BRENDA MCFARLANE   


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Plays by Brenda McFarlane

BRENDA MCFARLANE
Education Of Johnny - The Making of a Man, The
1st Produced:
Tarragon Extra Space, Toronto, Ontario.
1992
Company:
The Johnny Cooperative
1st Published:
-
ISBN
-
To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Comedy with Music
-
Parts:
Male
3
Female
3
Parts Other:
Guitarist/Actor
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
A woman decides to be reincarnated as a man so she can have a "nice life for a change" but finds it isn't as easy as she thought. ". . .well told, . . .engrossing. . . .McFarlane's writing is taut, . . .If The Education of Johnny is in any way a harbinger of the new theatre season, then we can look ahead with great expectations. Vit Wagner, The Toronto Star.
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BRENDA MCFARLANE
Good in Bed
1st Produced:
Fringe of Toronto Festival
1992
Company:
Far FeTheatre Companyhed Productions
1st Published:
-
ISBN
-
To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
-
Comedy
Parts:
Male
1
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Women search for physical satisfaction. McFarlane shows a dab hand with lively intelligent gag lines and often touches on the hard truth of relationships. H.J. Kirchoff, The Globe and Mail (Toronto
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BRENDA MCFARLANE
I Love You so Much I Wish You Were Dead
1st Produced:
Fringe of Toronto Festival
1996
Company:
Far FeTheatre Companyhed Productions
1st Published:
-
ISBN
-
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
Parts:
Male
3
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
An ensemble piece. Five chairs, a table and a rose
Synopsis:
When the death of your partner seems to be the only solution, you know your relationship is in trouble. Don't worry, you're not alone and help is out there. When people hire mysterious hit men to kill the people they love. 4 stars! ". . .McFarlane is one of the brightest young writer-directors around these days. . . . [I Love You So Much. . .] is a terrific example of McFarlanes sharp eye for the absurdities and petty madnesses of modern life, her distinctively quirky sense of humor and her deft hand at quick step staging." H.J. Kirchoff - The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
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BRENDA MCFARLANE
Penis Play
1st Produced:
Rhubarb Festival - Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
1997
Company:
Far FeTheatre Companyhed Productions
1st Published:
-
ISBN
-
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
Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Unappreciated by David and Heather, Penis runs away
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BRENDA MCFARLANE
Shut Up
1st Produced:
Summerworks
1992
Company:
Far FeTheatre Companyhed Productions
1st Published:
-
ISBN
-
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:
Movement/Experimental
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Parts:
Male
2
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Our need to create and be passionate and our need to smother these impulses in others. . . .this high velocity production keeps you hooked all the way." Mira Friedlander, The Toronto Star
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BRENDA MCFARLANE
Slut
1st Produced:
Fringe of Toronto Festival
2001
Company:
Far FeTheatre Companyhed Productions
1st Published:
-
ISBN
-
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
Parts:
Male
-
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
1 chair required.
Synopsis:
Matilda McHartle gets arrested for running a brothel. 4 stars! "McFarlane's script delicately balances humor with an urgent questioning of gender and moral codes in a hypocritical society -- and delivers amply on both counts. . . . Highly recommended." Kamal Al-Solaylee, Eye Weekly (Toronto)
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BRENDA MCFARLANE
Slut À La Carte
1st Produced:
The Players Loft, New York International Fringe Festival
2007
Company:
Far Fetched Productions
1st Published:
-
ISBN
-
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:
1h 0m Comedy
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Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Matilda believes sex is a gift from a generous Universe until shes arrested for running a brothel. Now she must confess to being a slut to prove shes not a whore. Four stars; . . .funny and very clever. . . Torontos Eye Weekly.
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BRENDA MCFARLANE
Suzi Got Her Lips Tattooed
1st Produced:
Summerworks
1991
Company:
Far FeTheatre Companyhed Productions
1st Published:
-
ISBN
-
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
Parts:
Male
3
Female
4
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Female beauty, female anger explored. Scenes alternated between the witty and the ironic, the wildly funny to the harrowingly dramatic. . .this was excellent theatre. Kudos all around. George Olds, Xtra (Toronto).
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