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MICHAEL (1) COOK (1933 - 1994) |
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Nationality: Canadian Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Kensington Literary Representation |
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Plays by Michael (1) Cook |
All The Funny People Are Dead | ||
| 1st Produced: | workshopped at the Banff School of Fine Arts | 1977 | ||||
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 | #7715 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Apocalypse Sonata, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Regina, Saskatchewan | 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 | #7716 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Colour The Flesh The Colour Of Dust | ||
| 1st Produced: | St. John's, Newfoundland | 1971 | ||||
Company: | The Open Group | |||||
| 1st Published: | Simon and Pierre, Toronto, 1972 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #7717 | |||
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Genre: | Historical Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | set in St. John's, Newfoundland, in 1762. The ebb and flow of life, first under British rule, then under French, with its effect on this isolated outpost | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Deserts Of Bohemia, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | San Francisco | 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 | #7718 | |||
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End of the Road , The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #7719 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Fisherman's Revenge, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Trinity Bay, Newfoundland | 1976 | ||||
Company: | Newfoundland Traveling Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights, Toronto, 1976 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #7720 | |||
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Genre: | Childrens 1 Act Farce Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Gayden Chronicles, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Lennoxville, Quebec | 1977 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Canadian Theatre Review (CTR 13), 1977 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #7721 | |||
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Genre: | historical drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Great Harvest Festival | ||
| 1st Produced: | Stratford, Ontario | 1986 | ||||
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 | #7722 | |||
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Head, Guts And Soundbone Dance, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Arts and Cultural Centre, St. John's, Newfoundland | 1973 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Canadian Theatre Review (CTR 1), 1974 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #7723 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | 3c | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A drama of the changing times in a small Newfoundland outport. The people must adapt to a new lifestyle but Skipper Pete refuses to face the truth; his resistance to the present destroys all around him | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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J Arthur Prufrock Hour, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | St. John's, Newfoundland | 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 | #7724 | |||
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Genre: | Revue Show | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Jacob's Wake | ||
| 1st Produced: | St. John's, Newfoundland | 1974 | ||||
Company: | The Open Group | |||||
| 1st Published: | Talonbooks, Vancouver, 1975 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0889220973 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #7725 | |||
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Genre: | Drama of the near future | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 | ||
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| A Newfoundland family gathers for Easter but there is nothing holy in their reunion. The home - the ship - is running aground, wrecking itself on the ice, sinking with a roar. Nevertheless, there is a ribald, often wry humour, which constantly challenges the grimness of their lives | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Not As A Dream | ||
| 1st Produced: | Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia | 1976 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights, Toronto, 1976 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #7726 | |||
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Genre: | drama One Act | |||||
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On The Rim Of The Curve | ||
| 1st Produced: | Gander, Newfoundland | 1977 | ||||
Company: | Avion Players | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Three Plays", Breakwater, Portugal Cove, Newfoundland, 1977 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #7727 | |||
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Genre: | drama One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | about the last of the Beothuks | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Quiller | ||
| 1st Produced: | St. John's, Newfoundland | 1975 | ||||
Company: | Breakwater Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights, Toronto, 1975 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #7728 | |||
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Genre: | drama One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | one man struggles against the tide of memories which engulf him, his monologue revealing the direction of his life in a Newfoundland outport. Quiller finally canes to a blessed realisation: that man cannot really be conquered by time | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Special Providence | ||
| 1st Produced: | Unproduced | 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 | #7730 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Split | ||
| 1st Produced: | Unproduced | - - - | ||||
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 | #7731 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | only copy sent to Theatre Toronto, "where it disappeared without trace". | |||||
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Therese's Creed | ||
| 1st Produced: | Centaur Theatre, Montreal | 1977 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Tiln and Other Plays, Talonbooks, Vancouver, 1976 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #7732 | |||
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Genre: | drama One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
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Tiln | ||
| 1st Produced: | Toronto | 1972 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights, Toronto, 1975 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #7733 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | broadcast 1971 | |||||
Synopsis: | the sea and death continue to obsess the central character, but Tiln's realisations, unlike Quiller's, end in despair | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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