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SPEAKABLE ACTS: SIX PLAYS
HERMAN GOODDEN'S new book SPEAKABLE ACTS gathers together his six plays which have been professionally produced on Canadian and American stages. Included are the complete scripts of The Judgement of Slippery Jack, Suffering Fools (which Goodden also adapted in an award-winning script for CBC Radio), The Anniversary, Slippery or You Can’t Get There From Here, The Dark Ages and Nature Abhors a Vacuum. The book is prefaced with a newly written 'Overture' in which Goodden gives some of the background behind the development and reception of each script. Also included are full cast lists and reproductions of the posters from the premiere productions of each play by Roger Baker, Alan Dayton, Kirtley Jarvis and Maridon Miller. Bettger Books. 284 pages, 6 illustrations |
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THREE ARTISTS: KURELEK, CHAMBERS & CURNOE "THOUGH ALL THREE ARTISTS were richly multi-faceted, for the sake of categorization William Kurelek, Jack Chambers and Greg Curnoe became publicly identified as, respectively, a folk, a realist and a pop artist. These labels made it easier (particularly in the case of Kurelek but to an extent with all three) to dismiss them and deny them the serious appraisal they deserve." - Herman Goodden Elmwood Publications. Paperback, 6" x 9", 257 pages, 12 colour reproductions |
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NO CONTINUING CITY THIS MOST RECENT gathering of Herman Goodden's essays, reviews, feature articles and interviews is bookended by his memorial pieces to his father and mother. Mixed in with reflections on why he never took to Boy Scouts or why he reads his dog's horoscope are more substantial pieces on the agony of modern art and the mainstreaming of pornography. In addition to his reflection on a lifetime's reading are individual essays on Terence Rattigan, John Buchan, the Brontes and Keith Waterhouse. Elmwood Publications. Paperback, 6" x 9", 249 pages |
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Born and raised in London, Ontario where he still lives today, Herman Goodden is the author of eleven books, including two novels (The Goof and Not It), a collection of short stories (Counting Backwards from a Hundred), several essay collections (The Invisible Lone Ranger Suit, Towards a Forest City Mythology, In Good Faith, No Continuing City), a history of theatre in London (Curtain Rising) and two biographical / critical studies of visual artists (The River Project and Three Artists: Kurelek, Chambers & Curnoe). His newest collection gathers together six professionally produced plays (The Judgement of Slippery Jack, Suffering Fools, The Anniversary, Slippery or You Can’t Get There from Here, The Dark Ages, Nature Abhors a Vacuum). His 1990 CBC Radio adaptation of Suffering Fools won that year’s Gold Medal for Best Script at The New York International Radio Festival.
Herman Goodden primarily earns his crusts as a freelance journalist and columnist, most recently as the editor of The London Yodeller.
Born and raised in London, Ontario where he still lives today, Herman Goodden is the author of eleven books, including two novels (The Goof and Not It), a collection of short stories (Counting Backwards from a Hundred), several essay collections (The Invisible Lone Ranger Suit, Towards a Forest City Mythology, In Good Faith, No Continuing City), a history of theatre in London (Curtain Rising) and two biographical / critical studies of visual artists (The River Project and Three Artists: Kurelek, Chambers & Curnoe). His newest collection gathers together six professionally produced plays (The Judgement of Slippery Jack, Suffering Fools, The Anniversary, Slippery or You Can’t Get There from Here, The Dark Ages, Nature Abhors a Vacuum). His 1990 CBC Radio adaptation of Suffering Fools won that year’s Gold Medal for Best Script at The New York International Radio Festival.
Herman Goodden primarily earns his crusts as a freelance journalist and columnist, most recently as the editor of The London Yodeller.