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RICHARD TURTLE |
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Nationality: Canadian Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Plays by Richard Turtle |
Figures | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Academy Theatre, Lindsay, ON | 2003 | ||||
Company: | Campbellford District High School | |||||
| 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 | #62743 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | The first production was directed by JR Henwood. | |||||
Synopsis: | Figures takes a comedic jab at the world of business. Following the collapse of Enron and Worldcom, the all-female accounting firm of Hanson Berrard and Dixon is marking its first anniversary. But when Berrard arrives in jogging clothes with a large and unruly dog, Hanson reveals news of their computer system failure, Dixon's intention to leave the firm and the imminent arrival of a pair of noted financial journalists. With the pressure on, can they handle the press? (Dog never appears on stage.) | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Freaky | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Ensemble Theatre Company, Belleville, ON | 2002 | ||||
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 | #35125 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | part of Strange Stories On A Park Bench | |||||
Synopsis: | The park bench is occupied by an afternoon napper with a sleeping disorder when its "owner" arrives to read. After a sometimes nonsensical argument, the reader is allowed that peaceful pleasure but only after confronting and dispensing with a madness within. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Lump of Clay, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Playwrights' Summer Festival, Belleville,ON | 1999 | ||||
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 | #35127 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | part of Strange Stories On A Park Bench | |||||
Synopsis: | Unravels the mystery of why a pair of strangers are compelled to the bench in the middle of the night. As the older of the two claims disinterest during a spectacular meteor shower, the young stargazer begins to question whether or not the other is from around here. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Lunacy | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, 1999 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #35128 | |||
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Genre: | 3 1 Act Plays One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | The Lunatic from Number Seven; Sing A Pretty Song; Search And Rescue | |||||
Synopsis: | A Bathroom Trilogy is a collection of three one-act plays - a tragedy sandwiched between a pair of comedies - set in an apartment bathroom on a full moon. The trilogy reveals the secrets, the dreams and the realities of three different tenants who find themselves trapped behind a rather unpredictable door. The Lunatic From Number Seven is a manic tale of self-discovery. Sing A Pretty Song unleashes the demons that haunt an abused woman. Search and Rescue is a peculiar and clumsy love story between a man and his female plumber | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Lunatic from Number Seven, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Trenton Community Players, Trenton, ON | 1997 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, 1999 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #35129 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Part of Lunacy | |||||
Synopsis: | A manic tale of self-discovery. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Monster Responsible, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Brooklyn Publishers2005 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #63770 | |||
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Genre: | ten 10 min plays Ten Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Also available in Creating the Monster: A theatre project by Richard Turtle and Peter Moore. | |||||
Synopsis: | a collection of ten ten-minute plays chronicling the disappearance of a teenager. The scripts stand alone or may be performed in succession as a full length play. Roles of the police, the press and the public are examined during the week after a girl disappears from a park near her home. Her fate, and the fate of her accused abductor are revealed in the final scene. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Reading the Signs | ||
| 1st Produced: | Orangeville District Secondary School, Orangeville, ON | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Princess Margaret Public School, 'Orangeville, ON | |||||
| 1st Published: | Drama.Focus Arts Consulting Group in Stratford, ON (Canada). 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #62744 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | The first production was adapted and directed by Peter Moore. | |||||
Synopsis: | When it's time to graduate grade 8 and leave elementary school behind, it means big changes and big challenges ahead. For some, there are expectations of a bright high school future, and none moreso than John Smith. Everybody likes John. And what's not to like? He's smart and funny and charming and one of the coolest guys in school. But John has a secret. He never learned how to read. Reading the Signs is a play about literacy, honesty, friendship, understanding and lifelong learning. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Search And Rescue | ||
| 1st Produced: | Playwrights' Summer Festival, Belleville,ON | 1998 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, 1999 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #35131 | |||
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: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Part of Lunacy | |||||
Synopsis: | A peculiar and clumsy love story between a man and his female plumber | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sing A Pretty Song | ||
| 1st Produced: | Playwrights' Summer Festival, Belleville,ON | 1998 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, 1999 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #35132 | |||
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: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Part of Lunacy | |||||
Synopsis: | Unleashes the demons that haunt an abused woman. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Strange Stories on a Park Bench | ||
| 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 | #35133 | |||
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: | 3 1 Act One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Stranger Still, Freaky, A Lump of Clay | |||||
Synopsis: | A collection of three one-act plays, each involving two characters and their unusual encounters in a city park. In each of these explorations of the coincidental, the unexplainable and the just plain weird, all characters may be portrayed as either male or female. STRANGER STILL reunites a pair of high school friends in a winner-take-all word game that begins as a romp down memory lane. An unexplained disappearance, a plane crash and a briefcase full of cash are revealed in rhythmic dialogue as the combatants come to realize who is now winning. In FREAKY, the park bench is occupied by an afternoon napper with a sleeping disorder when its "owner" arrives to read. After a sometimes nonsensical argument, the reader is allowed that peaceful pleasure but only after confronting and dispensing with a madness within. A LUMP OF CLAY unravels the mystery of why a pair of strangers are compelled to the bench in the middle of the night. As the older of the two claims disinterest during a spectacular meteor shower, the yo | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Stranger Still | ||
| 1st Produced: | Playwrights' Summer Festival, Belleville,ON | 2000 | ||||
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 | #35134 | |||
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: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | part of Strange Stories On A Park Bench | |||||
Synopsis: | Reunites a pair of high school friends in a winner-take-all word game that begins as a romp down memory lane. An unexplained disappearance, a plane crash and a briefcase full of cash are revealed in rhythmic dialogue as the combatants come to realize who is now winning. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Waving to Mrs Kunkel | ||
| 1st Produced: | Frankford Elementary School, Frankford, ON | 2000 | ||||
Company: | Frankford Drama Club | |||||
| 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 | #62745 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | The first production was directed by Joanne Peckham | |||||
Synopsis: | Train station attendant Alvin is finishing his last day of work before retirement when he encounters a runaway teen on her way to the coast. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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