Fall on Your Knees

by Ann-Marie MacDonald, Alisa Palmer, Hannah Moscovitch

In an adaptation of the classic Canadian novel, this epic play follows three generations of a Cape Breton Island family in a tale of forbidden love, inescapable bonds, and devastating betrayals, all while harbouring secrets that threaten to shatter the family entirely.

At the dawn of the twentieth century, a young piano tuner named James Piper and thirteen-year-old Materia Mahmoud fall into a whirlwind romance. As their family grows,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0369104226
• ISBN13: 9780369104229
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press
• Length: 320 Pages