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DOUGLAS CRAVEN |
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Douglas Craven. Like tobacco and (more recently) ginseng, Douglas Craven grew from the sandy loam soil of Southwestern Ontario. His writing was encouraged by two inspired and inspiring English teachers, who had no idea what they were loosing on the world. Mr. Craven has earned several degrees in English Literature and Dramatic Arts from the University of Western Ontario. He is an actor, director, teacher, and father. When not writing, he practises Japanese swordsmanship. He lives in Whitby, Ontario.
Plays by Douglas Craven
Bert's Golf Pants | ||
| 1st Produced: | Click 2 Exit Productions (Whitby, ON, United States) | 2001 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #50055 | |||
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Genre: | 25-40 min Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | 2 males, 2 females | |||||
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Synopsis: | Half an hour before his daughter's wedding, Bert puts his foot down about his wardrobe: he wants to wear a lurid pair of golf pants. Will his long-suffering family change his mind? Brutally funny, Bert's Golf Pants is a humorous peek under the lid of the family pressure cooker. | |||||
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Break Fast | ||
| 1st Produced: | Durham Shoestring Performers (Oshawa, ON, United States) | 2000 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #50056 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | 20-30 min Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | 1 male, 2 females | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | One morning over breakfast, a mother and father watch their daughter grow up -- from birth to adulthood. | |||||
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Life Line | ||
| 1st Produced: | Click 2 Exit Productions (Whitby, ON, Canada) | 2000 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #51810 | |||
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Genre: | 10-20 min Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 1 either (1-4 actors possible: 0-4 males, 0-4 females) | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A thin man on a bare stage picks up a phone, desperate for help from the Good Samaritan Life Line. Little does he know that he is about to enter Voice Mail Hell. | |||||
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Lockdown | ||
| 1st Produced: | Click 2 Exit Productions (Whitby, ON, Canada) | 2006 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #90799 | |||
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Genre: | 20-35 min Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | 4 males, 4 females, 1 either (9-11 actors possible: 4-8 males, 3-8 females) | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | In a dark classroom, eight students sit in an "official lockdown," not knowing if it's just a drill or an actual emergency. When a hysterical younger girl bolts from the room and the teacher follows, the remaining students are left alone to decide if it's safer to stay or run. | |||||
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Monkey Do | ||
| 1st Produced: | Anderson High School (Whitby, ON, Canada) | 1995 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #51811 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | 30-55 min Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | 2 males, 2 females, 3 either (4-7 actors possible) | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | John and Jane are having relationship troubles: she's always lecturing him about the way he eats bananas, and he hogs the tire swing. Life at the zoo becomes even more tense with the arrival of Sarah, a sexy young gorilla with a scent that drives John wild.Monkey Do is a comedy about love, betrayal, very human relationships. . .oh, and bananas. | |||||
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Reflex Action | ||
| 1st Produced: | Broadway High School (Broadway, VA, United States) | 2001 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #51812 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | 20-45 min Comedy/Satire with music | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 20 either (10-30 actors possible: 0-30 males, 0-30 females) | |||||
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Synopsis: | Reflex Action is a fast-paced, self-reflexive send-up of theatrical conventions, traditions, and techniques, with a flexible cast size and composition. The plot concerns two characters, Itchy and Knee, who discuss the mystery of a place called Woodpecker Plateau. As they await the entrance of their dire arch-nemesis, Professor Unfrenabulous, they must endure choral drama, tableau, body-bag dream sequences, a nineteenth-century operetta, stichomythia, monologues, pauses, Shakespeare, Beckett, Pinter, and Enya. | |||||
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Stand Centre Stage and Bark! | ||
| 1st Produced: | Click 2 Exit Productions (Whitby, ON, Canada) | 2002 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #51813 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | 25-40 min Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | 3 males, 5 females, 5 either (13 actors possible: 3-8 males, 5-10 females) | |||||
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Synopsis: | Five very different students audition for parts in their school's production of Othello. Each student's expectations and fears are reflected by changes in the audition panel of their drama teachers, who transform from hippies, to demons, to an alien hive-mind, to an interpretive dance troupe. Stand Centre Stage and Bark! is a fast-paced, comical look at the serious business of high school auditions. | |||||
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