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BILL BALLANTYNE (1945 - ) |
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Nationality: Canadian Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Playwrights Guild of Canada |
Bill Ballantyne was born in Montreal in 1945. After graduating from the Yale Drama School in 1970, he moved to Toronto and became an actor. He worked most of the local theatres and did his mandatory stint at Stratford - filling the gaps with the odd commercial and bits of television work. In 1982 he wrote a play, The Al Cornell Story, which was produced twice by Theatre Passe Muraille. another play, Bat Masterson's Last Regular Job, was presented simultaneously both in Toronto and New York. The addiction set in and he has been writing plays ever since. Ironically, most of them have been done in America, principally by The Writers Theatre in New York and the El Portal Theatre in Los Angeles. They include Bix, Spit In the Ocean, Birdwatching, Chechnya, Turtles, Far Away and Buster and Sam. His latest piece, Goodbye Tim Hardin, will open this October, in Toronto, under the auspices of Hrant Alianak Theatre Productions. He off-sets his time by playing jazz piano and battling his ever-present fear of the nine-to-five job.
Plays by Bill Ballantyne
Al Cornell Story, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1982 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | The Playwrights Guild of Canada, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1704 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | second-rate pianist, trapped in fantasies of "hipness" in life and in jazz, is forced to choose between the big chance and his dread of change. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Bat Masterson's Last Regular Job | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | The Playwrights Guild of Canada, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1705 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | An aging hero of the Old West is offered a celebrity appearance at a second-rate boxing match. This, he naively hopes, will save his dying reputation. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Birdwatching | ||
| 1st Produced: | Writer's Theatre, NY | 1987 | ||||
Company: | The writers theatre | |||||
| 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 | #1706 | |||
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: | dark comedy Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Three aging men live out their fantasies of being released, only to have these hopes dashed. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Bix | ||
| 1st Produced: | Phoenix Theatre, London | 1991 | ||||
Company: | Tbird 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 | #1707 | |||
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: | Tragedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Bix Beiderbecke, the trumpet prodigy, is dying in a cheap hotel and ,despite his fame, is receiving no help. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Buster And Sam | ||
| 1st Produced: | New Haven: Yale Studio, CT, USA | 1994 | ||||
Company: | Yale studio | |||||
| 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 | #1708 | |||
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 | 4 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Samuel Beckett and Buster Keaton discuss a possible film, encumbered by greedy producers and incompetent directors. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Chechnya | ||
| 1st Produced: | Studio 303, Toronto | 1997 | ||||
Company: | Studio 303 | |||||
| 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 | #1709 | |||
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 | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | two potheads from the sixties confuse each other, in trivial ways, as a crime is committed across the hall. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Far Away | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York Workshop, New York | 1999 | ||||
Company: | New York workshop | |||||
| 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 | #1710 | |||
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: | bitersweet comedy Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A group of friends unite for thanksgiving and are surprised by how superficial their bond has been. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Goodbye Tim Hardin | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2004 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | The Playwrights Guild of Canada, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1711 | |||
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: | 70 min Play with Music | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | 10 songs referenced in script available through: Alley Music Corporation (USA | |||||
Synopsis: | The Last moments in the life of a singer/ songwriter as he comes to grips with his intended suicide. Ten monologues alternating with the performance of ten songs. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Seventh Game, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Madison Theatre, NY | 2005 | ||||
Company: | Madison Theatre | |||||
| 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 | #62379 | |||
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: | Tragedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A black man awaits his execution on the eve of world series game number seven. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Spit In The Ocean | ||
| 1st Produced: | El Portal Theatre, Los Angeles | 2001 | ||||
Company: | El portal theatre | |||||
| 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 | #1712 | |||
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: | black comedy Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A serial killer quietly lapses into delusion as police and relatives desperately try to find him. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Turtles | ||
| 1st Produced: | Third Productions | 2006 | ||||
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 | #1713 | |||
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 | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | 2 gangsters argue over pet care as they await the arrival of the police | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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