Name: Departures & Arrivals
ISBN: 9780921368137

Carol Shields

"Her style is often ironic, affectionately mocking... with a delicacy and subtlety of language". -- Books in Canada With flexible casting and flexible production requirements, this play is ideally suited for the classroom. In 22 vignettes set in an airport departure and arrival lounge, Departures and Arrivals captures a spectrum of travellers awakening to contemporary limbo. Shields' dialogue uncovers the hidden opportunities, missed and taken, which shape peoples' lives.

Departures & Arrivals

Grace Madden

This play was incredibly funny in a satirical and sometimes dead pan or dark way. Each of the vignettes were unique and the characters were very charismatic while not being over the top. I liked the large cast of characters but I wish that some of their stories had been more developed. The way Shields uses props and light to set a busy and, again, satirical mood was very interesting.