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Hrant Alianak

HRANT ALIANAK

  (1950 - )
Nationality:    Canadian
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Literary Agent:    Kensington Literary Representation  represented by Michael Petrasek

born Khartoum, Sudan

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below is a list of Hrant Alianak's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Big Hit, The         Blues, The         Brandy         Christmas         Dorothea         Four Little Girls         Good Death         I Love You, Baby Blue 2         Lucky Strike         Mathematics         Mousetown         Night         Noah's Kiosk         Passion And Sin         Tantrums         Violinist And the Flower Girl, The         Walls Of Africa, The         Western

Big Hit, The

Synopsis:
about an experimental, politically incorrect writer with a fistful of bad reviews and his quest to stop his killer streak and come up with that "Big Hit

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Factory Theatre Studio Cafe, Toronto.     1992

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Blues, The

Blues, The
a philosophical bartender, a broken-hearted hooker, an idealistic novelist and a gal from the Sally ann--four characters play out their desperation and dreams in a dingy New York bar circa 1951.

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
G. Gordon Shillingford Publishing (Scirocco Drama), 2003   978-0920486351

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Brandy

Synopsis:
a clearing in the jungle; the Big Guy, the Little Guy, the Dizzy Dame, the Dumb Blonde. Sexy, fast and furiously funny action as the Little Guy wins the heart of the Dumb Blonde.

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1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-Op, Toronto, 1973   -

Music:
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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Christmas

Synopsis:
a Christmas Tree brightens the life of a young couple, but all too soon, the holidays are over. Shamelessly sentimental

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1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
in Return of the Big Five, Finglow Plays, Toronto, 1974   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Dorothea

Synopsis:
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Music:
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-

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Four Little Girls

Synopsis:
written by Pablo Picasso

Notes:
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1st Produced:
New Theatre, Toronto     1975

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Good Death

Synopsis:
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Music:
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I Love You, Baby Blue 2

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written by Hrant Alianak And Paul Kelman based on An original idea by Paul Thompson

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Genre:
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Lucky Strike

Lucky Strike
Holed up in a North African warehouse, a desperate gunman, his unfaithful moll and his partner in crime repeatedly replay their motions of loss and betrayal. all action, little dialogue

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Factory Theatre Lab, Toronto.     1978

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Canada Press, 1989
Theatre Communications Group (June 1989)   978-0887544729

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Mathematics

Synopsis:
a play for, and by, objects, from a feather duster to Playboy Magazine. a comic-satiric average day of an average couple.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Factory Theatre Lab     1972

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-Op, Toronto, 1973   -

Music:
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Genre:
90 sec

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Mousetown

Synopsis:
Hoods and "Dames" love, cheat on and shoot each other in this 1920's detective flick with lots of music and action

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,    -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Night

Synopsis:
Two gangsters. Two molls. exploring the hallucinatory eruptions of love, lust and rage in the doomed underworld of 1960 New York

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,    -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Noah's Kiosk

Synopsis:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Passion And Sin

Synopsis:
a surrealist, satirical gangster Drama set in a dilapidated shack on a Havana beach

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Toronto Free Theatre     1976

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Canadian Theatre Review (CTR 19), 1978   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Tantrums

Synopsis:
a starkly powerful play about social and personal collapse in 4 parts

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-Op, Toronto, 1972   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Violinist And the Flower Girl, The

Synopsis:
1920`s silent movie with music. Heiress loses fortune, hits the skids, poor violinist saves her from lecherous attacker. they fall in love, get married. But when the violinist falls for a rich enchantress, tragedy ensues

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,    -

Music:
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Genre:
Drama One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Walls Of Africa, The

Synopsis:
In 1950s London, Mr. Pym, a shy middle-aged academic, rents a room from divorcee Mrs. Fields. alone upstairs, Mr. Pym dreams of the perfect woman. Downstairs on the sofa, a book and a glass of sherry her only companions, Mrs. Fields longs for warmth and human contact

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
G. Gordon Shillingford Publishing (Scirocco Drama), 2002   -

Music:
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Genre:
Drama One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Western

Synopsis:
Tree travellers, a gunfighter, an eastern belle, and a farmer's daughter are ambushed by bloodthirsty Indians. a typical story of love, violence, survival. ..so typical in fact that the dialogue is composed of titles of Western movies and the names of Western stars.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-Op, Toronto, 1973   -

Music:
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Genre:
15 min Comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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