Saturday Night at the Palace

by Paul Slabolepszy. A play about two white working-class young men – Vince and Forsie - who arrive at a lonely suburban roadhouse. Vince, embittered with his life, attacks his friend, then turns on, abuses and finally kills the black roadhouse attendant. Reshaped in rehearsal by director Bobby Heaney, first performed with Paul Slabolepszy, Bill Flynn and Fats Dibeco?***, at the Market Theatre in 1982. The play was an enormous hit and toured the country. Published by Ad Donker in 1985. A film version was made by Robert Davies and shown at the Montreal Film Festival in 1987. The play won numerous acting and other awards, including the Amstel Playwright of the Year Award in 197*, and launched the career of Slabolepszy as one of the strongest voices in local theatre during the 1970s and 1980s.

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