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CAROL SHIELDS (1935 - 2003) |
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Nationality: (Dual) Canadian and American Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Carol Shields was born Carol Warner in Oak Park, Illinois. She graduated from Hanover College in Indiana in 1957. In July 1957, she married a Canadian, Donald Shields, and emmigrated to Canada where she remained the rest of her life. Carol and Donald had five children, one son and four daughters. Ms. Shields started her literary career by publishing poetry and radio drama. Her first novel, SMALL CEREMONIES, was published in 1976, and her last of eight novels, UNLESS, in 2002. Carol Shields is best known for her Pulitzer-Prize-winning book THE STONE DIARIES, 1995. Ms. Shields also wrote biography, short stories and plays. A compete biography and writing history for Carol Shields can be found at www.carol-shields.com. Ms. Shields died at home in Victoria, Canada in July 2003.
Plays by Carol Shields
Air-Talk | ||
| 1st Produced: | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Toronto, ON Canada www.cbc.ca/toronto/ | 1993 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Instant Applause: 26 Very Short Complete Plays (Paperback). Playwrights Canada Press (September 1, 2003) | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0887546860 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #31967 | |||
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Genre: | Radio Drama Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Two men sit side-by-side in a small aircraft. | |||||
Synopsis: | Two strangers sitting side by side in an airoplane find themselves inventing mutual friends and situations. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Anniversary | ||
| 1st Produced: | Winnipeg: Gas Station Arts Centre, 445 River Avenue, Winnipeg Manitoba Canada R3C 0C3 >>> | 1996 | ||||
Company: | Gas Station Arts Centre | |||||
| 1st Published: | Blizzard Publishing, Winnipeg, MB Canada 1998 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0679312109 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #31968 | |||
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Genre: | Drama/Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Written by Carol Shields and Dave Williamson | |||||
Synopsis: | Tom and Diane have split up. They meet to divide their assets on what would have been their wedding anniversary. Friends, not knowing about the break up, arrive to throw a surprise party. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Departures and Arrivals | ||
| 1st Produced: | Black Hole Theatre, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB Canada | 1984 | ||||
Company: | Black Hole Theatre Company, Winnipeg, MB Canada www.bhtc.ca | |||||
| 1st Published: | Blizzard Publishing, Winnipeg, MB Canada 1998 | ISBN/ASIN: | 092-1368135 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #31969 | |||
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Genre: | Drama/Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | voice | |||||
Notes: | The play is a series of vignettes. Each vignette can be played by different actors. Hence the play can be performed by up to 20 actors. | |||||
Synopsis: | The comings and goings at a busy airport departure lounge | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Fashion, Power, Guilt and the Charity of Families | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1995 | |||||
Company: | Prairie Theatre Exchange | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Thirteen Hands and Other Plays, Alfred a Knopf Inc (January 1, 2002) | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0679312109 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #31970 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Written by Carol Shields and Catherine Shields | |||||
| "Poignant and comic insights into family life" -The Globe and Mail, Toronto | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Thirteen Hands | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1993 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Blizzard Publishing, Canada, 1993 | ISBN/ASIN: | 0-921368-30-5 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #31971 | |||
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Genre: | Drama/Comedy/Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Four women sit at a bridge table playing bridge. | |||||
Synopsis: | Set around a bridge table through different generations of players, the four women in the play discover family histories, the secrets of getting old, and a companionship that is passed on, like an heirloom, to a next generation of bridge players. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Unless | ||
| 1st Produced: | Bluma Appel Theatre, Toronto, ON Canada | 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 | #49933 | |||
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Genre: | drama Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
Notes: | Contact Great North Artists Management, Toronto, ON, Canada. By Carol Shields and Sara Cassidy from the novel of the same name by Carol Shields | |||||
Synopsis: | a subtly allusive work about loss and marginalisation of women | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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View, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Toronto, ON Canada www.cbc.ca/toronto/ | 1982 | ||||
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 | #74422 | |||
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Genre: | Radio Drama comedy/tragedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Couple find themselves locked out on a balcony high up on a vacant apartment building in the middle of winter. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Women Waiting | ||
| 1st Produced: | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Toronto, ON Canada www.cbc.ca/toronto/ | 1983 | ||||
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 | #74423 | |||
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Genre: | Radio Drama Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Two women meet at the flight insurance counter at an airport to take out life assurance on their husbands who have just left on a trip | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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