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Author/Playwright*
Governor General's Literary Award Laureate
Canadian Authors Association Award Winner
&
Member of the Order of Canada.
"One welcome, hard fact is that The World Above the Sky is Stetson's debut as a novelist. Stetson, a Prince Edward Islander who's no slouch in the dreaming department, may in fact remind some here of a latter-day J.R.R. Tolkien ... The World Above the Sky charts an arduous journey through Nature-gone-unnatural ... The reddened sands and foaming seas of his constructs churn into a phosphorescent cosmos of grace. Sail as far as you like... you should be so lucky as to drop anchor in The World Above the Sky." - Porter Anderson is a former critic for the Village Voice, NYC, CNN Anchor/Producer, and fellow of the National Critics Institute of the USA. Read Full Review
"Wonderfully exotic and hopeful. The book is wildly descriptive. It is magical; you start to convince yourself that a spirit world exists. I once heard it said that when you read Saul Bellow you don’t see any point of writing again. Those sentiments come to mind when I think about what I just read." More Reader's Comments
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"The supremely creative Kent StetsonOther Works Written
by
Kent Stetson, C. M.
2001 Winner;
The Governor General's Literary Award
English Drama.
"In The Harps of God, Kent Stetson creates a new theatrical language -- authentic to its idiom and as powerful and economic as poetry. An epic tragedy in three acts, the play explores faith and meaning and pays tribute to the survival of a people and a nation. With this masterful work, Kent Stetson has raised the bar to a new level in Canadian playwrighting."
The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor.
It is the one thing that cannot be learnt from others;
and it is also a sign of genius,
since a good metaphor implies an intuitive perception
of the similarity in dissimilars.
ARISTOTLE.
“Though not all of the plays that have won the Governor general's Literary Award for Drama
have been magnificent...
this year's GG winner truly deserves the accolade; it is a terrific read,
and theatrically its ambitions are breathtaking.”
Gaëtan Charlebois, Hour Magazine.
Read Some Early Work Online
Comedy:
Go to
Playwright's Workshop Montreal
read the complete text of
Queen of the Cadillac
"An important play by an outstanding playwright..."
Ray Conlogue, The Globe and Mail.
Read excerpts from two more recent comedies:
Just Plain Murder
and
Horse High, Bull Strong, Pig Tight
"Through his character and kindred devices,
Stetson makes his play as thoughtful and intelligent as it is amusing.
Stetson's dialogue is sharp, his descriptive imagery is painterly in its artfulness
whether he's evoking the fiery demise of a tarpaper shack
or the sparkling ascent of partridges emerging from a snow bank."
Sean McQuaid, The BuzzPhoto's from the premiere:
Horse High, Bull Strong, Pig Tight
Tragedy:
Go to
Playwright's Workshop Montreal
Select Library/Search/Stetson
to read the full text of
Warm Wind in China
a tragedy in two acts
(3m, 1f)
or go to
The Playwrights Canada Collection
where you'll also find . . .
Sweet Magdalena
A Gothic Revival in two acts
(3m, 2f)
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Kent Stetson
writer/director
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