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"The grass really is greener on the other side. But a hideous troll has taken up residence under the bridge, and the promised land is forever unattainable ? if you're a goat born on the wrong side of the craggy chasm. The troll is soon recruited to join the side of the underclass, but when the revolution is won, the victors become tyrants, and it's up to the troll to find a way to break the cycle of greed.

Composées au cours des années 1930, Pièces en un acte s'inspirent de la vie familiale dans laquelle les parents règnent en maîtres incontestés, les belles-mères s'épuisent en dévouements inutiles, les couples se déchirent à vau-l'eau et les escrocs récidivent à chaque instant... Composées par le fondateur du Cercle Molière, les pièces sont encore jouées aujourd'hui.

La trahison est un entretien passionné entre Gabriel Dumont et le vieux curé de Batoche, le père Julien Moulin. Nous sommes en 1905 et le vieux Métis veut être enterré avec les siens dans le cimetière de Batoche, mais il n'a pas remis les pieds dans une église depuis la fin de la Résistance.

D'un acteur qui peine à apprendre par cœur le célèbre poème Speak White de Michèle Lalonde, Robert Lepage tire le prétexte à une remontée dans la mémoire : la sienne, du temps de son enfance passée au 887 de l'avenue Murray à Québec, et celle du Québec à l'époque de la crise d'Octobre et de la Nuit de la poésie. Dans ce spectacle solo, Robert Lepage fait naître le théâtre au point de rencontre des souvenirs personnels et de la mémoire collective.

It was a busy Wednesday night. Barnes on the city desk asked me to lend a hand and I filled in for a couple of hours. I'd just finished taking notes over the headphones when the switchboard buzzed me with a personal.

The top western stars of the silver screen are featured in the "All-Star Western Theatre", a highly entertaining series of shows first heard in 1946. Hosted by Cottonseed Clark and highlighted by the music of Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage, the 20 broadcasts in this collection offer a virtual round-up of singing cowboys, including Tex Ritter, Eddie Dean, Jimmy Wakely, and Ken Curtis, as well as Saturday Matinee favorites like Tim Holt, Wild Bill Elliott, Alan "Rocky" Lane, and Johnny Mack Brown.

The Police receive information that an escaped criminal, called Alfred Garvey, is hiding out in the City. While searching for him at a hotel Garvey shoots an off-duty cop, and friend of Friday and Romero, John Maxwell. He was about to go on vacation but decided to visit Friday and Romero first. Soon a Police manhunt is launched to find Garvey.

Volume 1 of Chuck-Wagon Jamboree! To western fans, he will always be best known as Festus Haggen, the cantankerous sidekick of Sheriff Matt Dillon on the television series "Gunsmoke." But even die-hard fans of Dodge City may not realize that, in the years just after World War II, actor Ken Curtis was a singing cowboy -- the star of his own western movie series and a musical radio favorite to boot.

Volume 2 of Chuck-Wagon Jamboree! To western fans, he will always be best known as Festus Haggen, the cantankerous sidekick of Sheriff Matt Dillon on the television series "Gunsmoke." But even die-hard fans of Dodge City may not realize that, in the years just after World War II, actor Ken Curtis was a singing cowboy -- the star of his own western movie series and a musical radio favorite to boot.

Volume 1 of the Cocoanut Grove Ambassadors! When those who celebrate Hollywood's Golden Age reflect back on the halcyon days of the early 1930s, one particular nightspot comes immediately to mind: the Cocoanut Grove at Los Angeles' Ambassador Hotel. This lavishly appointed club, part of the 23-acre Ambassador resort, was decorated in Moroccan style, featured full-sized palm trees, and spotlighted smooth musical entertainment provided by a series of popular dance orchestras.