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\u003Cbr>8561  \u003Cbr>0567S6   |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n|  | RAWN  \u003Cbr>WITHDF  \u003Cbr>DE  E  ECTE  \u003Cbr>jLOST  \u003Cbr>DAMAGED  \u003Cbr>MISSING (INV.)  \u003Cbr>OTHER   |  |\n|  |  |  |\n\nPS8561.0567S6  \nSkin;&Liars /  \nUNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK LIBRARIES  \n| SKIN &LIARS   |\n| --- |\n| DENNIS FOON   |\n\n\n| WITHDRAWN  \u003Cbr>□DESELECTED  \u003Cbr>□LOST  \u003Cbr>□DAMAGED  \u003Cbr>MISSING (INV.)  \u003Cbr>OTHER   |\n| --- |\n\n85/  \n5750  \nSkin Copyright   1988,Dennis FoonLiars Copyright ◎1988,Dennis Foon  \nPLAYWRIGHTS CANADA is the imprint ofPLAYWRIGHTS UNION OF CANADA8 York Street,6th FloorToronto,OntarioCanada M5J 1R2Phone(416)947-0201  \nCAUTION:These plays are fully protected under the copyright laws of Canadaand all other countries of the Copyright Union and are subject to royalty.Changes to the scripts are expressly forbidden without written consent of theauthor.Rights to produce,film,or record,in whole or in part,in any mediumor in any language,by any group amateur or professional,are retained by theauthor.Interested persons are requested to apply for permission to GreenThumb Theatre,1885 Venables Street,Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada,V5L 2H6;phone(604)254-4055.  \nNo part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form,by anymeans,electronic or mechanical including photocopying,recording,and  \ninformation storage and retrieval systems,without permission in writing from thepublisher,except by a reviewer,who may quote brief passages in a review.  \nPLAYWRIGHTS UNION OF CANADA operates with generous assistance fromthe Canada Council,the Department of External Affairs,the Ontario Ministry ofCitizenship and Culture,the Ontario Arts Council,Alberta Culture,AlbertaFoundation for the Literary Arts,Ontario-Quebec Permanent Commission,Wintario,the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto—Cultural Affairs Division,and the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council.  \nFront cover photo:Allan Zinyk as JACE and Kevin McNulty as Jace's FATHERin the Green Thumb Theatre production of Liars.Front cover photo by David CooperCover design by Nancy LanthierEditor:Winston Smith  \nCanadian Cataloguing in Publication DataFoon,Dennis,1951-  \nSkin;and,Liars:two plays  \nISBN 0-88754-468-1  \nI.Title.II.Title:Liars  \nPS8561.065S551988jC812'.54C88-094946-5PR9199.3.F66S551988  \nFirst Edition:September 1988Printed and bound in Canada  \nCONTENTS  \nSkin  \n9  \nLiars  \n55  \nDigitized by the Internet Archivein 2022 with funding fromKahle/Austin Foundation  \n# FOREWORD\n\nCanada is my adopted home and Vancouver my adopted city.Iam often asked why I came here.The answer to that questionalso explains why the plays in this volume were written.  \nWhen I was growing up in Detroit I used to spend my  \nsummers in Algonquin Park,Ontario.The tranquility of thoselakes and forests always served as an antidote to the tumult inmy home town.One summer,when I came back from canoeing,I found out that Detroit was burning.Our house 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