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DAVE CARLEY (1955 - ) |
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Nationality: Canadian Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: Gary Goddard Agency Ltd |
Dave Carley has what he terms his "tortuous" route to the theatre includes careers in law, as a newspaper editor, cigar salesman and meter reader. Happily, he is now employed as Editor by Playwright's Union of Canada, that country's foremost publisher of plays. For one of his plays, "First Strike," Mr. Carley received the Otonabee Theatre's New Play Award in 1982. He is also the author of a popular column of humor, "Ernie Fleming," which has appeared in several Ontario publications and he is in the process of writing his first novel.
Plays by Dave Carley
After You | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1994 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | G. Gordon Shillingford Publishing (Scirocco Drama), 1995 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6104 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 4 | ||
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Synopsis: | The tragic events of a summer fifty years earlier haunt two women, as they prepare to leave their beloved island for the last time. A memory play without memories - sensual and moving | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Big Box | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 2001 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6105 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A satiric look at the Wal-Martisation of retailing in North America, Big Box follows and independent retailer's explosive trail of revenge against the retail oligarchy. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Conservatives In Love | ||
| 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: | - | doollee no | #92359 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | There is a Young Conservatives Meeting and two of the participants meet in an art gallery | |||||
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Edible Woman , The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Festival of New Works, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. | 2000 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | G. Gordon Shillingford Publishing (Scirocco Drama), 2002 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6106 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Based on the novel by Margaret Atwood | |||||
Synopsis: | traces the journey of Marian, a young woman in mid-60's Toronto, as she finds her consumer world slipping out of focus. Compounding Marian's confusion is a fiance who suddenly seems less than ideal, a newly-pregnant roommate, an outraged landlady and a strangely attractive graduate student. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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First Strike | ||
| 1st Produced: | Canadian Group Theatre, Toronto | 1985 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Canada, 1984 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #121330 | |||
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Genre: | two act black comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Workshopped and produced Otonabee Theatre, Peterborough, 1982; workshopped, NYC, 1985; produced Canadian Group Theatre, Toronto, 1985; Theatre Maltori, Malton, 1985; radio broadcast, 1984 and 1985 | |||||
Synopsis: | This play is the post-bomb tale of two couples who have taken refuge in a Mississauga fall-out shelter. The wild comedy cannot conceal the fact that there is something very rotten in the Borough. Addressed is the whole issue of man's right to survive | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Hedges | ||
| 1st Produced: | Merrickville Century Theatre | 1985 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Six Canadian Plays, Playwrights Canada Press, 2001 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6107 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 4 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Mr. Esker and Ms Drumlin are two ultra-compatible neighbours, until the mercantile manipulation of a local merchant sets them on a course of destruction, in this parable of Canada's involvement in the arms race | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Into | ||
| 1st Produced: | Fringe of Toronto Festival | 1993 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Taking Liberties & Into, Playwrights Canada Press, 1993 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6108 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | An urban nun, a disaffected youth, a philandering businessman and a melancholic beauty are caught in a magic traffic jam. They create a unique society amid the chrome and exhaust - but then something begins changing on the horizon. . . | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Last Liberal, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Great Canadian Theatre Company, Ottawa | 2005 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Guild of Canada, Toronto (2005) | ISBN/ASIN: | 0 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #45426 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | A politician's commitment to liberal ideals is doubly tested when his government falls into a minority situation, and his son into trouble with the law | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Midnight Madness | ||
| 1st Produced: | Muskoka Festival | 1988 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Blizzard Publishing, Canada, 1989 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6110 | |||
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Genre: | Romantic Comedy Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | It's the end of an era for Bloom's Furniture, as its final sale draws to a close. Wesley has managed the beds department for 10 years, and his future looks bleak. Just before midnight, Anna enters his lonely domain and the course of their lives is forever changed. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Orchidelirium | ||
| 1st Produced: | Factory Theatre, Toronto | 2003 | ||||
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 | #45427 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | A university professor fights to maintain her orchid conservatory, against an institution hell-bent on selling out to a pharmaceutical multinational | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Scoops | ||
| 1st Produced: | Port Stanley Summer Theatre | 1985 | ||||
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 | #121331 | |||
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Genre: | two act Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | The idealistic but insensitive editor of a small-town weekly is taken hostage by a band of townsfolk. The local universe rapidly begins to unfold-- as it shouldn't. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sister Jude | ||
| 1st Produced: | Arbor Theatre, Peterborough, Ontario. | 1986 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6111 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | Wesley, an introverted young man, sets out on the rocky road to maturity, with help from his sister, a bit of divine guidance, and any number of run-ins with the powers-that-be in his conservative hometown | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Taking Liberties | ||
| 1st Produced: | Vancouver Fringe Festival | 1992 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Taking Liberties & Into, Playwrights Canada Press, 1993 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6112 | |||
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Genre: | Drama One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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Synopsis: | The play examines five critical moments in the life of a city, when ordinary citizens are forced to make extraordinary choices. Moves back through five decades, showing how the moral challenges of one era can impact on the events and choices of another. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Test Drive | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2004 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Guild of Canada, Toronto (2004) | ISBN/ASIN: | 0 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #45428 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The life and times of a car dealer over the past 50 years; Earl Hughes views himself as an ordinary man, but the evidence suggests the opposite | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Two Ships Passing | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Aquarius, Hamilton | 1998 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Simon & Pierre, 1999 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6113 | |||
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Genre: | Romantic/Political Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | Anna is a liberal judge, Wesley a clergyman with a libido, and Jason is an MBA with a (blue) chip on his shopulder. Anna is poised to deliver the most important judgemnet of her career when all three collide in a funny and moving donnybrook. A stand-alone sequel to "Midnight Madness". | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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View From The Roof, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Cognito, Toronto | 1996 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Canada Press, 1997 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6114 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | The story of a young woman and her lover fleeing across Europe in 1939 ripples through history and across continents. Based on the stories of celebrated author Helen Weinzweig. "A compelling collection of character studies that circle around each other until they intersect in a devastating climax." - Boston Herald | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Walking on Water | ||
| 1st Produced: | Prairie Theatre Exchange, Winnipeg, Manitoba. | 2000 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | NuAge Editions, 2000 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6115 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 9 | ||
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Synopsis: | A panoramic and moving look at a half century in the life of a Canadian city. . . In 1949 a man is found dead beneath the car of a powerful newspaper editor. Convinced it was murder, a young reporter sets out to solve the crime and, in the process, prises open a dozen secret lives. However, the truth behind the events in 1949 don't fully unfold until fifty years have passed - and all the characters are dead. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Writing With Our Feet | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Terra Nova, Hamilton | 1990 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Blizzard Publishing, Canada, 1992 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6116 | |||
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Genre: | Comedic Drama One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | A young agoraphobic hides in his garage, writing poetic pearls with his feet. Slowly he gathers the courage to venture outside, aided by the wisdom of Raymond Loewy, Adlai Stevenson, Jean Lesage and an oddball cast of relatives and neighbours. | |||||
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