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Frank-moher

 
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Synopsis

An internationally acclaimed comedy-drama. Laid off from work, Tim finds himself doing odd jobs for Mrs. Phipps, a retired professor of mathematics with a disconcerting habit of wandering onto a nearby highway at night. Pushed to the fringes of society, they come to rely on each other. When Tim's wife, Ginette, is offered a job in another city, the hopes and needs of all three come into conflict, with moving and unexpected results.

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About the author

Frank Moher is the internationally produced author of "Odd Jobs" (winner of a Los Angeles Drama-Logue Award, and finalist for Canada's Governor-General's Award), "The Third Ascent," "Prairie Report" (both winners of the Sterling Award for Outstanding New Play), "Tolstoy's Wife," and "Weather," among many other plays and scripts for radio, film, and TV. Also a widely-published writer for newspapers and magazines, he lives on Gabriola Island, B.C.

Los Angeles Times, Nov. 6, 1992

"Penetrating . . . a small, tightly woven work, whose title doesn't begin to suggest the mathematical equation that connects its three characters."

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