Synopsis

Jitters

Jitters $19.99

David French

Published by Talon Books

6 Male 3 Female

This sophisticated backstage comedy opens on the night of a preview of a new play, "The Care and Treatment of Roses"

Within minutes, the audience is plunged into the world of the theatre, a world of instant loves and hates, easily bruised egos, contradictory interpretations of role and script

Complicated by crises involving faulty props, lost lines and bad reviews

And all magnified by the opening night "jitters" of cast, crew, writer and director

First performed in 1979, Jitters was an instant critical and commercial success

In just a few years, the play was produced in nearly every regional theatre in Canada and enjoyed several American performances as well

The published edition by Talonbooks in 1980 has gone through many printings and the play has been substantially changed in the process of undergoing its more than one hundred productions

It appears here in its revised edition

REVIEWS

"Jitters is witty, affectionate, bitchy, bitterly touching. David French handles a complicated idea with great sophistication" ~ Toronto Star

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