MARY HUMPHREY BALDRIDGE (1937 - )
| Nationality: | Canadian |
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Plays by Mary Humphrey Baldridge
Act Of War, An |
| 1st Produced: | in workshop at Northern light Theatre, Edmonton | 1978 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | long 1 Act | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
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Bonne Dame, La: Remembering George Sand |
| 1st Produced: | French Institute, New York City | 1998 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | dance/drama | - | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | This is a dance/drama in English and French: The dancer as Sand's "male persona," the Actress as George Sand, remembering something of her life. . . .tantalizingly introspective text, Attitude (dance magazine), Carl Paris The text . . . drew on a succinct but | |||||
| Synopsis: | This piece does not pretend to be a complete biography. Rather, it focuses on Sand's great love for DeMusset and her recognition that despite all, she is an artist. The text is based on the writing of George Sand. | |||||
Bride Of The Gorilla |
| 1st Produced: | Factory Lab West, Calgary | 1974 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1974 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | A divorcee and her best friend spend an acerbic yet comic evening with the ex-husband, re-opening and re-patching old wounds | |||||
Bring Back Lillian Wald |
| 1st Produced: | Metropolitan Playhouse, New York City | 2004 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Part of the "East Village Chronicles," | |||||
| Synopsis: | A political debate in which Lillian Wald must debate & then duel the devil! | |||||
Canadian Skittish |
| 1st Produced: | City Stage, Vancouver | 1977 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1977 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | aka The Suicide | |||||
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Cry Wolf, Harry |
| 1st Produced: | in workshop at Banff Centre | 1976 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Canada, | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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| Notes: | - | |||||
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GENESIS: The Mary Shelley Play |
| 1st Produced: | Deep River Productions in association with The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, New York City | 1994 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | The Playwrights Guild of Canada, 1998 | ISBN/ASIN | 1-55173-496-6 | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | 95 min | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | US Premiere | |||||
| Synopsis: | the play does have a brooding intensity that not only builds to a creepy finale, but pays off intellectually as we see the idea for "Frankenstein" get patched together in Mary's mind. . . .Perhaps Genesis' strongestvirtue is in showing that social stigmas can maintain a chokehold over human desires, even among the wanton leisure class. By God, it is The Real World. This Week On Stage | |||||
Harry And Friends |
| 1st Produced: | in workshop at Banff Centre | 1975 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Canada, | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | monologue | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
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How The West Was Won, or |
| 1st Produced: | Bishop Carroll High School, Calgary | 1979 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Melodrama | One Act | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | based on the discovery of the Banff Hot Springs | |||||
in memory (a statenislandferry play) |
| 1st Produced: | atrainplays | 2003 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | touching and Funny, nytheatre.com Review, Martin Denton | |||||
| Synopsis: | a 9/11 play | |||||
Is This A Friendly Visit |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Alberta Culture Award | |||||
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Land Warrior |
| 1st Produced: | The Neighborhood Playhouse | 2006 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | full length | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | An anti-war play, Iraq specifically and all wars generally. Told from the point of view of a wife, whose husband has returned from Iraq. He brings the war home to their living room and she becomes one of its casualties. | |||||
Lunchbox Revue, The |
| 1st Produced: | 1975 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | co-author | |||||
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Mary Shelley Play, The |
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Calgary | 1978 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1979 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Canadian Premiere. a.k.a. GENESIS: The Mary Shelley Play | |||||
| Synopsis: | The power Baldridge evoked in the scenes of tension and love between Shelley and his wife, the macabre portrait she painted of Lord Byron and excellent characterizations of their hangers-on Polidori and Claire, contributed to the drama's popular and critical success. Performing Arts (Canada), Eric Dawson | |||||
Old Colette, The |
| 1st Produced: | Unproduced | 1978 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | based on the life of Colette | |||||
Photographic Moment, The |
| 1st Produced: | Theatre 3, Edmonton, Alberta | 1974 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto. now published by PUC Play Service as a Chapbook (1998)., 1975 | ISBN/ASIN | 1-55173-544-X | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Play. 110 min | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Canadian premiere Theatre 3, Edmonton, Alberta 1974/US premiere The Neighborhood Group Theatre (TNGT) 1984 | |||||
| Synopsis: | A deceptively simple (and modest) play that focuses primarily on family, people and the human comedy."It is convincing in its psychology and in its narrative structure, and its concerns are important and valid. - The play is a valuable addition to Prairie dramatic literature." - Jamie Portman, Southam News Services | |||||
Real Larry Talbot, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | published together with time we've all been dreaming of. . . by Cubicle Press as Monsters., 2004 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | The story of the Wolfman | |||||
Revenge of the Dinosaur Lady, The |
| 1st Produced: | Goya Theatre | 2004 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Full Length | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Comedy/farce and fantasy, with serious undertones. | |||||
| Synopsis: | Evelyn Buckles Brown's ex-husband tries to return home. The romance novel Evelyn is writing comes alive. The line between reality & unreality gets a little blurred. This is a play with "a happy ending." | |||||
Ruth & Robert & Robert & Ruth |
| 1st Produced: | Sarasvati Theatre Co., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | 2005 | ||||
| Company: | FemFest | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Short full-length play OR long one-act (original play cut to an hour). | One Act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | Each actor plays two roles | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | The war between the sexes, post 9/11. This is one of the two-person plays I've seen in a long time that had me riveted . . . the dynamics constantly had a cat/mouse quality to it. You want to know where it's going . . . You're interested in the characters and their relation to each other. Very stark and edgy too. By: Lorraine James | |||||
Sanitation Chronicles, The |
| 1st Produced: | Creative Place - NYC | 2005 | ||||
| Company: | eTheatre Companyetera theatre co. | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Monologues and text | - | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | By Paul Brno With Mary Humphrey Baldridge | |||||
| Synopsis: | Brno and Baldridge give us this story of a down to earth look at life among the people who make the rest of society's existence clean and bearable through compassion, wit, and a depth of human understanding. If you want a real story about real people living anything but ordinary lives, then The Sanitation Chronicles will be right up your trash filled alley. By: Lee | |||||
Shakespeare's RICHARD III |
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Calgary | 1974 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Full Length | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Commissioned for city-wide Jr. High School tour | |||||
| Synopsis: | ||||||
Suicide Meet, The |
| 1st Produced: | City Stage, Vancouver | 1977 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1977 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | aka Canadian Skittish | |||||
| Synopsis: | ||||||
time we've all been dreaming of , the |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | published together with The Real Larry Talbot by Cubicle Press as Monsters., 2004 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | the time we've all been dreaming of. . . Two actors are in a play about Rimbaud & Verlaine. The line between reality & unreality becomes blurred | |||||
Tonight At Calgary Theatre Hall |
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Calgary | 1975 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Two Acts | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Commissioned for City of Calgary's 100th anniversary | |||||
| Synopsis: | part revue, part "burletta" | |||||