A two-act play about the love and art of the French artists and gender pioneers Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore, following their life together from the Parisian avant-garde to the rise of Nazism. Using a play-within-a-play structure, it explores their identities and their partnership. Three actors and one musician.
Details
| ISBN | 9781772016970 |
|---|---|
| Copyright Date | 2025 |
| Publication Date | 2025 |
| Publisher | Talonbooks |
| No. of Pages | 160 |
| Language | English |
| Notes | Finalist, 2026 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Drama. Workshopped at the undercurrents festival in 2020; world premiere at Great Canadian Theatre Company in 2022. Ebook ISBN 9781772016987 (160 pages). Exact publication date and print format not found; year inferred from Lambda 2026 eligibility (books published in 2025). |
| Rating | Good |
| Genre | Biographical Fiction; Canadian Eh; Historical Fiction; Play |
| Subject | Cahun, Claude, 1894-1954 -- Drama; Canadian drama -- 21st century; Gender nonconformity -- Drama; Lesbian couples -- Drama; Moore, Marcel, 1892-1972 -- Drama; Women artists -- France -- Drama; World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama |