Author: Sharon Pollock
Year: 1976
Geography: Americas > Northern America > Canada
Synopsis: The Komagata Maru lands in Vancouver Harbour and sets off a months-long disaster when the Indian immigrants onboard — most of which are British subjects with rights of entry to Canada — are not allowed to disembark. The passengers onboard struggle with dwindling supplies, and efforts from those onshore to send food and water to the trapped migrants are blocked. This play follows the chaos on the ship and in the courts as the people on board struggle to get through their ordeal.
Publication: Playwrights Canada Press Toronto, 1976
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