AGE OF AROUSAL

April 16–May 9, 2009 | Granville Island Stage

By Linda Griffiths
Director Katrina Dunn

In a time of corsets and petticoats, libidos and wits collide thunderously against the backdrop of political and
sexual liberation.

“Endlessly witty, vigourous, funny, and brilliantly inventive” —Calgary Herald

“If you want to have laughs and come away with something to think about, Age of Arousal is just your cup of tea!” —Stage Magazine Online

“Linda Griffiths—one of this country’s best playwrights—has written a deftly poetic and profoundly witty play in Age of Arousal!”—Toronto Star

Classics in Context: See it with The Constant Wife
Set 40 years after the close of Age of Arousal by Linda Griffiths, Somerset Maugham’s The Constant Wife imagines the life of a married middle-class woman and precisely addresses the questions raised about the future of women’s rights posed by Griffiths’s characters. Looking at these plays side by side, we can examine the challenges of women’s growing independence in the home and in society.