<p>After 500 performances, this remarkable play has woven itself into the fabric of Maritime life. Hailed form Guysborough schools to the London, England stage, in Scotland, Australia and on CBCTV, <i>Tighten the Traces<\/i> is the voice of Leo Kenney, whose fierce persistence overcome cerebral palsy to win a living as a beloved door-to-door salesman in eastern Nova Scotia. <\/p>
\n<p>A tribute to terrific storytelling and to the gut and good humor of Maritime life, <i>Tighten the Traces<\/i> also includes extraordinary memories from Leo\u2019s friends.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Celebrating over 500 performances worldwide, Breton Books is proud to offer Robbie O\u2019Neill\u2019s extraordinary play in book form, along with photographs and memories of the lead character, the beloved Leo Kennedy of Canso, Nova Scotia. A tribute to terrific storytelling, Tighten the Traces is first of all a good, enchanting read. Here is the voice of Leo Kennedy, whose outrageous humour and fierce persistence overcame cerebral palsy and a suspicious world, to win him a living as a door-to-door salesman in eastern Nova Scotia. You\u2019ll split a gut laughing, with tears in your eyes. Performed from Guysborough schools to the London stage, in Scotland, Australia, the World Exposition in Vancouver and as a CBC Television Special, Tighten the Traces has earned high praise and an ACTRA Best Acting Award for its writer\/actor, Robbie O\u2019Neill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":53696,"template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[12776],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-64067","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","5":"product_language-eng-fr","6":"product_subjects-drama-fr","7":"product_subjects-canadian-drama-fr","8":"product_reading_range-21-fr","9":"product_reading_range-16-fr","10":"product_reading_range-17-fr","11":"product_reading_range-18-fr","12":"product_reading_range-19-fr","13":"product_reading_range-20-fr","14":"product_interest_range-21-fr","15":"product_interest_range-16-fr","16":"product_interest_range-17-fr","17":"product_interest_range-18-fr","18":"product_interest_range-19-fr","19":"product_interest_range-20-fr","20":"product_grade_range-tenth-grade-fr","21":"product_grade_range-eleventh-grade-fr","22":"product_grade_range-twelfth-grade-fr","23":"product_curriculumsubject-arts-education-fr","24":"product_curriculumsubject-english-curriculum-subjects-fr","25":"product_nssbb-english-curriculum-subjects-fr","26":"product_nssbb-12-arts-education-drama-theatre-arts-fr","27":"product_nssbb_approved-nssbb-approved","28":"biblio_share_tag-drama-canadian-fr","29":"product_cat-abc-fr-2","30":"product_shipping_class-abc-test-fr","31":"entry","33":"first","34":"instock","35":"taxable","36":"shipping-taxable","37":"purchasable","38":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n