Ritter in Residence

by Erika Ritter

Whether you know Erika Ritter as a CBC radio host, as a playwright, or as a writer, you'll know that she is a very witty lady. Or 'dame' (see 'Great Dames').In this fine, funny collection of 36 pieces she covers everything from the Great Imponderables ('Sonya wants to know why she runs into sexually tempting men only when she has failed to shave her legs') to details such as the proper costume for dogs (a Pekinese in a jaunty kerchief, she warns, looks like 'a prune in a sling'). As you would expect, she offers shrewd guidance through the romantic tangles woven by supposedly adult men and women. Alarmed by the prospects for Young Urban Single Women she goes so far as to take 'Submissiveness Training' from Bambi McCoy, and, creative to the last, outlines 'One Hundred Uses of a Dead Relationship.'— from inside flap.

Genres: Humor

198 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

Erika Ritter is a Canadian playwright and humorist. She studied drama at McGill University and the University of Toronto. In addition to her published work, she has written and hosted programming for CBC Radio. Ritter was host of Saturday Stereo Theatre (1983–1984), Dayshift (1985–88), Air Craft (1988–1990) and Ontario Morning (2000–2005). She has also served as guest host on numerous programs, including As It Happens, The Sunday Edition, The Arts Tonight, Here and Now and Fresh Air, all on CBC Radio One.[1]

Two of her plays, The Passing Scene and Murder at McQueen, have been produced at Toronto's Tarragon Theatre.