His major plays of contemporary Newfoundland, The Head, Guts and Soundbone Dance (1973) and Jacob's Wake (1974), offer jaundiced views of the fate of the traditional fishing and sealing economies under the pressures of the modern age. ###>Parmi ses drames historiques, notons Colour the Flesh the Colour of Dust (1971), On the Rim of the Curve (1977) et The Gayden Chronicles (1980).