The Real Place

The Real Place

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  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 2009

Runtime

0h 5m

Genres

Animation

Original Title

The Real Place

Production Companies

ONF | NFB

Director

Cam Christiansen

Description

Puccini's famous aria from the opera Tosca, Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore ("I lived for art, I lived for love") provides a fitting summation of playwright John Murrell's life and work. Since the age of 13 Murrell has peopled his life with the creations of his own imaginings. "In opera and in Shakespeare, in locations that were both natural and supernatural, I have escaped the limitations of my own mind," he says. Born in Lubbock, Texas, John Murrell became a playwright in, of all places, an Alberta high school.