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John Gray

JOHN GRAY

  (1946 - )
Nationality:    Canadian
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Literary Agent:    John Gray Management Inc  

John MacLachlan Gray is the author of a novel, many magazine articles, and several stage musicals, a book on tattoos, Lost in North America: the Imaginary Canadian in the American Dream (1994), Local Boy Makes Good (1987), and the internationally acclaimed Billy Bishop Goes to War (1982) with eric Peterson. He has contributed sixty-five satirical pieces for the Journal on CBC Television, and is a frequent speaker on cultural issues. Among his many awards are the Governor Generals Award, the Canadian Authors Association Award, and the National Magazine Award. He lives in Vancouver.

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

         18 Wheels         Amelia         Balthazar And the Mojo Star         Bc Review, The         Better Watch Out, You Better Not Die         Billy Bishop Goes To War         Blackmailers, The         Bongo From the Congo         Don Messer's Jubilee         Godiva Was A Lady         Local Boy Makes Good         Rock And Roll

18 Wheels

Synopsis:
Musical vignettes give glimpses into the lives and experiences of long-distance truckers

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Talon Books, Vancouver, BC, 1987   -

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Amelia

Synopsis:
the story of amelia earhart

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Music, lyrics And book by John Gray

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Musical

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Balthazar And the Mojo Star

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Vancouver    1982

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Bc Review, The

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Vancouver    1986

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Better Watch Out, You Better Not Die

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Halifax, Nova Scotia    1983

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Billy Bishop Goes To War

Billy Bishop Goes To War
the truth about war. a high-flying ace of a show celebrating the derring-do of Canada's greatest pilot hero. Billy is an anti-hero and the Bishop myth is inflated and deflated in the same gesture.

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written by John Gray And eric Peterson. Rights held by Colonial Repertory theatre Company (604 266 7031)

1st Produced:
Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia    03 Nov 1978

Organisations:
Tamahnous Theatre, Vancouver

1st Published:
Talonbooks (1981) >>>    978-0889221963

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Genre:
Musical comedy Musical

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  pianist

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Blackmailers, The

Blackmailers, The
Claud Price is blackmailing his ex-lover a married woman. He has a protégé - Hal. Hal too has been blackmailing - friends at university. His family finds out and are going to send him away to New Zealand. He is contemplating suicide when a letter arrives from Claud inviting him to join him in Paris

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Written Marc-Andre Raffalovich and John Gray

1st Produced:
Prince of Wales Theatre, London    07 Jun 1894

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Bongo From the Congo

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Vancouver    1982

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Genre:
Childrens Youth audience

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Don Messer's Jubilee

Synopsis:
the old gang is reunited in anecdotes and song in this musical tribute to one of CBC's most fondly remembered family programs

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Talon Books, Vancouver, BC, 1987   -

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  band, dancers

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Godiva Was A Lady

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Coventry    1967

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Male:  14            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Local Boy Makes Good

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Talon Books, Vancouver, BC, 1987   -

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Rock And Roll

Synopsis:
In the town of Mushaboom, N.S., four aging rock musicians recall their 1960's high school days as "the Monarchs."

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1st Published:
Talon Books, Vancouver, BC, 1987   -

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  5            Female:  1            Other:  pianist

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