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JOHN VAN BUREK |
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Nationality: Canadian Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Agence Goodwin |
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Plays by John Van Burek |
Albertine In Five Times | ||
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| 1st Published: | in The Guid Sister, Nick Hern Books, London, 2001 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #35349 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Playwright - Michel Tremblay. Translated by Bill Glassco and John Van Burek | |||||
Synopsis: | Five actresses portray Albertine at different times of her life whilst conversing freely with each other and with their sister Madeleine. Albertine at 30 is recuperating in the country after viciously beating her 11-year-old daughter; Albertine at 40 is a virago at war with the world; at 50 she has rejected her past by reinventing it; at 60 she has given in to depression; at 70 she's found a kind of peace. First performed in London in 1986 at the Donmar Warehouse. | |||||
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Belle-Soeurs, Les | ||
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| 1st Published: | Talonbook Ltd, 1993 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #35350 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 15 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Playwright - Michael Tremblay. Translated with Bill Glassco | |||||
Synopsis: | Germaine Lauzon has just won a million trading stamps in the local lottery. To get them pasted into books, she invites her four sisters and a variety of close friends to assist her. While Germaine dreams of things she's always wanted and can now buy for herself, her sisters and friends scheme to thwart her, as they turn jealous with no understanding as to why Germaine should win, anything. Each sister explains her view of Germaine's life while they scheme to pilfer stamps away from her. Thrown into the wacky group is Germaine's daughter, Linda, who, going through the dramatic changes of a misunderstood teenager, needs help dealing with her mother, and invites her friend Lisette to the house. But Lisette needs advice too, being newly pregnant, and finds Dear Aunt Pierrette, the black sheep of the family, to advise her on whether to have an abortion, put the baby up for adoption, or any other alternative. Germaine battles with Linda, when she suddenly, realises some of her stamps are missing and catches the lad | |||||
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Bonjour, La, Bonjour | ||
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| 1st Published: | Talon Books, 1994 | ISBN/ASIN: | 9780889222526 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #35351 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Playwright - Michael Tremblay. Translated with Bill Glassco | |||||
| Serge has returned from overseas and his trip allows everyone to get lost in the fantasy of vacation, ignoring the trouble brewing inside of Serge. Serge has really returned to consummate a love affair with one of his sisters, while his other two sisters, also infatuated with him, want his attention. This family-sexual relationship is heightened when we find that Armand, Serge's father, has in the past, practiced incest himself. Though the question of hereditary traits is not answered, Serge finds an understanding soul in his father. Father and son find themselves compatriots in this family of desperate women and wicked men. | |||||
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Counterfeit Secrets | ||
| 1st Produced: | Art World Theatre, Toronto | - - - | ||||
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 | #73601 | |||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Marivaux | |||||
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Damnee Manon, Sacree Sandra | ||
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| 1st Published: | Talon Books, Vancouver, BC, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #79597 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | Playwright - Michel Tremblay | |||||
Synopsis: | The play explores one of humanity's oldest questions: "where do I belong?" Through the intertwining monologues of Manon, an introverted Catholic zealot whose previously direct line of communication with God has collapsed, and Sandra, a flamboyant transvestite who has begun to realize that her existence cannot be built on the backsides of her lovers, each strives to find their solution in the sacred and the sacrilegious. We see that perhaps these two characters have more in common than they ever could have imagined. | |||||
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Dodo l'enfant do (Dodo) | ||
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| 1st Published: | Les editions Lemeac, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1976 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #81871 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Serge Sirois | |||||
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Dying To Be Sick | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Cente, Toronto | 2007 | ||||
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 | #73602 | |||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Moliere. "La Malade Imaginaire" translated by John Van Burek and Adrienne Clarkson | |||||
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Forever Yours, Marie-Lou | ||
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| 1st Published: | Ladderman Playscripts, London 1997 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0889223493 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #34942 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Michel Tremblay | |||||
| Presenting both their past and present lives, Carmen and Manon agonize-within and between themselves-over the relationship between their parents, Leopold and Marie-Lou. The two sisters are torn in their loyalties to a mother who was uninvolved and a father who was emotionally and physically abusive. They struggle with the image of their father as a monster and who has caused a rift between the sisters, who, until a visit to the family home one weekend, have been unable to confront their anger. Scenes from the past reveal the father as a dominant sexual ogre and the mother as submissive, repressed, and resentful. We learn that to alleviate his own frustration, Leopold drove Marie-Lou over a cliff, ridding himself of the constant pain in his life. The two daughters are left with the legacy of torment, as they struggle to identify their father as a monster and then move on with their own lives. | |||||
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Hosanna | ||
| 1st Produced: | Bijou Theatre, Broadway, NY | 1977 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Talon Books, Vancouver, BC, | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0889222960 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #124405 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Michel Tremblay. Translated by John van Burek and Bill Glassco | |||||
| Middle age couple, a drag queen and a biker bicker, but are in love. | |||||
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Manon/Sandra | ||
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| 1st Published: | in The Guid Sister, Nick Hern Books, London, 2001 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-185491180 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #34947 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Michel Tremblay. Translated By Martin Bowman And Bill Findlay | |||||
| The play crosscuts the lives of Manon, an obsessively religious girl, and 'Sandra', a sex-obsessed , exploring the similarities and differences between them. A controversial but humane duet. | |||||
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Marcel Pursued By Hounds | ||
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| 1st Published: | Talon Books, Vancouver, BC, | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0889223264 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #34929 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Michel Tremblay. Translated by John Van Burek and Bill Glassco | |||||
| Innocent childhood fantasies come back to haunt the adults | |||||
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Real World?, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Talon Books, Vancouver, BC, | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0889222601 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #34939 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Michel Tremblay | |||||
| A young playwright uses his family for inspiration | |||||
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Sainte-Carmen of the Main | ||
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| 1st Published: | Talon Books, Vancouver, BC, | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0889221819 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #34946 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Michel Tremblay | |||||
| Shortly after returning to the rodeo Carmen is murdered | |||||
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Winter's Tale '70, A | ||
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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 | #96644 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Anne Legault | |||||
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