Blyth Festival production history
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The Blyth Festival, located in Blyth, Ontario, Canada, specializes in the production and promotion of Canadian plays. The following is a chronological list of the productions that have been staged as part of the Festival since its inception.
1975
- The Mousetrap - by Agatha ChristieAgatha ChristieDame Agatha Christie DBE was a British crime writer of novels, short stories, and plays. She also wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott, but she is best remembered for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections , and her successful West End plays.According to...
- Mostly In Clover - by Harry J. BoyleHarry J. BoyleHarry Joseph Boyle was a Canadian broadcaster and writer.He began his career in media working for a local radio station during the 1930s and later as district editor for the Stratford Beacon Herald...
1976
- The Blood is StrongThe Blood is StrongThe Blood Is Strong is an album by folk rock band Capercaillie originally issued in 1988 and reissued in 1995 with six extra tracks by Survival Records...
- by Lister Sinclair - How I Met My HusbandHow I Met My Husband"How I Met My Husband" is a short story written by Alice Munro, first published in 1974 as a part of her collection Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You.- Plot summary:...
- by Alice MunroAlice MunroAlice Ann Munro is a Canadian short-story writer, the winner of the 2009 Man Booker International Prize for her lifetime body of work, a three-time winner of Canada's Governor General's Award for fiction, and a perennial contender for the Nobel Prize... - Mostly in Clover - by Harry J. BoyleHarry J. BoyleHarry Joseph Boyle was a Canadian broadcaster and writer.He began his career in media working for a local radio station during the 1930s and later as district editor for the Stratford Beacon Herald...
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- by Jim SchaeferJim SchaeferJim Schaefer is a journalist based in Detroit, Michigan, for The Detroit Free Press.He graduated from Ohio State University.He was an investigative producer for WXYZ-TV.He led an investigation into fentanyl....
1977
- A Summer Burning - by Anne ChislettAnne ChislettAnne Chislett is a Canadian author and screenwriter. Raised in her hometown, she studied at Memorial University in St. John's and the University of British Columbia. After she taught English and theater in high schools in Ontario and surrounding area...
from the novel by Harry J. BoyleHarry J. BoyleHarry Joseph Boyle was a Canadian broadcaster and writer.He began his career in media working for a local radio station during the 1930s and later as district editor for the Stratford Beacon Herald... - The Blood Is StrongThe Blood Is StrongThe Blood Is Strong is an album by folk rock band Capercaillie originally issued in 1988 and reissued in 1995 with six extra tracks by Survival Records...
- by Lister Sinclair - The Blyth Memorial History Show - by Jim SchaeferJim SchaeferJim Schaefer is a journalist based in Detroit, Michigan, for The Detroit Free Press.He graduated from Ohio State University.He was an investigative producer for WXYZ-TV.He led an investigation into fentanyl....
- The Shortest Distance Between Two Points - by Keith Roulston
1978
- The Huron Tiger - by Peter Colley
- His Own Boss - by Keith Roulston
- The School Show - by Ted JohnsTed JohnsTed Johns is a Canadian playwright, born in Seaforth, Ontario in 1942. His plays have been primarily produced at the Blyth Festival, but also at Theatre New Brunswick, Theatre Passe Muraille, and the Upper Canada Playhouse.-Plays:...
- Gwendoline - by James W. NicholJames W. NicholJames W. Nichol is a Canadian playwright and novelist. His first novel, Midnight Cab, won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel, and was shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger.-External links:*...
- Two Miles Off - by the Theatre Network
1979
- This Foreign Land - by Patricia Mahoney
- I'll Be Back For You Before Midnight - by Peter Colley
- McGillicuddy's Lost Weekend - by Keith Roulston
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- by James W. NicholJames W. NicholJames W. Nichol is a Canadian playwright and novelist. His first novel, Midnight Cab, won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel, and was shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger.-External links:*... - The Death Of The Donnellys - by Theatre Passe MurailleTheatre Passe MurailleTheatre Passe Muraille is a theatre company in Toronto, Canada.-Brief history:One of Canada's most influential alternative theatres, Theatre Passe Muraille was founded in 1968 by director and playwright Jim Garrard, who started the company out of Rochdale College.Its radical intention was create a...
and Ted JohnsTed JohnsTed Johns is a Canadian playwright, born in Seaforth, Ontario in 1942. His plays have been primarily produced at the Blyth Festival, but also at Theatre New Brunswick, Theatre Passe Muraille, and the Upper Canada Playhouse.-Plays:...
1980
- John and the MissusJohn and the MissusJohn and the Missus is a 1986 Canadian drama film. The film was directed by and starred Gordon Pinsent who wrote the screenplay from his 1974 novel of the same name.- Plot :...
- by Gordon PinsentGordon PinsentGordon Edward Pinsent, CC, FRSC is a Canadian television, theatre and film actor.-Early life:Pinsent, the youngest of six children, was born in Grand Falls, Newfoundland, the son of Flossie ; originally from Clifton, Newfoundland, and Stephen Arthur Pinsent, a papermill worker and cobbler;... - St. Sam Of The Nuke Pile - by Ted JohnsTed JohnsTed Johns is a Canadian playwright, born in Seaforth, Ontario in 1942. His plays have been primarily produced at the Blyth Festival, but also at Theatre New Brunswick, Theatre Passe Muraille, and the Upper Canada Playhouse.-Plays:...
- i'll be back for you before midnight - by Peter Colley
- The Life That Jack Built - by David FoxDavid FoxDavid Fox is a multimedia producer, best known for his early work on LucasArts games, most notably Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders. He and his wife, Annie Fox, now work on educational software, Web design, Emotional Intelligence content, online community, emerging technologies, and writing...
and Janet Amos
1981
- He Won't Come In From The Barn - by Ted JohnsTed JohnsTed Johns is a Canadian playwright, born in Seaforth, Ontario in 1942. His plays have been primarily produced at the Blyth Festival, but also at Theatre New Brunswick, Theatre Passe Muraille, and the Upper Canada Playhouse.-Plays:...
- Quiet In The Land - by Anne ChislettAnne ChislettAnne Chislett is a Canadian author and screenwriter. Raised in her hometown, she studied at Memorial University in St. John's and the University of British Columbia. After she taught English and theater in high schools in Ontario and surrounding area...
- Love or Money - by Carol BoltCarol BoltCarol Bolt was a Canadian playwright. She was a founding member and, for several years, president of the Playwrights Union of Canada....
- The Tomorrow Box - by Anne ChislettAnne ChislettAnne Chislett is a Canadian author and screenwriter. Raised in her hometown, she studied at Memorial University in St. John's and the University of British Columbia. After she taught English and theater in high schools in Ontario and surrounding area...
- Fire On Ice - by Keith Roulston
1982
- Down North - by Janet Amos
- Heads You Lose - by Peter Colley
- La SagouineLa SagouineLa Sagouine is a play written by New Brunswick author Antonine Maillet that tells the story of la Sagouine, an Acadian washerwoman from rural New Brunswick. The play is a collection of monologues, written in Acadian French...
- by Antonine MailletAntonine MailletAntonine Maillet, is an Acadian novelist, playwright, and scholar. She was born in Bouctouche, New Brunswick and lives in Montreal, Quebec.... - Country Hearts - by Ted Johns and John Roby
- Quiet In The Land - by Anne ChislettAnne ChislettAnne Chislett is a Canadian author and screenwriter. Raised in her hometown, she studied at Memorial University in St. John's and the University of British Columbia. After she taught English and theater in high schools in Ontario and surrounding area...
1983
- Nobody's Child - by Janice Wiseman and Holden Jones
- My Wild Irish RoseMy Wild Irish RoseMy Wild Irish Rose is a 1947 film directed by David Butler. It stars Dennis Morgan and Arlene Dahl. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1948....
- by Janet Amos - Tighten The Traces, Haul In The Reins - by Robbie O'Neill
- Naked On The North Shore - by Ted JohnsTed JohnsTed Johns is a Canadian playwright, born in Seaforth, Ontario in 1942. His plays have been primarily produced at the Blyth Festival, but also at Theatre New Brunswick, Theatre Passe Muraille, and the Upper Canada Playhouse.-Plays:...
- The Innocent And The Just - by Gratien GélinasGratien GélinasGratien Gélinas, was a Canadian author, playwright, actor, director, producer and administrator who is considered one of the founders of modern Canadian theatre and film....
- The Tomorrow Box - by Anne ChislettAnne ChislettAnne Chislett is a Canadian author and screenwriter. Raised in her hometown, she studied at Memorial University in St. John's and the University of British Columbia. After she taught English and theater in high schools in Ontario and surrounding area...
1984
- Garrison's Garage - by Ted JohnsTed JohnsTed Johns is a Canadian playwright, born in Seaforth, Ontario in 1942. His plays have been primarily produced at the Blyth Festival, but also at Theatre New Brunswick, Theatre Passe Muraille, and the Upper Canada Playhouse.-Plays:...
- A Spider In The House - by Brian Tremlay
- Cake-Walk - by Colleen Curran
- Blue City - by Layne Coleman
- Country Hearts - by Ted JohnsTed JohnsTed Johns is a Canadian playwright, born in Seaforth, Ontario in 1942. His plays have been primarily produced at the Blyth Festival, but also at Theatre New Brunswick, Theatre Passe Muraille, and the Upper Canada Playhouse.-Plays:...
and John RobyJohn RobyJohn Roby was an English banker, poet, and writer. Roby was born in Wigan, England in 1793, the son of Mary Aspull and a schoolmaster named Nehemiah Roby. He began his career as a banker in Rochdale, Lancashire...
1985
- Polderland - by Brian Wade
- Moose County - by Colleen Curran
- Beaux Gestes and Beautiful Deeds - by Marie-Lynn HammondMarie-Lynn HammondMarie-Lynn Hammond is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter, broadcaster and playwright. Born in Montreal to a Franco-Ontarian mother and an Anglo-Quebecer father, she is fluently bilingual and writes and performs material in both English and French.She began her career as a founder of the folk music...
- Primrose School District 109 - by Ted Galay
- Garrison's Garage - by Ted JohnsTed JohnsTed Johns is a Canadian playwright, born in Seaforth, Ontario in 1942. His plays have been primarily produced at the Blyth Festival, but also at Theatre New Brunswick, Theatre Passe Muraille, and the Upper Canada Playhouse.-Plays:...
1986
- Another Season's Promise - by Anne ChislettAnne ChislettAnne Chislett is a Canadian author and screenwriter. Raised in her hometown, she studied at Memorial University in St. John's and the University of British Columbia. After she taught English and theater in high schools in Ontario and surrounding area...
and Keith Roulston - Drift - by Rex Deverell
- Gone To Glory - by Suzanne Finlay
- Lilly, Alta. - by Kenneth Dybat
- Cake-Walk - by Colleen Curran
1987
- Girls In The Gang - by John RobyJohn RobyJohn Roby was an English banker, poet, and writer. Roby was born in Wigan, England in 1793, the son of Mary Aspull and a schoolmaster named Nehemiah Roby. He began his career as a banker in Rochdale, Lancashire...
and Raymond Storey - Miss Balmoral of the Bayview - by Colleen Curran
- Bush Fire - by Laurie Fyffe
- Another Season's Promise - by Anne ChislettAnne ChislettAnne Chislett is a Canadian author and screenwriter. Raised in her hometown, she studied at Memorial University in St. John's and the University of British Columbia. After she taught English and theater in high schools in Ontario and surrounding area...
and Keith Roulston - Bordertown CaféBordertown CaféBordertown Café is a Canadian drama film, originally released in 1992. The screenplay was written by Kelly Rebar based on her award-winning 1990 play of the same name, and the film was directed by Norma Bailey. The film stars Janet Wright and Susan Hogan...
- by Kelly Rebar
1988
- The Cookie War - by Kathleen McDonnellKathleen McDonnellKathleen Elizabeth McDonnell is a noted Canadian author. She has been writing plays, fiction and non-fiction for both adults and young audiences since the late seventies, and has also been a freelance broadcaster for CBC Radio. Born in Chicago, Illinois in 1947, she came to Canada in 1969...
- The Mail Order Bride - by Robert Clinton
- LucienLucienLucien is a male given name of French origin, meaning light. It is the French form of Luciano or Latin Lucianus, patronymic of Lucius.-Given name:*Lucien or Lucian of Beauvais, Christian saint*Lucien, a band member of Delta-S...
- by Marshall Button - Fires In The Night - by David S. Craig
- Bordertown CaféBordertown CaféBordertown Café is a Canadian drama film, originally released in 1992. The screenplay was written by Kelly Rebar based on her award-winning 1990 play of the same name, and the film was directed by Norma Bailey. The film stars Janet Wright and Susan Hogan...
- by Kelly Rebar
1989
- Perils of Persephone - by Dan NeedlesDan NeedlesDan Needles is best known as the playwright behind the popular Wingfield Series which has played across Canada for many years. It was performed at the Stratford Festival of Canada and was aired, in part, on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation....
- Sticks and Stones (part 1) by James ReaneyJames ReaneyJames Crerar Reaney was an influential Canadian poet, playwright, librettist, and professor, "whose works transform small-town Ontario life into the realm of dream and symbol."...
- The Right One - by Bryan Wade
- The Dreamland - by Raymond Storey and John RobyJohn RobyJohn Roby was an English banker, poet, and writer. Roby was born in Wigan, England in 1793, the son of Mary Aspull and a schoolmaster named Nehemiah Roby. He began his career as a banker in Rochdale, Lancashire...
- The Mail Order Bride - by Robert Clinton
1990
- Local Talent - by Collen Curran
- Albertine, In Five Times - by Michel TremblayMichel TremblayMichel Tremblay, CQ is a Canadian novelist and playwright.Tremblay grew up in the Plateau Mont-Royal, a French-speaking neighbourhood of Montreal, at the time of his birth a neighbourhood with a working-class character and joual dialect, something that would heavily influence his work...
- A Field of Flowers - by Laurie Fyffe
- The Perils of Persephone - by Dan NeedlesDan NeedlesDan Needles is best known as the playwright behind the popular Wingfield Series which has played across Canada for many years. It was performed at the Stratford Festival of Canada and was aired, in part, on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation....
- FireflyFireflyLampyridae is a family of insects in the beetle order Coleoptera. They are winged beetles, and commonly called fireflies or lightning bugs for their conspicuous crepuscular use of bioluminescence to attract mates or prey. Fireflies produce a "cold light", with no infrared or ultraviolet frequencies...
- by Carol Sinclair with music by John Alcorn
1991
- Two BrothersTwo BrothersTwo Brothers is a 2004 adventure family film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. It is about two tigers who are separated as cubs and then reunited years later.-Plot:...
- by Ted JohnsTed JohnsTed Johns is a Canadian playwright, born in Seaforth, Ontario in 1942. His plays have been primarily produced at the Blyth Festival, but also at Theatre New Brunswick, Theatre Passe Muraille, and the Upper Canada Playhouse.-Plays:... - Barbershop Quartet - by Layne Coleman
- The Stone AngelThe Stone AngelThe Stone Angel, first published in 1964 by McClelland and Stewart, is perhaps the best-known of Margaret Laurence's series of novels set in the fictitious town of Manawaka, Manitoba. In parallel narratives set in the past and the present-day , The Stone Angel tells the story of Hagar Currie Shipley...
- by James W. NicholJames W. NicholJames W. Nichol is a Canadian playwright and novelist. His first novel, Midnight Cab, won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel, and was shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger.-External links:*...
based on the novel by Margaret Lawrence - End Of The World Romance - by Sean Dixon
- Cornflower BlueCornflower blueCornflower blue, a shade of azure, is a shade of light blue with relatively little green compared to blue. This color was one of the favorites of the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer, the other being yellow....
- by Kelly Rebar
1992
- The Puff 'n' Blow Boys - by Valoreyne Brandt Jenkins
- The Hometown Boy - by Robert Clinton
- Back Up and Push - or The Confessions of a Reformed Cynic - by Ted JohnsTed JohnsTed Johns is a Canadian playwright, born in Seaforth, Ontario in 1942. His plays have been primarily produced at the Blyth Festival, but also at Theatre New Brunswick, Theatre Passe Muraille, and the Upper Canada Playhouse.-Plays:...
- The Glorious 12th - by Raymond Storey
- Yankee Notions - by Anne ChislettAnne ChislettAnne Chislett is a Canadian author and screenwriter. Raised in her hometown, she studied at Memorial University in St. John's and the University of British Columbia. After she taught English and theater in high schools in Ontario and surrounding area...
- I'll Be Back Before Midnight - by Peter Colley
1993
- Many Hands - by Dale Hamilton
- Ceili House - by Colleen Curran
- Safe Haven - by Mary-Colin Chisholm
- The Old Man's Band - by John RobyJohn RobyJohn Roby was an English banker, poet, and writer. Roby was born in Wigan, England in 1793, the son of Mary Aspull and a schoolmaster named Nehemiah Roby. He began his career as a banker in Rochdale, Lancashire...
- Web - by Rosalind Goldsmith
- The Glorious 12th - by Raymond Storey
1994
- Glengarry School Days - by Anne ChislettAnne ChislettAnne Chislett is a Canadian author and screenwriter. Raised in her hometown, she studied at Memorial University in St. John's and the University of British Columbia. After she taught English and theater in high schools in Ontario and surrounding area...
- He Won't Come In From The Barn - by Ted JohnsTed JohnsTed Johns is a Canadian playwright, born in Seaforth, Ontario in 1942. His plays have been primarily produced at the Blyth Festival, but also at Theatre New Brunswick, Theatre Passe Muraille, and the Upper Canada Playhouse.-Plays:...
- The Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmonThe Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmonThe Black Bonspiel of Wullie Maccrimmon is a play by Canadian author W.O. Mitchell. It was written as a radio play in 1951, but later produced for television by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1965...
- by W.O. Mitchell - Bouncing Back - by Suzanne Finlay
1995
- Ballad for a Rum Runner's Daughter - book & lyrics by Laurie Fyffe and music by Beth Barley
- This Year, Next Year - by Norah Harding
- The Tomorrow Box - by Anne ChislettAnne ChislettAnne Chislett is a Canadian author and screenwriter. Raised in her hometown, she studied at Memorial University in St. John's and the University of British Columbia. After she taught English and theater in high schools in Ontario and surrounding area...
- Jake's Place - by Ted JohnsTed JohnsTed Johns is a Canadian playwright, born in Seaforth, Ontario in 1942. His plays have been primarily produced at the Blyth Festival, but also at Theatre New Brunswick, Theatre Passe Muraille, and the Upper Canada Playhouse.-Plays:...
- He Won't Come In From The Barn - by Ted JohnsTed JohnsTed Johns is a Canadian playwright, born in Seaforth, Ontario in 1942. His plays have been primarily produced at the Blyth Festival, but also at Theatre New Brunswick, Theatre Passe Muraille, and the Upper Canada Playhouse.-Plays:...
1996
- Barndance, Live! - by Paul Thompson}
- Ma Belle Mabel - by Cindy CowanCindy CowanCindy Cowan is an American film producer and songwriter.Cowan graduated from Tulane University and attended graduate courses toward a master's degree in Psychology at Harvard. Her producing career began as a producer and writer for a CBS News affiliate in Miami, Florida. In 1995, Cowan co-founded...
- Villa Eden - by Colleen Curran
- FireworksFireworksFireworks are a class of explosive pyrotechnic devices used for aesthetic and entertainment purposes. The most common use of a firework is as part of a fireworks display. A fireworks event is a display of the effects produced by firework devices...
- by Gordon Portman
1997
- Quiet in the Land - by Anne ChislettAnne ChislettAnne Chislett is a Canadian author and screenwriter. Raised in her hometown, she studied at Memorial University in St. John's and the University of British Columbia. After she taught English and theater in high schools in Ontario and surrounding area...
- Booze Days in a Dry County directed by Paul Thompson
- There's Nothing In The Paper - by David ScottDavid ScottDavid Randolph Scott is an American engineer, test pilot, retired U.S. Air Force officer, and former NASA astronaut and engineer, who was one of the third group of astronauts selected by NASA in October 1963...
- The Melville Boys - by Norm FosterNorm Foster (playwright)Norm Foster is a Canadian playwright, considered to be Canada's most produced playwright. Foster discovered his talents as a playwright in Fredericton, New Brunswick, while he was working as host of a popular morning radio show. He accompanied a friend to an audition, and landed his first acting...
- Barndance, Live! - by Paul Thompson
- Overboard! - by Deborah Kimmett
1998
- Yesteryear - by Joanna McClelland Glass
- Wilbur County Blues - by Andrew Moodie
- Thirteen Hands - by Carol ShieldsCarol ShieldsCarol Ann Shields, CC, OM, FRSC, MA was an American-born Canadian author. She is best known for her 1993 novel The Stone Diaries, which won the U.S. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction as well as the Governor General's Award in Canada.-Biography:Shields was born in Oak Park, Illinois...
- Jobs, Jobs, Jobs - by Keith Roulston
- Hot Flashes - by Paul LedouxPaul LedouxPaul Ledoux was a Belgian astronomer. In 1964 Paul Ledoux was awarded the Francqui Prize for Exact Sciences. He was awarded the Eddington Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1972 for investigations into problems of stellar stability and variable stars...
and John RobyJohn RobyJohn Roby was an English banker, poet, and writer. Roby was born in Wigan, England in 1793, the son of Mary Aspull and a schoolmaster named Nehemiah Roby. He began his career as a banker in Rochdale, Lancashire...
1999
- That SummerThat SummerThat Summer is Sarah Dessen's first novel, published in 1996. The movie How to Deal is based on this novel as well as another one of Dessen's novels, Someone Like You....
- by David French - Big Box - by David Carley
- The Great School Crisis of ‘99 - by Ted JohnsTed JohnsTed Johns is a Canadian playwright, born in Seaforth, Ontario in 1942. His plays have been primarily produced at the Blyth Festival, but also at Theatre New Brunswick, Theatre Passe Muraille, and the Upper Canada Playhouse.-Plays:...
- Every Dream - by James W. NicholJames W. NicholJames W. Nichol is a Canadian playwright and novelist. His first novel, Midnight Cab, won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel, and was shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger.-External links:*...
- When the Reaper Calls - by Peter Colley
2000
- Death of the Hired Man - by Paul Thompson
- AnneAnneAnne, alternatively spelled Ane or Ann is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah or Hanani, meaning 'He [= God] has favoured me', the name of the mother of the prophet Samuel. Anne is a common name in France.It is sometimes used as a male...
adapted for the stage by Paul LedouxPaul LedouxPaul Ledoux was a Belgian astronomer. In 1964 Paul Ledoux was awarded the Francqui Prize for Exact Sciences. He was awarded the Eddington Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1972 for investigations into problems of stellar stability and variable stars... - CorkerCorkerCorker is an occupational surname, and may refer to:*Bob Corker, United States politician, currently serving as the junior US Senator from Tennessee*Matt Corker*Thomas Corker*Stephen A. Corker*James Corker*John Corker*Maurus Corker...
- by Wendy LillWendy LillWendy Lill is an award-winning Canadian playwright, screenwriter and radio dramatist who served as an NDP Member of Parliament from 1997 to 2004. Her stage plays have been performed extensively in theatres across Canada as well as internationally in such countries as Scotland, Denmark and Germany... - The Drawer BoyThe Drawer BoyThe Drawer Boy is a play by Michael Healey. It is a two-act play set in 1972 on a farm near Clinton, Ontario. There are only three characters: the farm's two owners, Morgan and Angus, and Miles Potter, a young actor from Toronto doing research for a collectively created theatre piece about...
- by Michael HealeyMichael HealeyMichael Healey is a Canadian playwright and actor. He graduated from the acting programme at Toronto's Ryerson Theatre School in 1985. His acting credits include the plays of Jason Sherman and George F... - Stolen Lives - the Albert Walker Story - by Peter Colley
- When the Reaper Calls - by Peter Colley
2001
- The Outdoor Donnellys - by Paul Thompson and Janet Amos
- The Passion of Narcisse Mondoux - by Gratien GelinasGratien GélinasGratien Gélinas, was a Canadian author, playwright, actor, director, producer and administrator who is considered one of the founders of modern Canadian theatre and film....
- Cruel Tears - by Ken MitchellKen MitchellKen Mitchell is a Canadian poet, novelist and playwright. Mitchell was raised on a rural farm outside the city of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Mitchell began his post-secondary education as a journalism student at Ryerson University, Toronto. He later attended the University of Saskatchewan, where he...
and Humphrey & the Dumptrucks - McGillicuddy - by Keith Roulston
- Sometime, Never - by Norah Harding
- Corner Green - by Gordon PinsentGordon PinsentGordon Edward Pinsent, CC, FRSC is a Canadian television, theatre and film actor.-Early life:Pinsent, the youngest of six children, was born in Grand Falls, Newfoundland, the son of Flossie ; originally from Clifton, Newfoundland, and Stephen Arthur Pinsent, a papermill worker and cobbler;...
2002
- The Outdoor Donnellys - by Paul Thompson and Janet Amos
- Goodbye, Piccadilly - by Douglas Bowie
- Filthy Rich - by George F. WalkerGeorge F. WalkerGeorge F. Walker, CM is a Canadian playwright and screenwriter. He is one of Canada's most prolific playwrights, and also one of the most widely produced Canadian dramatists both in Canada and internationally.-Early years:...
- The Drawer BoyThe Drawer BoyThe Drawer Boy is a play by Michael Healey. It is a two-act play set in 1972 on a farm near Clinton, Ontario. There are only three characters: the farm's two owners, Morgan and Angus, and Miles Potter, a young actor from Toronto doing research for a collectively created theatre piece about...
- by Michael HealeyMichael HealeyMichael Healey is a Canadian playwright and actor. He graduated from the acting programme at Toronto's Ryerson Theatre School in 1985. His acting credits include the plays of Jason Sherman and George F... - Barnboozled: He Won't Come In From the Barn, part II - by Ted JohnsTed JohnsTed Johns is a Canadian playwright, born in Seaforth, Ontario in 1942. His plays have been primarily produced at the Blyth Festival, but also at Theatre New Brunswick, Theatre Passe Muraille, and the Upper Canada Playhouse.-Plays:...
2003
- The Perilous Pirate's Daughter - by Anne ChislettAnne ChislettAnne Chislett is a Canadian author and screenwriter. Raised in her hometown, she studied at Memorial University in St. John's and the University of British Columbia. After she taught English and theater in high schools in Ontario and surrounding area...
& David Archibald - Leaving HomeLeaving HomeLeaving Home is a drama in two acts by Canadian playwright David French."The work is the first presented of what has come to be known as the Mercer Plays and was responsible not only for introducing a unique Canadian voice to the world, but also for proving that Canadian playwrights could write...
- by David French - HippieHippieThe hippie subculture was originally a youth movement that arose in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to other countries around the world. The etymology of the term 'hippie' is from hipster, and was initially used to describe beatniks who had moved into San Francisco's...
- by Jonathan Garfinkel, Kelly McIntosh and Paul Thompson - Having Hope at Home - by David S. Craig
- Barnboozled: He Won't Come In From the Barn, part II - by Ted JohnsTed JohnsTed Johns is a Canadian playwright, born in Seaforth, Ontario in 1942. His plays have been primarily produced at the Blyth Festival, but also at Theatre New Brunswick, Theatre Passe Muraille, and the Upper Canada Playhouse.-Plays:...
2004
- The Outdoor Donnellys - by Paul Thompson and Janet Amos
- Heat WaveHeat waveA heat wave is a prolonged period of excessively hot weather, which may be accompanied by high humidity. There is no universal definition of a heat wave; the term is relative to the usual weather in the area...
- by Michel Marc BouchardMichel Marc BouchardMichel Marc Bouchard is a gay Canadian playwright.Born in Saint-Cœur-de-Marie, Quebec, he studied theatre at the University of Ottawa. Bouchard made his professional playwriting debut in 1983 and since then has written some 25 plays... - Salt Water Moon - by David French
- Spirit of the Narrows - by Anne Lederman
- Cricket & Claudette - by Ted JohnsTed JohnsTed Johns is a Canadian playwright, born in Seaforth, Ontario in 1942. His plays have been primarily produced at the Blyth Festival, but also at Theatre New Brunswick, Theatre Passe Muraille, and the Upper Canada Playhouse.-Plays:...
- Test DriveTest driveA test drive is the driving of an automobile to assess its drivability, or roadworthiness, and general operating state. A person who tests vehicles for a living, either for an automobile company or a motorsports team, is called a test driver....
- by Dave CarleyDave CarleyDave Carley is a Canadian playwright. He has written for stage, radio and television. His plays have had over 400 productions, and have been produced across Canada and the United States, and in other countries...
2005
- The Ginkgo Tree - by Lee MacDougall
- Powers and Gloria - by Keith Roulston
- The Thirteenth One - by Denyse Gervais Regan
- I'll be back before midnight - by Peter Colley
- Spirit of the Narrows - by Anne Lederman
2006
- Ballad of Stompin' Tom - by David ScottDavid ScottDavid Randolph Scott is an American engineer, test pilot, retired U.S. Air Force officer, and former NASA astronaut and engineer, who was one of the third group of astronauts selected by NASA in October 1963...
, songs by Stompin' Tom ConnorsStompin' Tom ConnorsCharles Thomas "Stompin' Tom" Connors, OC is one of Canada's most prolific and well-known country and folk singers.He lives in Wellington County, Ontario.- Early life :... - Lost Heir - by Sean Dixon
- Another Season's Harvest - by Anne ChislettAnne ChislettAnne Chislett is a Canadian author and screenwriter. Raised in her hometown, she studied at Memorial University in St. John's and the University of British Columbia. After she taught English and theater in high schools in Ontario and surrounding area...
& Keith Roulston - Schoolhouse - by Leanna BrodieLeanna BrodieLeanna Brodie is a Canadian actor and playwright.-Unpublished writings:*Invisible City. Broadcast by CBC Radio. 2001.*One Woman, One Child...
2007
- The Eyes of Heaven - by Beverley Cooper
- Queen Milli of Galt - by Gary Kirkham
- World Without Shadows - by Lance WoolaverLance WoolaverLance Gerard Woolaver is a Canadian author, poet, playwright and director, whose works include World Without Shadows, Lord Strange, and Portia White:First You Dream"....
- Reverend Jonah - by Paul Ciufo
- Ballad of Stompin' Tom - by David ScottDavid ScottDavid Randolph Scott is an American engineer, test pilot, retired U.S. Air Force officer, and former NASA astronaut and engineer, who was one of the third group of astronauts selected by NASA in October 1963...
, songs by Stompin' Tom ConnorsStompin' Tom ConnorsCharles Thomas "Stompin' Tom" Connors, OC is one of Canada's most prolific and well-known country and folk singers.He lives in Wellington County, Ontario.- Early life :...
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- Against the Grain - by Carolyn Hay
- HarvestHarvest (play)Harvest is a play by Manjula Padmanabhan concerned with organ-selling in India set in the near future. Om Prakash agrees to sell unspecified organs through InterPlanta Services, INC to a rich person in first-world for a small fortune...
- by Ken CameronKen CameronKen Cameron is an Australian film and television director. Cameron graduated from Sydney University with BA in 1968... - Courting Johanna - by Marcia Johnson, based on Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, MarriageHateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, MarriageHateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage is a book of short stories by Alice Munro, published by McClelland and Stewart in 2001....
by Alice MunroAlice MunroAlice Ann Munro is a Canadian short-story writer, the winner of the 2009 Man Booker International Prize for her lifetime body of work, a three-time winner of Canada's Governor General's Award for fiction, and a perennial contender for the Nobel Prize... - The Steven Truscott Project - by Beverley Cooper