wikipedia
Ann-Marie MacDonald — (* 29. Oktober 1958 auf der kanadischen Militärbasis CFB Baden Soellingen bei Rheinmünster, Deutschland) ist eine kanadische Autorin, Journalistin und Schauspielerin. Sie lebt heute in Toronto, Ontario, Kanada. Karriere Ann Marie MacDonald… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Manitoba Theatre Centre production history — Contents 1 1958 1959 2 1959 1960 3 1960 1961 4 1961 1962 … Wikipedia
Canadian literature — Introduction the body of written works produced by Canadians. Reflecting the country s dual origin and its official bilingualism, the literature of Canada can be split into two major divisions: English and French. This article provides a brief… … Universalium
Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play — The Helen Hayes Award for Supporting Actress in a Resident Play is an Helen Hayes Award for theatre excellence in the Washington, DC area. In 1993, awards for musicals were separated from those for dramatic plays. The award winner is listed for… … Wikipedia
Anna Cummer — Infobox actor voice name = Anna Cummer birthname = birth date = birth date and age|1977|1|2 birth place = Singapore age = death date = death place = occupation = Voice Actor/Actor alias = gender = Female status = title = family = spouse =… … Wikipedia
