KEN MITCHELL (1940 - )
| Nationality: | Canadian |
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Plays by Ken Mitchell
Chautauqua Girl |
| 1st Produced: | Carousel Stage Company, Vancouver. | 1982 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto | 1982 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
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Synopsis: Based on the life of Nola Ericson who founded the first Canadian "tent show" in 1917 | ||||
Cruel Tears |
| 1st Produced: | Persephone Theatre, Saskatoon | 1975 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Pile of Bones Publishing, Regina | 1976 | ||
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| Genre: | Country Opera | - | Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | chorus | |||
Notes: Music written by Humphrey and the Dumptrucks | ||||
Synopsis: Based on Othello, this "country opera" looks at the loves and rivalries of Saskatchewan truck drivers | ||||
Davin: The Politician |
| 1st Produced: | Globe Theatre, Regina | 1978 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | NeWest Press, Edmonton | 1979 | ||
| 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: | three-act drama | - | Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Canada's settlement is portrayed through the turbulent life of Nicolas Flood Davin: poet, politician, newspaperman and lover of Kate Simpson, one of Canada's first feminists | ||||
Future Harvest |
| 1st Produced: | Regina | 1990 | ||
| 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 | |||
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Genesis |
| 1st Produced: | Merely Players for a tour of Saskatchewan | 1975 | ||
| 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: | two-act historical epic | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: written with Douglas Hicton | ||||
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Gone The Burning Sun |
| 1st Produced: | Guelph Spring Festival | 1984 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto | 1985 | ||
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| Genre: | Drama | One Act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: written with David Liang | ||||
Synopsis: A compelling portrait of Dr. Norman Bethune, the brilliant medical man who devoted himself to saving the world in China, Spain and Montreal. Winner, 1985 Canadian Authors' Association Drama Award | ||||
Great Cultural Revolution, The |
| 1st Produced: | Arts Club Theatre, Vancouver. | 1979 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto | 1980 | ||
| 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: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | musicians, ddancers | |||
Notes: written with Michael Taylor | ||||
Synopsis: At the height of the Great Proletarian Revolution in 1966, a playwright faces destruction as a result of his political statements. Political drama is combined with acrobatics, mime & music | ||||
Great Electrical Revolution, The |
| 1st Produced: | Globe Theatre, Regina | 1996 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto | 1996 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Synopsis: When the Moose Jaw Light and Power Company pulls the plug on the Gallagher family for non-payment, leaving them powerless in the dark, they rise against the monopoly in a gloriously funny revolution | ||||
Grey Owl |
| 1st Produced: | Saskatoon | 1990 | ||
| 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 | |||
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Heroes |
| 1st Produced: | Surrey University, Guildford, England | 1972 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto | 1973 | ||
| 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: | Comedy | One Act | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Synopsis: Superman and the Lone Ranger find themselves in a battle of egos while awaiting interviews with the "Chief." Lois Lane and Tonto arrive raising banners of Women's Lib and Red Power | ||||
Laffin' Jack Rivers Show |
| 1st Produced: | Saskatoon | 1983 | ||
| 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: written with Michael Taylor | ||||
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Meadowlark Connection, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
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| 1st Published: | Pile of Bones Publishing, Regina | 1975 | ||
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Medicine Line, The |
| 1st Produced: | by the community of Moose Jaw | 1976 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Saskatchewan Department of Culture and Youth | 1974 | ||
| 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: | outdoor drama | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Melody Farm |
| 1st Produced: | Saskatoon | 1987 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | ? | - | ||
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Plainsman, The |
| 1st Produced: | Saskatoons 25th Street House Theatre | 1985 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Coteau Books, Regina | 1992 | ||
| 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: | - | Play with Music | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 |
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Synopsis: After the 1895 Batoche rebellion, Madeline and Gabriel Dumont struggle to maintain the spirit and dignity of the Metis people | ||||
Pleasant Street |
| 1st Produced: | Saskatoons 25th Street House Theatre | 1972 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto | - | ||
| 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: | Black Comedy | One Act | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
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Synopsis: It's 20 years after publication of the last Dick and Jane reader, and life on Pleasant Street has changed drastically | ||||
Save The Pigs |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1990 | ||
| 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 | - |
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Shipbuilder, The |
| 1st Produced: | University of Regina Drama Department | 1978 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Canadian Theatre Review (CTR 21) | 1979 | ||
| 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: | full-length drama for voices and percussion | - | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||
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Synopsis: A Finnish immigrant, landlocked on the vast prairie, proceeds to build a steamship for a long journey | ||||
Showdown At Sand Valley |
| 1st Produced: | The Merely Players for a tour of Saskatchewan | 1975 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Gage Publishers in Cues and Entrances | 1977 | ||
| 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: | comedy | One Act | Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | doubling | |||
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Synopsis: A comic satire on Westerns in which a Mountie is pitted against an American gunslinger in Sand Valley, Saskatchewan | ||||
Spirit Of Saskatoon |
| 1st Produced: | Saskatoon | 1982 | ||
| 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: written with Michael Taylor | ||||
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That'll Be The Day |
| 1st Produced: | Weyburn | 1996 | ||
| 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 | - |
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This Train |
| 1st Produced: | Tarragon Theatre (Toronto) | 1973 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Performing Arts in Canada | 1973 | ||
| 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: | Tragi-Comedy | One Act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Tommy! |
| 1st Produced: | Wheatland Theatre, Regina | 1986 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto | - | ||
| 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: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - |
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Synopsis: rollicking one-man show profiling Saskatchewan's Tommy Douglas, the man who brought medicare to the province | ||||
Year Of The Moose |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1982 | ||
| 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 | - |
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