Absurdity and humor intertwine in this collection of five plays by award-winning author Clem Martini, showcasing his work from 1989 to 2009. The stories feature a diverse cast, including a lonely elephant handler who befriends a half-blind woman, a severed head seeking a second chance, and a shut-in haunted by his wife's ghost. Other characters include a young woman who can smell lies and a pod of whales navigating identity and love. Martini's sharp wit and comedic timing bring depth to these quirky, relatable situations.
Clem Martini is an accomplished artist known for his work as a playwright, screenwriter, and novelist, earning multiple awards for his contributions to the arts. His diverse storytelling skills reflect a deep understanding of character development and narrative structure, showcasing his ability to engage audiences across various mediums.
Kyp and his band now they face a new enemy: their own kind. They are being
hunted down, methodically and relentlessly. They call themselves the
Collection, and they are very angry. Kyp faces a storm of epic proportions,
and the fate of each and every Crow hangs in the balance. There is nowhere to
hide. The Collection is coming.
This guide to playwriting offers an enhanced edition with additional scenes and fresh writing exercises, making it a crucial resource for aspiring playwrights. It delves into the intricacies of crafting compelling narratives and characters, providing practical tools to refine the art of writing for the stage. The updated content aims to inspire creativity and improve skills, ensuring that both beginners and experienced writers can benefit from its insights.
Titus Maccius Plautus' career is on the decline. Once renound for bringing Greek comedies to the Roman world, now he struggles to stage a single play. Unlucky with money and unlucky in love, Plautus faces the world with wry dignity. This could be the performance that brings back fame and fortune, or the one that ends it all. Engaging, thoughtful, and funny, The Comedian dives into the rough and tumble world of arts in its infancy. Clem Martini draws on his talent and experience to bring to life the signs and sounds of a world where playwrights suffered and succeeded--but mostly suffered.
Kyp awakes to a changed world. His Family is scattered: the flock decimated by
plague, the Chooser dead - murdered by one of their own. Sick and alone, Kyp
begins a journey. Humans have taken Kym - he doesn't know where, but he will
keep searching because he made a promise. This book offers a view of the world
from a bird's-eye perspective.
First in the Crow Chronicles trilogy, this is a tense, dramatic anthropomorphic adventure story for animal-loving young readers, set in a community of crows.
Clem Martini's award-winning play, Cantata: Rumours of My Crazy, Useless Life provides a window into the experience of people going through the hidden, high-stakes struggles of elder care and mental illness. In Cantata, Martin Bussinger discovers his elderly mother's health and mental acuity is deteriorating, facing him with emotional and medical problems that feel almost unsolvable. He realizes that negotiating the delicate network of caregiving, strung together with the further challenge of supporting a brother living with a mental illness, places him in a situation that is simultaneously heartrending and darkly comic. Cantata was named winner in the full-length category of Theatre BC's 2021 Canadian Playwriting Competition and following the play's premiere production with Sage Theatre on April 28, 2022 it was named Most Outstanding New Play in the Calgary Theatre Critics' Awards. As Martini puts it, "Some readers will recognize themselves in these characters. Some may even be going through these trials right now." The book will be of interest to theatre practitioners, students of acting and directing, social workers, therapists, nurses and others in the caregiving professions as well.
Im Frühling beginnt die Versammlung der Kinaar, einer großen Krähenfamilie. Der junge Kyp erfährt, dass Kym, die von der Pest geschwächt ist, von Menschen gefangen gehalten wird. Auf seiner Reise zur Befreiung schließt sich ihm immer mehr Krähen an, bis sie die große Menschenstadt erreichen.
