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BRENDA MCFARLANE |
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Nationality: USA/Canadian Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Plays by Brenda McFarlane |
Education Of Johnny - The Making of a Man, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Tarragon Extra Space, Toronto, Ontario. | 1992 | ||||
Company: | The Johnny Cooperative | |||||
| 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 | #49288 | |||
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: | Comedy with Music | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | Guitarist/Actor | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A woman decides to be reincarnated as a man so she can have a "nice life for a change" but finds it isn't as easy as she thought. ". . .well told, . . .engrossing. . . .McFarlane's writing is taut, . . .If The Education of Johnny is in any way a harbinger of the new theatre season, then we can look ahead with great expectations. Vit Wagner, The Toronto Star. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Good in Bed | ||
| 1st Produced: | Fringe of Toronto Festival | 1992 | ||||
Company: | Far FeTheatre Companyhed Productions | |||||
| 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 | #49403 | |||
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: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Women search for physical satisfaction. McFarlane shows a dab hand with lively intelligent gag lines and often touches on the hard truth of relationships. H.J. Kirchoff, The Globe and Mail (Toronto | |||||
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I Love You so Much I Wish You Were Dead | ||
| 1st Produced: | Fringe of Toronto Festival | 1996 | ||||
Company: | Far FeTheatre Companyhed Productions | |||||
| 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 | #49289 | |||
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: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | An ensemble piece. Five chairs, a table and a rose | |||||
Synopsis: | When the death of your partner seems to be the only solution, you know your relationship is in trouble. Don't worry, you're not alone and help is out there. When people hire mysterious hit men to kill the people they love. 4 stars! ". . .McFarlane is one of the brightest young writer-directors around these days. . . . [I Love You So Much. . .] is a terrific example of McFarlane's sharp eye for the absurdities and petty madnesses of modern life, her distinctively quirky sense of humor and her deft hand at quick step staging." H.J. Kirchoff - The Globe and Mail (Toronto) | |||||
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Penis Play | ||
| 1st Produced: | Rhubarb Festival - Buddies in Bad Times Theatre | 1997 | ||||
Company: | Far FeTheatre Companyhed Productions | |||||
| 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 | #49401 | |||
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: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Unappreciated by David and Heather, Penis runs away | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Shut Up | ||
| 1st Produced: | Summerworks | 1992 | ||||
Company: | Far FeTheatre Companyhed Productions | |||||
| 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 | #49402 | |||
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: | Movement/Experimental | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Our need to create and be passionate and our need to smother these impulses in others. . . .this high velocity production keeps you hooked all the way." Mira Friedlander, The Toronto Star | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Slut | ||
| 1st Produced: | Fringe of Toronto Festival | 2001 | ||||
Company: | Far FeTheatre Companyhed Productions | |||||
| 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 | #49290 | |||
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: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | 1 chair required. | |||||
Synopsis: | Matilda McHartle gets arrested for running a brothel. 4 stars! "McFarlane's script delicately balances humor with an urgent questioning of gender and moral codes in a hypocritical society -- and delivers amply on both counts. . . . Highly recommended." Kamal Al-Solaylee, Eye Weekly (Toronto) | |||||
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Slut À La Carte | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Players Loft, New York International Fringe Festival | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Far Fetched Productions | |||||
| 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 | #75342 | |||
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: | 1h 0m Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Matilda believes sex is a gift from a generous Universe until she's arrested for running a brothel. Now she must confess to being a slut to prove she's not a whore. Four stars; . . .funny and very clever. . . Toronto's Eye Weekly. | |||||
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Suzi Got Her Lips Tattooed | ||
| 1st Produced: | Summerworks | 1991 | ||||
Company: | Far FeTheatre Companyhed Productions | |||||
| 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 | #49404 | |||
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: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Female beauty, female anger explored. Scenes alternated between the witty and the ironic, the wildly funny to the harrowingly dramatic. . .this was excellent theatre. Kudos all around. George Olds, Xtra (Toronto). | |||||
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