The Dishwashers (Paperback)
Morris PanychPlaywright, actor and director Morris Panych has been described as "a man for all seasons in Canadian theatre." He has appeared in over 50 theatre productions and in numerous television and film roles. He has directed over 30 theatre productions and written over a dozen plays that have been translated and produced throughout the world. He has twice won the Governor General's Award and has won the Jessie Richardson Theatre Award 14 times for acting and directing. He has also been nominated six times for Toronto's Dora Mavor Moore Award and three times for the Chalmers Award. His classic 7 Stories ranks 9th among the ten best selling plays in Canada, outselling the Coles version of Romeo & Juliet.
This microcosm of society at large is a brilliant and fascinating portrait of class as it exists at every level, even the relatively invisible.”
Curled up with a Good Book
A big existential present lovingly packaged in grease and suds An anti-holiday antidote for those who take their humour black.”
Hour
A brilliant extended metaphor for the way our society works. The dialogue is by turns quizzical, snide, sarcastic, defiant and servilely accommodating.”
John Simon, Bloomberg News
Morris Panych’s dark comedy The Dishwashers is reminiscent of a Samuel Beckett work, complete with existential philosophizing and dialogue that prompts wince-inducing laughter.”
Patrick Lee, Theatermania