Generous
by Michael Healey
by Michael Healey
Generous explores the complexities of selflessness through four interconnected stories featuring a collapsing government, a truth-telling oil executive, a young law clerk, and a humorous battle over fried chicken.
About The Play
About The Play
★★★★ FOUR STARS, WHATSONSTAGE
What happens when someone is overwhelmed with the desire to help?
A minority government is on the verge of collapse; a ruthless oil executive tells the truth to a reporter; an effusive young law clerk engages in an excruciating post-coital chat with an aging judge; and a spectacular battle wages over a bucket of fried chicken. Through four interconnected stories, Michael Healey questions the idea of the selfless act. Politically-charged, sharply-written and hilarious, Generous is a tour-de-force from one of Canada’s most successful playwrights.
“Generous lives up to its title. It’s generous in the social and emotional ground it covers, in the quality and quantity of barbed laughter it provokes, in both the sharpness and compassion of its insights into relationships, and in the spirit that animates all these.’’ National Post