The Twentieth Century
Blistering shame! Unbridled passions! Pulse-quickening tribulation!
Comedytoronto, canadablack humorhistorical figurealternate historypolitical satirefictional biographycanadian history19th centurysemi-biographicalgay themecanadian politics
A darkly comic, formally inventive alternate biography that uses surreal satire and black humor to explore ambition, repression, and the grotesque machinery of political power.
Toronto, Canada, 1899. William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874-1950) fervently believes that he is destined to become Prime Minister, but to do so he will first have to fight his personal obsessions and overcome the many obstacles he will encounter on his tortuous path to power.
Essence
Ensemble
Dan Beirne
Mackenzie King
Sarianne Cormier
Nurse Lapointe
Catherine St-Laurent
Ruby Elliott
Mikhaïl Ahooja
Bert Harper
Brent Skagford
Arthur Meighen
Seán Cullen
Lord Muto
Trevor Anderson
Mr. Justice Richardson
Marie Brassard
Asbestos Miner
Kee Chan
Dr. Milton Wakefield
Martin Dubreuil
John Christian Schultz
Richard Jutras
Father
Satine Scarlett Montaz
Little Charlotte
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