Isolated: Two Plays

By Greg MacArthur

Isolated brings together two inventive, disturbing plays by one of Canada's most intriguing dramatic voices. In Recovery , people around the world are addicted to a mysterious substance. Large recovery centres are set up, promising refuge, treatment and healing to millions of addicts. But all is not what it seems. Following three residents of a facility in Antarctica, McArthur delivers a quirky and unsettling play that reveals the fear and isolation of the oppressed individual, and the consequences of a medicalized society. In Get Away , David finds two beautiful teenagers when he escapes to an isolated cabin where he hopes to cure his unusually persistent listlessness. Sensing that they might need protecting - and may be crucial to his survival - he invites them in, but the roles of predator and prey become unclear as the three become dangerously intertwined. Both fantastical and horrifying, Get Away provides a resonating look at the destructive nature of longing and our desperate need for love.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1552451917
• ISBN13: 9781552451915
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Coach House Books
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.6"