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Marion Andre

MARION ANDRE

  (1921 - 2006)
Nationality:    French
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Literary Agent:    Playwrights Guild of Canada  

active as director and writer in Theatre, radio and television in Poland, Mr. andre (Czerniecki) has been in Canada since 1957. His Theatre experience includes that of artistic Director, Saidye Bronfmari Centre, Montreal, 1967-72; Founder and artistic Director of Theatre Plus, Toronto, 1973 to present; teacher-director, National Theatre School, Montreal and York University, Toronto. This playwright has had numerous Dramas and documentaries aired on CBC radio and television.

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

         Aching Heart Of Samuel Kleinerman , The         Betrayer, The         Captive Of Yesteryear         Glu Glub, Or the Power Of Persuasion         Invented Lover , The         Sand , The         Savage Storm (Soldat Hans Stumpf)         Skinny Dip Of An Aging Professor         Snob, The

Aching Heart Of Samuel Kleinerman , The

Synopsis:
In 1936 Berlin, Kleinerman's moral convictions are put to the ultimate test with the arrival of a friend escaped from a concentration camp.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Theatre Plus, Toronto.     1984

Organisations:
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1st Published:
in the Gates, Mosaic Press, Canada, 1984   

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Betrayer, The

Synopsis:
a variation on a theme of Jean Paul Sartre's "the Wall

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Cbc Radio, Vancouver     1990

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1998   

Music:
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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Captive Of Yesteryear

Synopsis:
Set on a sandy beach in Florida, it depicts the emotional torment of a Jewish/Polish immigrant to Canada, now a married university professor who accidently meets and is strongly attracted to a young Polish woman. He then discovers that she is his daughter

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1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1990   

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Glu Glub, Or the Power Of Persuasion

Synopsis:
Set on the planet archaica, a top banker and his cronies endorse a "medical" treatment that purifies human skin and so entrenching at the same time the rule of the racist persuasion.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    

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

Music:
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Genre:
Tragic Farce Tragedy

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  4            Other:  doubling

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Invented Lover , The

Synopsis:
a Muskoka summer mansion is the setting for this sex farce

Notes:
Written with Martin Bronstein

1st Produced:
Theatre Plus, Toronto     1980

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

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Sand , The

Synopsis:
a Jewish family lives in fear for their lives as they struggle to maintain a sense of themselves and of God during wartime in the Polish ghetto

Notes:
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1st Produced:
York University, North York, Ontario     1979

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Canadian Theatre Review,    

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  extras

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Savage Storm (Soldat Hans Stumpf)

Synopsis:
In 1942, a family of Polish Jews and a common German soldier find themselves tied together by Fate. (Soldat Hans Stumpf

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-     1987

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1987   

Music:
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Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Skinny Dip Of An Aging Professor

Synopsis:
a humorous and heart-rending account of a professor's mid-life crisis

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
in Verdict of Fire, Mosaic Press, Canada, 1987   

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Snob, The

Synopsis:
Set in pre-WWI Germany, a man sacrifices family and friends in his struggle to rise from bourgeois origins but is redeemed by love

Notes:
Original Playwright - Carl Sternheim

1st Produced:
Theatre Plus, Toronto     1976

Organisations:
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1st Published:
PLCN Chapbook, 1984   

Music:
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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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