The Trial of Jean-Baptiste M. [1974]
(Talonbooks, Vancouver, 1974)
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Résumé Obeying his personal principles, a man, Mr. Everyman, decides he's had enough and kills his three bosses. Is this a "courageous" effort to escape the feeling of impotence bred by the system? Is it a political
issue, a social problem, or a psychological drama? Who is really to blame? Extrait « JEAN-BAPTISTE : I am sick of being treated like a robot by the company, by my bosses Marshall and Lalonde. I get more and more discouraged, and even think about quitting my job. I decide to stay because I have hope that any work can become more human, and because I want to make myself a career with Dutron. Nevertheless I get more and more depressed. I feel as if I'm no longer alive, and that my movements are automatic. Sunday nights are the worst; I think about the week ahead… I'm no use to anybody or anything, and yet I could do so much… so much… » Revue de presse "Outrageously funny at times, yet totally familiar and bitterly realistic, the play charts the progress of a true everyman from childhood to young adulthood and the realization of his ambitions: a job. The potency of the script derives from the fact that it is based on a case history of a fired employee of a large Eastern corporation who, failing to be re-hired, shot and killed three of his ex-bosses." The Sun, Vancouver, 1974. |