CHRISTOPHER COVERT (1948 - )
| Nationality: | USA |
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Plays by Christopher Covert
Colette - The Colours of Love |
| 1st Produced: | Phoenix Theatre, Toronto | 1980 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Script and lyrics published by Playwrights Canada, Ontario; music available through Ron Francis Theatrical Management. | 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: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
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| Notes: | by Christopher Covert with music and lyrics by Barbara Spence Potter. Produced Phoenix Theatre, Toronto, 1980; Belfry Theatre, Victoria, B.C., 1980; Southern Theatre, Minneapolis, 1980. | |||||
| Synopsis: | tells the tale of the French author's passionate struggle to come to terms with the strong and often cruel necessity of loving. Beginning with her decision to leave her first husband and become an actress, the musical recounts her many dramatic, tender and funny confrontations with life and love until she at last signsa truce with her "Dear Enemy," man. | |||||
Twelfth Night Blues, The |
| 1st Produced: | Stratford Music Festival | 1982 | ||||
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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: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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| Notes: | music by Maxine Wjllan and Bert Carriere. Workshopped Stratford Festival, 1981 and subsequently produced for the Stratford Music Festival, 1982. | |||||
| Synopsis: | this is Shakespeare's tale set in the smokey atmosphere of a waterfront cabaret. Johnny Orsino, AKA "The Duke" and boss of the Club Illyria, is nuts for Olivia, a dame as elegant as a countess. Olivia owns another club where a jazz trio hangs out. Into these lives walks Viola, a shipwrecked beauty . . . and so it goes. | |||||
Unicorn Moon, The |
| 1st Produced: | Group of Several, Toronto | 1985 | ||||
| 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: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | With music and lyrics by Barbara Spence Potter and lyrics by Christopher Covert | |||||
| Synopsis: | this is the story of Lorn, a cowardly prince who thinks it is reasonable to be afraid of dragons. Katie is a princess who feels she is special. Together this mismatched pair seek out their peculiar destinies and along the way meet the wicked Queen Luria; her daughter, Loopilla, who has difficulty staying awake; and Prince Dean and his father King Giddi, who giggles and would rather have fun than rule. Under a strange new moon, Lorn is transformed into a unicorn, fights a dragon and finds the true meaning of courage and love. | |||||