<div> <I>Cruel Tears</I> is one of the most original and inventive theatre pieces ever staged in Canada. Shakespeare buffs may see in the play certain intriguing parallels to <I>Othello</I>, but in <I>Cruel Tears</I>, the jealous hero is a Ukrainian truck driver from Saskatoon, not a moor of Venice. Described as a “country opera," the play is written in the idiom of country and western music and features music by the Saskatchewan musical group, Humphrey & Dumptrucks.</div>