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    Mary's Wedding
    Mary's Wedding
    Mary's Wedding
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    Mary's Wedding

    By Stephen Massicotte

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    On the night before her wedding, Mary dreams of a thunderstorm, during which she unexpectedly meets Charlie sheltering in a barn beside his horse. With innocence and humour, the two discover a charming first love. But the year is 1914, and the world is collapsing into a brutal war. Together, they attempt to hide their love, galloping through the fields for a place and time where the tumultuous uncertainties of battle can’t find them. A play with a heart as big as the skies that serve as its stage, Mary’s Wedding is an epic, unforgettable story of love, hope, and survival.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPlaywrights Canada Press
    Release dateApr 25, 2016
    ISBN9781770915442
    Mary's Wedding
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    Stephen Massicotte

    Stephen's award-winning plays Looking After Eden, Pervert, and The Boy's Own Jedi Handbook series originated at Calgary's Ground Zero Theatre. In 2002, his play Mary's Wedding premiered at Alberta Theatre Projects' playRites Festival and won the 2000 Alberta Playwriting Competition, the 2002 Betty Mitchell Award for Best New Play, and the 2003 Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award for Drama at the Alberta Literary Awards. Mary's Wedding continues to be produced throughout the US, Canada, and the UK. In 2006, The Oxford Roof Climber's Rebellion was produced as a co-production between the Tarragon Theatre and the Great Canadian Theatre Company, and was a hit off-Broadway in 2007. The play won the 2007 Canadian Authors Association Carol Bolt Award  and the 2007 Gwen Paris Ringwood Award for Drama at the Alberta Literary Awards. Stephen's filmwriting credits include Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning and The Dark. He has a BFA in drama from the University of Calgary.

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      Mary's Wedding - Stephen Massicotte

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      MARY’S WEDDING

      Stephen Massicotte

      PLAYWRIGHTS CANADA PRESS

      Toronto

      For Robin

      CONTENTS

      Historical Note

      Production History

      Characters

      Mary's Wedding

      Afterword

      Acknowledgements

      About the Author

      Copyright Page

      Historical Note

      Portrait of Lieutenant Gordon Muriel Flowerdew mounted on a horseA headshot of Lieutenant Gordon Muriel Flowerdew

      Lt. Gordon Muriel Flowerdew. Photos courtesy of LdSH (RC), Regimental Museum and Archives.

      Lieutenant Gordon Muriel Flowerdew was awarded the Victoria Cross for leading C Squadron, the Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians), in a charge at Moreuil Wood on March 30, 1918. He died of his wounds on March 31, at No. 41 Casualty Clearing Station. He is buried at Namps-au-Val British Cemetery, France, eleven miles southwest of Amiens. Plot I. Row H. Grave 1. The first day of rehearsal for the first production of this play took place on January 2, 2002. This was the 117th anniversary of his birthday.

      The following letter was postmarked in the field on the day that he died, and arrived in England on April 4, 1918.

      Letter from Lieutenant Gordon Muriel Flowerdew to his mother, which arrived in England, 1918

      Letter from Lt. Gordon Muriel Flowerdew to his mother. Letter courtesy of LdSH (RC), Regimental Museum and Archives.

      My dearest Mother,

      Have been a bit busy lately, so haven’t been able to write. I managed to borrow this card. Haven’t had any mail for some days, so we are very keen to see the papers. The weather is still very good, but very keen at night— Have had the most wonderful experiences lately and wouldn’t have missed it for anything— Best love to all.

      Your affectionate son,

      Gordon

      A scene from Mary’s Wedding in which actors Collin Doyle and Sarah Smith are performing. In this scene, Sarah Smith lifts her head up and looks above. Her hands are by her side. A man is looking at her from a distance

      Collin Doyle and Sarah M. Smith in the 2002 Alberta Theatre Projects production. Photos by HarderLee Photography.

      Mary’s Wedding was first produced in February 2002 by Alberta Theatre Projects at the Enbridge playRites Festival of New Canadian Plays in Calgary, Alberta, with the following cast and creative crew:

      A scene from Mary’s Wedding in which actors Collin Doyle and Sarah Smith are performing. In this scene, Collin Doyle is touching the face of Sarah Smith, and she is seen blushingA scene from Mary’s Wedding in which actors Collin Doyle and Sarah Smith are performing. In this scene, Sarah Smith puts her hand on her chest and is looking up. A man can be seen in a distanceA scene from Mary’s Wedding in which actors Collin Doyle and Sarah Smith are performing. In this scene, Collin Doyle stretches his left hand to Sarah Smith as they talk, and she listens intently with a smile on her face

      The play was remounted for a tenth anniversary production by Alberta Theatre Projects from March 27 through April 14, 2012, with the following cast and creative team:

      A scene from Mary’s Wedding in which actors Alessandro Juliani and Meg Roe are performing. In this scene, Alessandro Juliani and Meg Roe share a kiss

      Alessandro Juliani and Meg Roe in the 2012 Alberta Theatre Projects production. Photos by HarderLee Photography.

      A scene from Mary’s Wedding in which actors Alessandro Juliani and Meg Roe are performing. In this scene, Alessandro Juliani sitting on a wooden box, as if to drive, looks towards his left being worriedA scene from Mary’s Wedding in which actors Alessandro Juliani and Meg Roe are performing. In this scene, Meg Roe is reading a letterA scene from Mary’s Wedding in which actors Alessandro Juliani and Meg Roe are performing. In this scene, Alessandro Juliani and Meg Roe break into a waltz dance holding each otherA scene from Mary’s Wedding in which actors Alessandro Juliani and Meg Roe are performing. In this scene, Alessandro Juliani is sitting on a wooden box and Meg Roe is standing behind him with arms wide open

      Characters

      Charlie

      Mary

      Flowers

      For a while, in the deep blue-and-green darkness, the sound of a light breeze can be heard.

      CHARLIE

      emerges from the shadows.

      CHARLIE

      Hello, out there. Thank you for coming. Before we begin there is something I have to tell you.

      Tonight is the night before Mary’s wedding. It’s a July wedding on a Saturday morning in nineteen hundred and twenty; two years after the end of the Great War, or as you might know it now, the First World War.

      So, tomorrow is Mary’s wedding, tonight is just a dream. I ask you to remember that. It begins at the end and ends at the beginning. There are sad parts.

      Don’t let that stop you from dreaming it too.

      A barefoot girl in a nightgown enters.

      MARY

      It always starts the same. I dream it is dawn, in a field. I’m in my wedding dress. I’m out there looking for flowers for my bouquet. It is a quiet and peaceful morning.

      Then I see someone walking through the grass. At first he is no one in particular, just a figure walking, but then I see that I know him. He has a face I know well.

      He smiles and I follow his eyes to a horse sleeping in the damp grass. She wakes from her dream and stands up. He steps by her neck and shoulder and touches and calms her. It has been a long, cold night but

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