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DAVID FRENCH (1939 - 2010) |
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Nationality: Canadian Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: Core Literary Inc |
died 05 Dec 2010
Plays by David French
1949 | ||
| 1st Produced: | Toronto | 1989 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Talonbooks, Vancouver, 1989 | ISBN/ASIN: | 9780889222663 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #12654 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | 2 boys | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| Newfoundland is about to join the Canadian Federation. In the Mercer family there is sadness at their loss of independence | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Forest, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Toronto | 1987 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #12655 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Jitters | ||
| 1st Produced: | Tarragon Theatre, Toronto | 1979 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights, Toronto, 1979 | ISBN/ASIN: | 9780889222427 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #12656 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| A new play is about to open - unfortunately the leading man is drunk and a New York producer is coming to see the play | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Leaving Home | ||
| 1st Produced: | Tarragon Theatre, Toronto | 1972 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | New Press, Toronto, 1972 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #12657 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | inter family warfare as patriarchal father is obsessed with making his two sons good reflections of himself | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Miss Julie | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Talonbooks, Vancouver, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #58543 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - August Strindberg | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Of The Fields, Lately | ||
| 1st Produced: | Tarragon Theatre, Toronto | 1973 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Anansi, Toronto 1991 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #12658 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| Ben returns home when his father is dangerously ill. His mother and his father's best friend are caring for him | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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One Crack Out | ||
| 1st Produced: | Tarragon Theatre, Toronto | 1975 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights, Toronto, 1975 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #12659 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| Charlie Evans a pool shark has two days to pay a $3,000 debt or have his legs broken. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Riddle Of The World, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Toronto | 1981 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Talon Books, Vancouver, BC, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #12660 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| An ex-priest and a stockbroker find themselves adrift in the world of singles and dating | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Salt-Water Moon | ||
| 1st Produced: | Toronto | 1984 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights, Toronto, 1985 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #12661 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| 1926 and eighteen year old Jacob is trying to win back his sweetheart | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Seagull, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Tarragon Theatre, Toronto | 1977 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights, Toronto, 1977 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #12662 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Anton Chekhov | |||||
Synopsis: | Can the young people's dreams be realised or will their desires turn sour when confronted by the cruelties of the adult world? | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Silver Dagger | ||
| 1st Produced: | Toronto | 1992 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Talonbooks, Vancouver, 1993 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #12663 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| A crime writer finds that his life has started to imitate one of his novels as he becomes entangled with blackmail, adultery and murder | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Soldier's Heart | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #12664 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
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Synopsis: | After a violent argument with his father Jacob plans to leave home. He is at the railway station when his father arrives to persuade him to stay. Jacob agrees but only if his father talks about the terrible things that happened to him during the Great War | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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That Summer | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Talon Books | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0889224391 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #12665 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| Margaret looks back on events in her life 32 years previously | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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