Canadian Wild Flowers – Staged Reading

Canadian Wild Flowers by Louise Phillips 

Canadian Wild Flowers is based on a true story of one woman’s courage and hope in meeting  the challenges of poverty and loneliness. It is 1865 in Upper Canada, and newly widowed  Agnes Fitzgibbon must find a way to support her six children. A talented amateur painter, she  sets out to create the very first book of Canadian wild flowers. Without a single colour press in the colony to print her illustrations, Agnes fears her dream will wither on the vine. A Victorian woman in a man’s world, she faces her publisher’s reluctance, her mother’s disapproval and her own self-doubt. Enlisting the aid of her three young daughters to hand paint each drawing, Agnes discovers the importance of family and of belief in her dream…and forever changes Canadian book publishing. 

 

About staged readings: 

Intended to encourage up-and-coming directors and actors, along with experienced ones, Mercury Players’ staged readings have only three rehearsals and involve minimal movement. No stage, no special effects; just energetic rehearsed readings — story-telling at its most basic. Come along and join the informal fun!