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When Catherine returns home on the eve of ceremonies honouring her physician father, she unleashes a kaleidoscope of memories as father and daughter attempt to lay old ghosts to rest. While public service has been the keynote of Doc's life it has covered the private anguish of a family in crisis. Interacting with figures from the past (including wife and mother Bob, best friend Oscar, and Catherine herself as the young child Katie), the characters retrace and relive past triumphs and tragedies, culminating in Bob's death.

Humour leavens this drama of a father and daughter's struggle to love, to forgive, and to understand in order to go on. Doc was first produced in 1984 at Theatre Calgary and has since been produced widely elsewhere. The play received the Governor General's Award for Drama in 1986.

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“An emotional steamroller of a play.” — Toronto Star

“Doc will have the same impact wherever it is performed…what happens on the stage has the truth of good theatre.” — Saint John Telegraph-Journal

“Doc emerges as Pollock’s finest work yet…she has made a strong personal statement for universal applications.” — Calgary Herald

Doc

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    A Paperback / softback by Sharon Pollock

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      Publisher Broadview Press Ltd
      Published 30 April 2003
      ISBN-13 9781551115252
      978-1551115252
      ISBN-10 1551115255
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      Poetry

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      When Catherine returns home on the eve of ceremonies honouring her physician father, she unleashes a kaleidoscope of memories as father and daughter attempt to lay old ghosts to rest. While public service has been the keynote of Doc's life it has covered the private anguish of a family in crisis. Interacting with figures from the past (including wife and mother Bob, best friend Oscar, and Catherine herself as the young child Katie), the characters retrace and relive past triumphs and tragedies, culminating in Bob's death.

      Humour leavens this drama of a father and daughter's struggle to love, to forgive, and to understand in order to go on. Doc was first produced in 1984 at Theatre Calgary and has since been produced widely elsewhere. The play received the Governor General's Award for Drama in 1986.

      Trade Review

      “An emotional steamroller of a play.” — Toronto Star

      “Doc will have the same impact wherever it is performed…what happens on the stage has the truth of good theatre.” — Saint John Telegraph-Journal

      “Doc emerges as Pollock’s finest work yet…she has made a strong personal statement for universal applications.” — Calgary Herald

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