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PETER COLLEY |
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Nationality: Canadian-British Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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English born Peter Colley is an award-winning Canadian writer based in Los Angeles and Toronto. His stage plays have been produced in 25 countries, 48 of the 50 states in the U.S. and every province in Canada. He was nominated for the 2000 Humanitas Prize for screenwriting and was a semi-finalist for the 2006 and 2007 Eugene O'Neill playwriting awards. From his start as one of the youngest playwrights ever produced at Canada's National Arts Centre, he has gone on to win one international, six national and four regional awards for writing. His plays have been translated into several languages (including sign-language for the deaf). One of his plays (I'll Be Back Before Midnight) was named in a Toronto Globe & Mail retrospective on Canadian theatre as "the most produced Canadian play ever". This play has grossed over $12 million worldwide. For his body of work, the Canadian press called Mr. Colley "a national treasure". Peter Colley has been published by Samuel French Inc., (New York and London), Baker's Plays of Boston, Macmillans, and Simon & Pierre. Two of his plays have been made into feature films, with Mr. Colley writing both screenplays. He has written extensively for CBS Television, as well as Fox Family Channel, British ITV, CBC Canada, WNET TV (New York). Peter Colley is also the creator of an educational software program for writers called Great Dialogue Software". This software has been sold in 35 countries (www.greatdialogue.com).
Plays by Peter Colley
Cagney! | ||
| 1st Produced: | Florida Stage, Manalapan, Florida | 2009 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #93268 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Music and lyrics by Robert Creighton and Christopher McGovern; book by Peter Colley.Additional songs by George M Cohan | |||||
Synopsis: | The life of Hollywood star James Cagney | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Donnellys , The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Grand Theatre, London, Ontario. | 1974 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 2000 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0889240582 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #7487 | |||
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Genre: | Play with music | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 16 | Female | 8 | ||
Parts other: | flexible | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| The massacre of the "Black Donneilys" of Lucan occurred 105 years ago and this is a dramatization of that vigilantism born of fear and hatred. The action is augmented by song, rather in the manner of a Greek chorus. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Heads You Loose | ||
| 1st Produced: | Blyth Memorial Community Hall, Blyth, Ontario | 1982 | ||||
Company: | Blyth Theatre Festival | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #74215 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Huron Tiger | ||
| 1st Produced: | Blyth Memorial Community Hall, Blyth, Ontario | 1978 | ||||
Company: | Blyth Theatre Festival | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #74216 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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I'll Be Back Before Midnight | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1979 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Bakers Plays, Boston, MA, | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0874408409 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #7488 | |||
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Genre: | Thriller | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| A couple rents an old farmhouse with the hope that the peace and quiet will help the wife recover from a nervous breakdown, but the old owner tells them tales of murder and ghosts . . . | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mark of Cain, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #121437 | |||
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Genre: | Thriller | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | This is a psychological thriller about twins. Sean is cleaning up the cottage bequeathed to him by his foster parents for the purpose of selling it. His brother, an incarcerated mental patient, opposes his plan. In their youth, the twins had rebelled against ample doses of old time religion to become involved in satanism. It was the sacrifice of a girl in front of the cottage fireplace that put twin Michael away. Michael escapes, precipitating the evening of terror that is the play. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Murderer In The Mirror (The Mark Of Cain), The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Muskoka Festival | 1984 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #7489 | |||
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Genre: | Thriller | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | young man and his new wife return to his summer cottage. His identical twin, a dangerous schizophrenic, breaks out of the asylum and arrives at the cottage to terrorize them. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Stolen Lives | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2000 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 2001 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #7490 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Based on the true story of Albert Walker, the notorious Canadian financial guru who disappeared with millions of dollars of his clients'money, and his 15 year-old daughter Sheena. they were not found for 6 years when they were discovered in England where Walker had murdered and Englishman for his identity, and was living with his fugitive daughter as husband and wife. This play explores the tangled psychology of a gifted con-man and his strangely dependent daughter | |||||
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Vaudevillians, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #121440 | |||
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Genre: | musical comedy revue | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written by Peter Colley and Ileinar Piller. Music by David Warrack | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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When The Reaper Calls | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0573114779 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #7491 | |||
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Genre: | Mystery comedy Mystery | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
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| Two young rival academics spend a weekend at a cottage with their wives. One of them plays a trick on the other to prove a point, but the trick goes murderously wrong . . . | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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You'll Get Used To It! - The War Show | ||
| 1st Produced: | Grand Theatre, London | 1975 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1997 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #7492 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A chillingly dramatic and humorously earthy reflection of the complex experiences of war veterans | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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