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Bishop's University Drama Department New English translation by Justin A. Blum. Directed by Gabrielle Houle. Slave Island is a one-act play that questions social order and mocks human vices using light comedy, a utopian setting, and the beloved characters of the Commedia dell’Arte. First performed in 1725 by the famed Italian Comedy in Paris it was later called a “little jewel” by Beaumarchais, the author of the Figaro Plays and a contemporary of Marivaux. November 13 - 17 at 7:30…