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JAMES REANEY (1926 - 2008) |
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Nationality: Canadian Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Agent for plays is James Stewart Reaney james.susan@bell.net) |
James Reaney was born on a farm in Stratford, Ontario on 1 Sept. 1926. He completed his doctorate in 1958 under the supervision of Northrop Frye at the University of Toronto. In 1949, his first book of poetry, The Red Heart, won the Governor-General's award for poetry. Since then, he has won two more Governor-General's Awards for poetry (1959, 1962) and drama (1962), as well as the Floyd Chalmers award for Drama. He is an officer of the Order of Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He taught English from 1951 to 1960 at the University of Manitoba, then from 1961 to 1992 at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. Besides writing poetry (Souwesto Home, 2005), plays (he is best known for his Donnelly trilogy), children's novels, short stories, essays, history (The Donnelly Documents), and libretti for several operas with John Beckwith and Harry Somers, Reaney also created and edited a literary review, Alphabet, from1960 to 1970 and was an accomplished watercolourist with two exhibitions in 2008 at the McMichael Gallery in Kleinburg, Ontario and at Museum London in London, Ontario. In 2008, a new edition of the Donnelly trilogy was published by Dundurn inToronto. In late 2009, an anthology of seven of Reaney's plays (The Killdeer, Alice Through the Looking-Glass, Listen to the Wind, Names and Nicknames, Zamorna, Gyroscope and The St. Nicholas Hotel (ed. David Ferry) and a 64 page poetry collection, The Essential James Reaney (ed. Brian Bartlett) will be in print. Three of Reaney's plays have been performed at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Canada. He was married to poet Colleen Thibaudeau (Dec. 29, 1951) and has two children and two grandchildren. James Reaney died on 11 June 2008 of kidney failure.
Plays by James Reaney
Aladdin and The Magic Lamp | ||
| 1st Produced: | Western Fall Fair, London, Ontario | 1965 | ||||
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 | #29080 | |||
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Genre: | marionette plays | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Aladdin rubs the lamp of his dreams and wishes | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Alice in Wonderland | ||
| 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: | Original cast recording: Disque Americ (CD101) 1994 | doollee no | #62252 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Music by Keith Thomas | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Alice Through the Looking Glass | ||
| 1st Produced: | Avon Theatre, Stratford Festival, Ontario. | 1994 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1994 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Disque Americ CD101) 1994 | doollee no | #29081 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 15 | Female | 11 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
Notes: | also published in Reaney Days in the West Room, ed David Ferry, Playwrights Canada Press, 2009 | |||||
Synopsis: | A stage adaptation of the Lewis Carroll classic | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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All The Bees And All The Keys | ||
| 1st Produced: | Toronto | 1972 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Press Porcspic, Erin, Ontario, 1976 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29082 | |||
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Genre: | Concert work for children Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | Narrator and Symphony Orchestra required | |||||
Notes: | concert work for children, for narrator and symphony orchestra; written by James Reaney, music by John Beckwith | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Antler River | ||
| 1st Produced: | London, Ontario | 1980 | ||||
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 | #29083 | |||
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Apple Butter | ||
| 1st Produced: | Western Fall Fair, London, Ontario | 1965 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Talonbooks in Apple Butter and Other Plays for Children, 1973 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29084 | |||
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Genre: | marionette play for children One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A play about an orphan, set in the 1890's on an Ontario farm | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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At the Big Carwash | ||
| 1st Produced: | toured with the Caravan Stage Company, Armstrong, B.C | 1979 | ||||
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 | #29085 | |||
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Genre: | puppet play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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Bacchae, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Unproduced | 1963 | ||||
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 | #29086 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Euripides | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Baldoon | ||
| 1st Produced: | Bathurst Street Theatre, Toronto | 1976 | ||||
Company: | NDWT Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | Porcupine's Quill, Erin, Ontario, 1976 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0889840164 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29087 | |||
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Genre: | Full Length Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
Notes: | written by James Reaney and C.H. Gervais | |||||
| McTavish sees the poltergeists who assail him in his house in the woods not as outside forces of evil but as emanations from his own disclaimed past | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Canada Tree, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Girl Guide Heritage Camp, Morrison Island, Ontario | 1967 | ||||
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 | #29088 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Canadian Brothers, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Workshopped at University Of Western Ontario Drama Workshop, London, Ontario | 1977 | ||||
Company: | NDWT Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Major Plays of the Canadian Theatre 1934-1984", Irwin, Toronto, 1984 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29089 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Colours In The Dark | ||
| 1st Produced: | Avon Theatre, Stratford Festival | 1967 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Talonbooks-Macmillan, Vancouver and Toronto, 1969 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0889220010 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29090 | |||
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Genre: | Childrens Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | 1b 1g | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| Set in a magical tobacco, a series of images, poems and memories evoke the terrors and delights of childhood | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Crazy To Kill | ||
| 1st Produced: | Guelph Spring Festival, Ontario | 1989 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | In Scripts: Librettos for Operas and Other Musical Works (Toronto: Coach House Books, 2004) | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29091 | |||
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Genre: | A Detective Opera Opera | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Puppets are required. | |||||
Synopsis: | Based on the mystery novel of the same title by Ann Cardwell of Stratford, Ontario | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Death And Execution Of Frank Halloway, The; Or, The First Act Of John Richardson's Wacousta | ||
| 1st Produced: | Timmins, Ontario | 1977 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Jubilee 4", Wingham, Ontario, 1978 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29092 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | aka Wacousta! | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Dismissal, The; Or, Twisted Beards And Tangled Whiskers | ||
| 1st Produced: | Hart House Theatre, Toronto | 1977 | ||||
Company: | NDWT Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | Press Porcspic, Erin, Ontario, 1979 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29093 | |||
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Genre: | Full Length Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Don't Sell Mr Aesop | ||
| 1st Produced: | Grand Theatre, London, Ontario | 1968 | ||||
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 | #29094 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Easter Egg, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | workshopped by University of Western Ontario | 1962 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Masks of Childhood", New Press, Toronto, 1972 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29095 | |||
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Genre: | Three Act Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Genesis | ||
| 1st Produced: | Alpha Centre, London, Ontario | 1968 | ||||
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 | #29096 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Gentle Rain Food Co-op , The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Ergo Press, 2003 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #71369 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A play about an eccentric food co-op and a fanatic on a university campus | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Geography Match | ||
| 1st Produced: | Middlesex College Theatre, London, Ontario | 1967 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Apple Butter and Other Plays", Talonbooks, Vancouver, 1973 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29097 | |||
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Genre: | Childrens 1 Act Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A geography contest between two groups of school children turns into a thirty-day trip across Canada | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Gyroscope | ||
| 1st Produced: | Tarragon Theatre, Toronto | 1981 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights, Toronto, 1983 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29098 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | also published in Reaney Days in the West Room, ed David Ferry, Playwrights Canada Press, 2009 | |||||
Synopsis: | Spinning images; a model for the loose threads, empty caves, war memorials . . . dreams, confrontations that living with other people involve | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Handcuffs | ||
| 1st Produced: | Tarragon Theatre, Toronto | 1975 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Press Porcspic, Erin, Ontario, 1977 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29099 | |||
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Genre: | Full Length Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | part of The Donnellys : A Trilogy | |||||
Synopsis: | People openly and secretly manacle the Donnelly family in order to murder them | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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I The Parade | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1982 | ||||
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 | #29100 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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Ignoramus | ||
| 1st Produced: | Second Theatre, London, Ontario | 1966 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Apple Butter and Other Plays", Talonbooks, Vancouver, 1973 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29101 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy for Children One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A comic look at the theories of progressive child education | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Killdeer, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | University College Alumnae, Toronto | 1960 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "The Killdeer and Other Plays", Macmillan, Toronto, 1962 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29102 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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King Whistle! | ||
| 1st Produced: | Stratford, Ontario | 1979 | ||||
Company: | Drama Club of Central Secondary School | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Brick 8", Ilderton, Ontario, Winter, 1980 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29103 | |||
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Genre: | Childrens Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Let's Make A Carol | ||
| 1st Produced: | Unproduced | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Waterloo Music, Waterloo, Ontario, 1965 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29104 | |||
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Genre: | Childrens with music Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | music by Alfred Kunz | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Listen To The Wind | ||
| 1st Produced: | Summer Theatre, at Althouse College, London, | 1966 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Talonbooks, Vancouver, 1972 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29105 | |||
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Genre: | Three Act Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | 1b 1g | |||||
Notes: | also published in Reaney Days in the West Room, ed David Ferry, Playwrights Canada Press, 2009 | |||||
Synopsis: | In a Perth County farmhouse during the thirties a boy and his friends decide to spend the summer putting on plays, including an adaptation of a Victorian novel. Two stories unfold, intertwine and illuminate each other | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Little Red Riding Hood | ||
| 1st Produced: | Western Fall Fair, London, Ontario | 1965 | ||||
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 | #29106 | |||
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Genre: | marionette play for children | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Masque | ||
| 1st Produced: | Toronto | 1972 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Simon and Pierre, Toronto, 1974 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29107 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Rod Cameron | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Names And Nicknames | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1963 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | New Plays For Children, Rowayton, Connecticut, 1969 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29108 | |||
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Genre: | children's play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | also published in Reaney Days in the West Room, ed David Ferry, Playwrights Canada Press, 2009 | |||||
Synopsis: | An old grump's attempts to blight the lives of Farmer Dell's children, by giving them nasty names, is thwarted at the christening of their third child | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Night-Blooming Cereus | ||
| 1st Produced: | Hart House Theatre, Toronto | 1960 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "The Killdeer and Other Plays", Macmillan, Toronto, 1962 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29109 | |||
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Genre: | libretto for a chamber opera in 1 Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written by James Reaney, music by John Beckwith, broadcast 1959 | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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One-Man Masque | ||
| 1st Produced: | Hart House Theatre, Toronto | 1960 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "The Killdeer and Other Plays", Macmillan, Toronto, 1962 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29110 | |||
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Genre: | Solo One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | National Library of Scotland ref: Traverse - Dep.256/Box 56/4 | |||||
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Rules of Joy, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Unproduced | 1958 | ||||
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 | #29111 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Serinette | ||
| 1st Produced: | Sharon Temple, Sharon, Ontario | 1990 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | In Scripts: Librettos for Operas and Other Musical Works (Toronto: Coach House Books, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29112 | |||
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Genre: | libretto for an opera Opera in two acts | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Shivaree, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Town Hall, St Lawrence Centre, Toronto | 1982 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | In Scripts: Librettos for Operas and Other Musical Works (Toronto: Coach House Books, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29113 | |||
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Genre: | Comic Opera in Two Acts Opera | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written by James Reaney, music by John Beckwith. Sharon Temple, Sharon, Ontario, 1990 | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sleigh Without Bells: a ghost story about the Donnellys | ||
| 1st Produced: | London Regional Art & Historical Muserum, London, Ontario. | 1987 | ||||
Company: | David Smiths Puppet Productions and Rag and Bone Puppet Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 2000 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29114 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | A young German from Hibbert twp Perth County is sent by his father to take some money to a farmer in Southwold twp; he is warned to avoid driving his sleigh through Biddulph twp and its Irish settlement. In a blizzard he ends up at the Donnelly house and becomes heavily involved in their tragedy, barely escaping with his life. He is pursued by their ghosts, but crossing a river leaves them behind and arrives safely home. With surprise, we learn that he was dreaming this while sleeping near the ruins of the Donnelly farmhouse a year or two after their massacre | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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St Nicholas Hotel, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Tarragon Theatre, Toronto | 1974 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Press Porcspic, Erin, Ontario, 1976 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29115 | |||
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Genre: | Full Length Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 11 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
Notes: | part of The Donnellys : A Trilogy. also published in Reaney Days in the West Room, ed David Ferry, Playwrights Canada Press, 2009 | |||||
Synopsis: | In the battle for mastery of the road, William and Mike Donnelly make powerful enemies with their Opposition Stage line. Winner, Chalmers Canadian Play Award, 1974. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sticks And Stones | ||
| 1st Produced: | Tarragon Theatre, Toronto | 1973 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Canadian Theatre Review, Spring (CTR 2), 1974 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29116 | |||
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Genre: | Full Length Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
Notes: | part of The Donnellys : A Trilogy | |||||
Synopsis: | A family moves to Canada to escape prejudice and violence only to find the new land itself divided | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sun And The Moon, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Summer Theatre, London, Ontario | 1965 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "The Killdeer and Other Plays", Macmillan, Toronto, 1962 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29117 | |||
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Genre: | Three Act Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Taptoo! | ||
| 1st Produced: | McGill Opera Dept, Crane School of Music, Potsdam NY | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | In Scripts: Librettos for Operas and Other Musical Works (Toronto: Coach House Books, 2004) | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98289 | |||
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Genre: | Opera in two acts | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | by James Reaney music by John Beckwith. also published in Reaney Days in the West Room, ed David Ferry, Playwrights Canada Press, 2009 | |||||
Synopsis: | The opera is based on events surrounding the establishment of the town of York, Upper Canada (now Toronto). | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Three Desks | ||
| 1st Produced: | London Little Theatre, London, Ontario | 1967 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Masks of Childhood", New Press, Toronto, 1972 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29118 | |||
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Genre: | Two Acts Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Wacousta | ||
| 1st Produced: | workshopped at University Drama Workshop, University of Western Ontario | 1976 | ||||
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 | #29119 | |||
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Genre: | Full Length Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Zamorna | ||
| 1st Produced: | Toronto: George Brown Theatre | 1998 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | In Reaney Days in the West Room, ed. David Ferry (Toronto: Playwrights Canada, 2009) | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #71370 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | the George Brown College drama program under David Ferry's direction. also published in Reaney Days in the West Room, ed David Ferry, Playwrights Canada Press, 2009 | |||||
Synopsis: | Based on the juvenilia of the Brontes. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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