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"A teacher's delight, a young actor's training wheels... The stage on the page is alive in Instant Applause!" -- CBC Radio Two very popular anthologies of complete plays lasting no longer than fifteen minutes each, whether reading for pleasure, for the classroom, or looking for the perfect short piece to do as a staged production, these anthologies can accommodate all your short play needs. Instant Applause is lively testimony to playwrights who can take 10 to 15 minutes and use it to full advantage. Contributors include: (Instant Applause) Carol Shields, Norm Foster, Sharon Pollock, Guillermo Verdecchia; (Instant Applause II) Jason Sherman, John Lazarus, Patrick Friesen, Colleen Curran, Dennis Foon, and many, many more.