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    Eyes of Heaven
    Eyes of Heaven
    Eyes of Heaven
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    Eyes of Heaven

    By Beverley Cooper

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    Late night, on a lonely Huron County road, fifteen-year-old Eloise Bernhardt has an extraordinary encounter that changes her life forever. This is a story of a mother and her teenaged daughter who have lost their way, and how they are fighting their way back to loving each other. It's a story that questions what we believe in, examines how we judge each other, and asks: "What is out there, beyond the stars?" Eloise and her mother, Glen are struggling mightily with the recent death of the man who was both husband and father. Problems escalate for mother and daughter alike when Eloise returns home late one night after a gravel-pit party with some high school friends. Shaken and dishevelled, she tells her mother she saw a big glowing light hovering above the ground that momentarily took possession of her. Eloise's improbable tale makes headlines in the local newspaper after a reporter talks to her under false pretences. What follows, for Eloise and her mother--and for their whole community--is funny, touching, and inspiring.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherScirocco Drama
    Release dateOct 5, 2022
    ISBN9781990737770
    Eyes of Heaven
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    Beverley Cooper

    Beverley Cooper is a writer, teacher, and actor. Her plays include: Clue in the Fast Lane (with Ann-Marie MacDonald); Thin Ice (with Banuta Rubess, Chalmers/Dora Award); The Eyes of Heaven; The Woman in White (from the novel by Wilkie Collins); The Lonely Diner: Al Capone in Euphemia Township; Janet Wilson Meets the Queen (nominated for Prix Rideau Award), If Truth Be Told and The Other: A Strange Christmas Tale. Innocence Lost: A Play about Steven Truscott was a finalist for a Governor General’s Literary Award and was on the Globe and Mail bestsellers list, a first for a Canadian playwright. She has also written for television, film, and extensively for CBC Radio Drama. Beverley is the coordinator of PGC’s The CASA Project, which aims to support women playwrights living in South Africa.

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      Eyes of Heaven - Beverley Cooper

      Cover: The Eyes of Heaven, written by Beverley Cooper, published under Scirocco Drama, by J. Gordon Shillingford, shows a partial face of a woman looking up, to see two moons appear next to each other, metaphorically like eyes of heaven.

      The

      Eyes

      of Heaven

      Beverley Cooper

      The Eyes of Heaven

      first published 2010 by

      Scirocco Drama

      An imprint of J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing Inc.

      © 2010 Beverley Cooper, reprinted 2019

      Scirocco Drama Editor: Glenda MacFarlane

      Cover design by Terry Gallagher/Doowah Design Inc.

      Author photo by Corrine Koslo

      Printed and bound in Canada on 100% post-consumer recycled paper.

      We acknowledge the financial support of the Manitoba Arts Council, The Canada Council for the Arts and the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP) for our publishing program.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, for any reason, by any means, without the permission of the publisher. This play is fully protected under the copyright laws of Canada and all other countries of the Copyright Union and is subject to royalty. Changes to the text are expressly forbidden without written consent of the author. Rights to produce, film, record in whole or in part, in any medium or in any language, by any group amateur or professional, are retained by the author.

      Production inquiries should be addressed to:

      Suzanne DePoe

      Creative Technique Inc.

      483 Euclid Avenue

      Toronto, ON M6G 2T1

      [email protected]

      Ph. 416-944-0475 Fax 416-924-3229

      Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

      Cooper, Beverley

      The eyes of heaven / Beverley Cooper.

      A play.

      ISBN 978-1-897289-48-8

      I. Title.

      PS8555.O5884E94 2010 C812’.54 C2010-901723-4

      J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing

      P.O. Box 86, RPO Corydon Avenue, Winnipeg, MB Canada R3M 3S3

      In memory of my father—

      who taught me so much about laughter, love and courage.

      Contents

      About Author

      Cast

      Setting

      Production Credits

      Playwright’s Notes

      Act One

      Act Two

      Cover

      Title Page

      Copyright Page

      Dedication

      Contents

      About Author

      Cast

      Setting

      Production Credits

      Playwright’s Notes

      Act One

      Act Two

      Guide

      Cover

      Title Page

      Copyright Page

      Dedication

      Contents

      About Author

      Cast

      Setting

      Production Credits

      Playwright’s Notes

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      A black and white photograph of the author Beverley Cooper. She is seen smiling as she peeps out of the wooden door of a house.

      Beverley Cooper

      Beverley has written for theatre, TV and film. Beverley’s writing for theatre includes Thin Ice (co-written with Banuta Rubess) which won Dora and Chalmer’s Awards, published by Playwrights Canada Press, Clue in the Fast Lane (co-written with Ann-Marie MacDonald) and The Woman in White (adapted from the novel by Wilkie Collins) which was produced at Theatre Aquarius in 2008. Her play Innocence Lost: A Play about Steven Truscott was a sold-out hit at the Blyth Festival in both 2008 and 2009 and was nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award. Innocence Lost is published by Scirocco Drama, 2009. Beverley was invited to speak and read from Innocence Lost at the 2009 Women Playwrights International conference in Mumbai, India. She has written extensively for CBC radio drama; both original dramas and adaptations. Her adaptation of Rohinton Mistry’s epic novel A Fine Balance and her original drama It Came from Beyond! both earned her nominations for a Writer’s Guild of Canada Award. She worked as the story editor on the award winning radio series Afghanada, as well as producing the second season and directing five episodes. She has dramatized the following books for radio: Alias Grace, Away, The Secret World of Og (Silver Medal Award Winner, New York Festival, International Radio Awards) and The Englishman’s Boy. Other original dramas include the hugely popular series The Super Adventures of Mary Marvelous and several episodes of Hartfeldt, Saskatchewan. Beverley’s television writing credits include episodes of Ready or Not, Sesame Park and Street Legal. She has also written a film script entitled The Partly True Story of Pearl Heart. Beverley trained as an actor at Studio 58 in Vancouver, and has performed in TV, film and in theatres across the country. Beverley is a member of PEN Canada: an organization that assists writers around the world who are persecuted for the peaceful expression of their ideas. She lives in Toronto, Canada with her actor husband, John Jarvis and two wonderful sons, Will and Mac.

      Cast

      Glenn Bernhardt: mid/late forties, mum

      Eloise Bernhardt: 15, her daughter

      Christine Clark: 24, university student

      Nic Barlow: 30ish, African-Canadian

      Setting

      A farmhouse in the country, mid September, surrounded by cornfields. A kitchen with a screen door that leads to an outdoor porch. Both the kitchen and the porch are playing areas. There is a staircase in the kitchen leading upstairs.

      Production Credits

      The Eyes of Heaven premiered at the Blyth Festival, under the Artistic Directorship of Eric Coates, on June 26, 2007, with the following cast.

      GLENN Bernhardt

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