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LEO ORENSTEIN (1919 - 2009) |
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Leo Alan Orenstein (c. 1919 5 February 2009) was a Canadian director, producer and writer who worked primarily in television and theatre. At CBC Television alone, he was director or producer in over 150 works there, many of which were adaptations of works by such authors as Chekhov, Ibsen, George Bernard Shaw and Ionesco.
Plays by Leo Orenstein
Big Leap , The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto | 1953 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1-55155-051-0 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #26433 | |||
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Genre: | 3 act play 105 min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | The man contracted to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel runs off with a cocktail waitress. What are his two backers to do? | |||||
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Homeless Hannah | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #102589 | |||
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Synopsis: | A homeless woman gets a job as housekeeper for a professor and his son. She later leaves them to become housekeeper to a poet | |||||
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Salesmen Don't Ride Bicycles | ||
| 1st Produced: | Kawartha Summer Theatre, Lindsay | 1988 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1-55155-452-5 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #26434 | |||
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 Drama2 act 105 min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | A senile, retired salesman's second wife leaves him when his son returns from Hollywood | |||||
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