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DAVID FENNARIO (1947 - ) |
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Born in Montreal PQ, in 1947, David Fennario worked in a number of small jobs before he enrolled in Dawson College and published his journal - Without a Parachute (later adapted as a play). His first play, On the Job, was produced at Centaur in 1975 and became an immediate success. His subsequent plays- Nothing to Lose, Toronto, Balconville, Moving, The Murder of Catherine Parr were all produced at Centaur to great acclaim, some touring across the province and nationally and, in Balconville's case, internationally. He has also written and performed in one-man shows: Banana Boots is about his life in the theatre, Gargoyles tells the history of his beloved Point St. Charles from a working class point of view; Condoville, his play from 2005, revisits the characters of Balconville 26 years later. His recent play, Fessenden's Follies was adapted for radio and performed before a live audience for local community radio stations.
Plays by David Fennario
Balconville | ||
| 1st Produced: | Centaur Theatre, Montreal | 1979 | ||||
Company: | Centaur Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | Talonbooks, Vancouver, 1980 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0889221451 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #11512 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
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| Three families and the neighbourhood drunk sit on their balconies in the Montreal summer. It is election time and Gaetan Bolduc drives around making promises that infuriate the families and their friends. As a result, we see the English and French Canadian working class take on the establishment. Winner, 1979 Chalmers Canadian Play Award | |||||
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Banana Boots | ||
| 1st Produced: | Annex Theatre, Toronto, Ontario. | 1994 | ||||
Company: | Mixed Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | Talon Books, Vancouver, BC, 1998 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0889223967 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #11513 | |||
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| A one-man show/memoir in which Fennario recounts the phenomenon of taking his famous bilingual play Balconville, to Belfast on a British/Canadian cultural mission. | |||||
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Blue Mondays | ||
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| 1st Published: | Black Rock Creations (1984) | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0920295007 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #125113 | |||
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Changes | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ottawa | 1980 | ||||
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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 | #11514 | |||
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Genre: | One-man show | |||||
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Synopsis: | Author's personal story of becoming streetwise amongst the ethnic and language divides of Montreal. | |||||
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Condoville | ||
| 1st Produced: | Centaur Theatre Company, Montreal | 2005 | ||||
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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 | #102489 | |||
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Synopsis: | The sequel to "Balconville" - twenty years on | |||||
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Death Of Rene Levesque, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Montreal | 1991 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Talon Books, Vancouver, BC, | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0889224803 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #11515 | |||
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| Examination of the changes to the separatist movement in Quebec in an anniversary celebration of the death of its most charismatic leader. | |||||
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Doctor Thomas Neill Cream ( Mystery at McGill) | ||
| 1st Produced: | Mixed Company, Toronto | 1988 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Talon Books, Vancouver, BC, | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0889223325 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #11516 | |||
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Genre: | Drama One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 4 | ||
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| In 1876, Jack the Ripper, otherwise known as Canadian Doctor Thomas Neil Cream, graduated with merit from McGill's faculty of medicine. Cream was a backstreet abortionist and manages an exclusive brothel called The Elite Club. His notorious reputation eventually forced him to flee Canada for London. He was hanged in 1892 for the murder of four prostitutes | |||||
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Gargoyles | ||
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| 1st Published: | Talon Books | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0889224469 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #102490 | |||
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Joe Beef | ||
| 1st Produced: | Blackrock Community Group, Montreal, Quebec. | 1985 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Talonbooks, Vancouver, 1991 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0889222915 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #11517 | |||
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Genre: | Drama One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 5 | ||
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| A revisionist history of Montreal presented by the innkeeper who fed a thousand families during the strike in1887. A tough political satire that throws a mean left uppercut at the privileged classes. | |||||
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Moving | ||
| 1st Produced: | Montreal | 1983 | ||||
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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 | #11518 | |||
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Murder Of Susan Parr, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Montreal | 1989 | ||||
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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 | #11519 | |||
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Synopsis: | Depicts the break up and splintering of the local Pointe St. Charles Community in Montreal. | |||||
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Nothing To Lose | ||
| 1st Produced: | Centaur Theatre, Montreal | 1976 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Talonbooks (February 15, 1977) | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0889221215 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #11520 | |||
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Genre: | Drama One Act | |||||
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| In a tavern in the Point Saint Charles district of Montreal, three friends gather on their lunch hour to reminisce. An old friend turned radical playwright shows up at the bar. When one of the men challenges his abusive foreman, they take the advice of the playwright and launch a sit-down strike | |||||
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On The Job | ||
| 1st Produced: | Centaur Theatre, Montreal | 1975 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Talonbooks, Vancouver, 1976 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0889221024 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #11521 | |||
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| Christmas Eve 1970. The workers at a Montreal dress factory, frustrated by lack of job opportunities and emboldened by smuggled liquor, go on strike. The gesture proves futile and they wind up at home, jobless, with nothing to show but their Christmas bonuses. | |||||
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Toronto | ||
| 1st Produced: | Centaur Theatre, Montreal | 1978 | ||||
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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 | #11522 | |||
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Without A Parachute | ||
| 1st Produced: | Toronto | 1978 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | McClelland and Stewart 1974 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0771031205 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #11523 | |||
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