The Anger in Ernest and Ernestine
Product Description Ernest and Ernestine live in a perfectly ordered world until cracks appear in the veneer. Repressed anger rears its ugly head and the couple's efforts to maintain order and affection range from comic to tragic. About the Author Robert Morgan has written more than twenty professionally produced plays, many of which have toured nationally and internationally and he has acted in and directed more than forty productions. He has won the prestigious Chalmers Award for outstanding play six times and four of his plays have won the Dora Mavor Moore Award for best production. His work has received a total of ten Dora nominations and has been performed around the world. In 2001, Robert was the founding artistic director of the Children's Peace Theatre. In its first two seasons, the Peace Theatre involved more than one hundred children and young people in an active program of training, workshops, and performances. In his role as artistic director, Robert delivered two official presentations to the United Nations in New York at the 2002 Special Session on the Children of the World. Prior to his work with the Peace Theatre, Robert formed Roseneath Productions in 1986 with David S. Craig in order to produce and tour his solo show Morgan's Journey. The play, which has become the longest running touring play in Canadian history, has been called a children's classic and the company, which incorporated as Roseneath Theatre in 1993 has established an international reputation for producing plays of the highest quality for audiences of all ages. He lives in Toronto with his wife, Susan Lee Marcus, and their two children Diana and Clare.Martha Ross co-founded Theatre Columbus with Leah Cherniak after she graduated from école Jacques Lecoq in Paris. Continuing in the spirit of their training, their company has created twenty-eight original comedies, including the world renowned The Anger in Ernest & Ernestine (1987); The Attic, the Pearls and Three Fine Girls (1995), for which Martha received a Dora Mavor Moore Award for her performance; and The Betrayal, which received a 1999 Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award for Best New Play. In 2007, Martha performed in the Canadian Stage Company's touring production of The Overcoat. As well as performing, Martha has written several plays including Dr. Dapertutto (nominated for the Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award in 1990); Ratbag, a musical about the Industrial Revolution that she wrote with her composer husband, John Millard; and The Dog and the Angel for the Caravan Farm Theatre Co. (1999). Martha also teaches Shakespeare to children and young teens. One of the high points of her career was creating and performing the character of Ernestine.Leah is Co-Artistic Director with Martha Ross of Theatre Columbus where she creates and directs new Canadian plays. For the company she has directed many collectively created works including Hotel Loopy, Lonely Nights and Other Stories, and The Betrayal, (winner of 1999 Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award). Leah has also directed classics for Theatre Columbus such as Twelfth Night, The Cherry Orchard (co-director), and adaptations of The Barber Of Seville and Peer Gynt. Leah directed and co-wrote The Anger In Ernest & Ernestine which was published in 1990 and has been performed in theatres across Canada and internationally. In 1997 she created and performed the role of Jelly in The Attic, the Pearls and Three Fine Girls, a collaboratively written play. In 1992 she received the Pauline McGibbon Award for directing. Leah also directs for other theatres in Canada, more recently New Canadian Kid by Dennis Foon at the Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People and Rune Arlidge by Michael Healey at Tarragon Theatre. Leah also teaches theatre with clown as her specialty. She taught for fourteen years at the National Theatre School of Canada and now teaches in the Ryerson University Theatre Program and George Brown College.