DAVID BELKE   (1960 - )


David Belke
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Plays by David Belke

DAVID BELKE
All Expenses Paid
1st Produced:
Shadow Theatre, Edmonton, AB
1999
Company:
-
1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto
2001
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Genre:
Comedy
One Act
Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
doubling
Notes: -
Synopsis: Lynn Wynicki just wants to be left alone. but when she wins a trip to Florida, she ends up travelling with a guy from the office she barely knows. An almost romantic comedy about destinations, desire and discovery, with just a little Disney on the side.
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DAVID BELKE
Another Two Hander Or Two
1st Produced:
Theatre Company / Shadow Theatre, Edmonton
1985
Company:
-
1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto
-
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Genre:
-
Comedy
Parts:
Male
2
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis: A comedy with a theatrical bent. Kelly deMare is a stage manager with a problem; namely the director. Is Kevin Russ inspired, intriguing or insane? Or is he just an actor / director? About directors, actors, stage managers and designers and what happens when the play becomes personal
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DAVID BELKE
Between Yourself and Me
1st Produced:
Summer Shadows Theatre, Edmonton, AB.d
2001
Company:
-
1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto
2003
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Genre:
-
Comedy
Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis: Determined to help her socially awkward best friend Steven find love, Amy sets him up on one disastrous date after another. But by the time Amy discovers she is actually in love with Steven, it may be too late. A comic and romantic sequel to "The Red King's Dream".
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DAVID BELKE
Blackpool & Parrish
1st Produced:
Edmonton Fringe Festival
1993
Company:
-
1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto
1998
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Genre:
-
Comedy
Parts:
Male
3
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis: Harry Blackpool is the representative of all that is Evil on the planet Earth. Rachel Parrish represents the Good. After two thousand years of rivalry they are ready to pass their roles to their children. With the Apocalypse due tomorrow at tea time, is there any way to save the world? And doesn't humanity get any say in the matter?
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DAVID BELKE
Bless You, Billy Wilder
1st Produced:
Acme Theatre Company, Edmonton, AB.
2002
Company:
-
1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto
2003
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Genre:
Comedy drama
Comedy
Parts:
Male
1
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis: When a failed screenwriter working to restore an 8 1/2 hour silent movie meets a disconnected graphic artist who has never seen a movie in her life, they begin a friendship that helps her grown in confidence and ability. But when he slips into fear and dementia, she is the only one who can save him. A moving tale of friendship, affection and filmic fantasy
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DAVID BELKE
Crimsom Yak, The
1st Produced:
Shadow Theatre, Edmonton, AB
-
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
-
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:
-
Musical
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes: Music by Paul Morgan Donald; lyrics by Paul Morgan Donald; book by David Belke
Synopsis: -
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DAVID BELKE
Doctor in Spite of Himself
1st Produced:
Studio Theatre - Edmonton, AB
2001
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
-
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:
Comedy, 45 min
One Act
Parts:
Male
4
Female
4
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis: Moliere's classic comedy of manners, mayhem and medical malfeasance is adapted for a contemporary Canadian audience while illuminating the creator's original intentions and wit.
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DAVID BELKE
Dream Without Bottom , A
1st Produced:
Shadow Theatre, Edmonton, AB
2001
Company:
-
1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto
2003
To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
-
Comedy
Parts:
Male
3
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis: Forty years ago Rosalind Downey fell in love with an actor while performing "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Now he's back. Rosy coloured memory collides with cold reality against a Shakespearean background in this touching comedy.
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DAVID BELKE
Dreamland Saturday Nights
1st Produced:
Shadow Theatre, Edmonton, AB
1998
Company:
-
1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto
1998
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Genre:
Romantic Comedy
Comedy
Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis: When a die-hard movie fan accidentally meets a film student at the Dreamland Repertory Cinema, will it be true love, or merely an illusion? Desire and film fantasy collide with hilarious and heartbreaking results. With appearances by Bogart, Bette Davis, Astaire and others
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DAVID BELKE
Maltese Bodkin, The
1st Produced:
Fringe Theatre Festival, Edmonton
1991
Company:
-
1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto
-
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Genre:
-
Comedy
Parts:
Male
4
Female
2
Parts Other:
doubling
Notes: -
Synopsis: Times were tough for hard boiled detective Birnam Wood. He never asked to be in London. Especially in 1605. When Wood's Partner is killed, he has to find the killer amongst a cast of suspects that includes Richard III, Falstaff, Iago, Mercutio and a merchant from Venice. The worlds of film noir and Shakespeare collide in this "who hath done it".
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DAVID BELKE
Minor Keys, The
1st Produced:
Shadow Theatre, Edmonton, AB
1999
Company:
-
1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto
1999
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Genre:
-
Comedy
Parts:
Male
4
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis: In a half-forgotten jazz club, the lives and dreams of its inhabitants intersect, intertwine and collide. A wistful jazz-inspired comedy about minor key people in a minor key world, and how even the smallest of lives can find their hearts' desire.
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DAVID BELKE
Red Kings Dream, The
1st Produced:
Edmonton
1996
Company:
-
1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto
1996
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Genre:
-
Comedy
Parts:
Male
1
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis: Stephen Tudor's world is solitary, logical and precise. And that's good. Until a new neighbour moves in down the hall. Now Stephen is feeling things he's never felt before. What happens when a man who thinks too much falls in love. A little story of love and logic through the looking glass
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DAVID BELKE
Red King's Dream: Christmas Edition , The
1st Produced:
Shadow Theatre, Edmonton, AB
1999
Company:
-
1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto
2001
To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise
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Genre:
-
Comedy
Parts:
Male
1
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis: Stephen Tudor's world is solitary, logical and precise. And that's good. Until a new neighbour moves in down the hall. Now Stephen is feeling things he's never felt before. What happens when a man who thinks too much falls in love? A little story of love and logic through the looking glass. Adapted for the holiday season.
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DAVID BELKE
Reluctant Resurrection Of Sherlock Holmes, The
1st Produced:
Edmonton Fringe Festival
1992
Company:
-
1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto
-
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Genre:
Comedic Mystery
Comedy
Parts:
Male
5
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis: Two years after he killed off Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle is summoned to investigate the haunting of an old actor's country manor. Doyle is determined to prove the ghost a reality, but is he himself haunted by the super rational Sherlock Holmes who refuses to give up his literary life. When the maid is found dead, these two personalities must uncover the truth.
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DAVID BELKE
Riders of the Apocalypse (the reunion tour)
1st Produced:
Shadow Theatre, Edmonton, AB
1997
Company:
-
1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto
1999
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Genre:
Adventure
One Act
Parts:
Male
3
Female
3
Parts Other:
doubling
Notes: -
Synopsis: When Death suddenly retires, it panics her former riding companions Famine, Pestilance and War. As the world dizzily spins out of control, somebody has to convince Death to return. Or at least find out why she quit in the first place. is this any way to run an Apocalypse?
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DAVID BELKE
Swordplay
1st Produced:
Fringe Theatre Festival, Edmonton
1989
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
-
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:
-
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis:
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DAVID BELKE
Ten Times Two
1st Produced:
Shadow Theatre, Edmonton, AB
1999
Company:
-
1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto
2000
To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
-
Comedy
Parts:
Male
2
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis: When an evildoer cursed with immortality falls for a barmaid in 1399, it is the start of a romantic pursuit spanning the Middle Agest to Modern Times. But in order to win the heart of his reincarnating beloved, the villain must learn to become a human being.
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DAVID BELKE
That Darn Plot
1st Produced:
Shadow Theatre, Edmonton, AB
1998
Company:
-
1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto
1998
To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
-
Comedy
Parts:
Male
4
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis: Mark W. Transom has a single night in which to create a new play. As the hours stretch on, the play starts taking on a life of its own. Or is it his life? And why does his estranged son keep popping into the plot? About rewrites, rehearsals, more rewrites and rehabilitating reality.
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DAVID BELKE
William The Bard
1st Produced:
Varscona Theatre, Edmonton
1997
Company:
-
1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto
1998
To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Comedy
One Act
Parts:
Male
2
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis: A sweetly tragic comedt based on actual historic events. In order to win the respect of his Shakespearean scholar father, William Ireland becomes one of the world's most prolific and unlikely forgers
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