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The Lady and the Travelling Salesman (Paperback)
Stories by Leo Simpson
Imprint: University of Ottawa Press
Series: Canadian Short Story Library
Pages: 179
ISBN: 9780776643373
Published: 1st January 1976
Script Academic & Professional
Series: Canadian Short Story Library
Pages: 179
ISBN: 9780776643373
Published: 1st January 1976
Script Academic & Professional
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STORIES IN THIS VOLUME (all written between 1966 and 1974)
The Lady and the Travelling Salesman:
This was originally a sixty-minute radio play broadcast on CBC Stage, and has been adapted for television for the CBC's Performance series of TV. It was published by Oberon in New Canadian Stories 75, edited by Joan Harcourt and David Helwig, Oberon Press, September, 1975.
Night and Morning Wounds:
Was originally broadcast on CBC Anthology in an earlier form, under the title "The Wounded King."
The Ferris Wheel:
Originally a short story broadcast on the CBC literary program New Writing, this was adapted as a thirty-minute radio play and broadcast on CBC Playhouse in Canada, and on National Public
Radio in the U.S. It was adapted for television by David Peddie, and produced by him in his television drama series To See Ourselves. The story appeared in print for the first time in New Canadian Stories 72, edited by Joan Harcourt and David Helwig, Oberon Press, 1972.
Recipe For a Rebel:
Was originally broadcast on the CBC literary program New Writing.
The Savages:
Originally appeared in New Canadian Stories 73, edited by Joan Harcourt and David Helwig,
Oberon Press, 1973.
The Cahershannon Heresy:
Originally appeared as a story in Saturday Night magazine, and was later adapted for radio as a sixty-minute play and broadcast on CBC Stage.
A Single to El Paso:
Was originally broadcast on CBC Anthology.
The Ivy-Covered Manner:
A new story, appears in this collection for the first time.
Visiting the Future:
Was originally broadcast on CBC Anthology in an earlier form, under the title "Paddy Carmody's Place."
Where Does a Giant Gorilla Sleep?:
Was written originally as a radio play, and broadcast on CBC Stage in Canada, and on National Public Radio in the U.S. It appears as a story for the first time in this collection.
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