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''Leaving Home''〔French, David. Leaving Home. Samuel French. ISBN 978-0573611889.〕 is a drama in two acts by Canadian playwright David French. "The work is the first presented of what has come to be known as the Mercer Plays (Of the Fields, Lately , Salt-Water Moon , 1949, Soldier's Heart) and was responsible not only for introducing a unique Canadian voice to the world, but also for proving that Canadian playwrights could write plays on Canadian subjects and people would flock to see them." 〔(Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia )〕 ==History== The play premiered at the Tarragon Theatre, May 16, 1972, directed by Bill Glassco. Credits included set by Dan Yarhi and Stephen Katz, costumes by Vicky Manthorpe and featuring actors Maureen Fitzgerald, Frank Moore, Mel Tuck, Sean Sullivan, Lynne Griffin, Liza Creighton and Les First written as a television play, French offered the work to Glassco after seeing his production of David Freeman's ''Creeps''. French describes the experience: "I asked him to read my play. He did. He called me and he sat there with the script in his lap. 'I like your script,' he grinned, 'but I don't think you've realized its full potential.'" French then grabbed his script and tore out on the street,〔Sandra Martin, (Universal writer gave Newfoundland voice ). Obituary, ''The Globe and Mail'', December 11, 2010; www.theglobeandmail.com.〕 calling Glassco every profanity imaginable. "Imagine my nerve. Thankfully, he chased me down the road and made me come back. The rest is history." ''Leaving Home'' was a success in 1972, with its theme of fighting for identity in a troubled home resonating with audiences. "It's very autobiographical," French confesses. "I mean, I'm Ben in the play and yes it was cathartic writing my own story. But not everything in that play is true, of course." 〔Gary Smith, Bring it Home: Why are Canadian Playwrights Ignored?, The Hamilton Spectator, May 26, 2007.〕 French concedes he wrote the play because he loved his dad and that love needed some form of public expression. "I'm really all the characters in my plays, male and female but with my dad it was something serious. As an adolescent, we had a troubled relationship and that was my fault as much as his." French felt that in some ways, writing ''Leaving Home'' did his dad an injustice. "Well, it was just one picture of him. That's all. You have to put all the pictures together." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leaving Home (play)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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