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W O Mitchell

W O MITCHELL  (1914 - 1998)

 Nationality:    Canadian
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below is a list of W O Mitchell's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Back To Beulah         Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacKrimmon, The         Day Jake Made Her Rain, The         Devil's Instrument         For Those In Peril On The Sea         Kite, The         Royalty Is Royalty         White Christmas Of Archie Nicotine         Wild Rose

Back To Beulah

Synopsis:
Dr Anders has set up a half way house for patients from the Beulah Mental Institution. She plans to leave three patients there over Christmas but they rebel and hold her hostage and she is forced to take their medication

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Tarragon Theatre    31 Jan 1976

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Dramtaic W O Mitchell" published by Gage Distribution 1982   978-0771597282

Music:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacKrimmon, The

W O Mitchell
The Devil disguised as a travelling salesman overhears Wullie MacKrimmon make a wish about his curling team and he approaches Wullie. The upshot of this is Wullie's team play a match against the Devil's team of Judas Iscariot, Guy Fawkes and Macbeth

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Theatre Calgary    06 Mar 1979

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "The Devil Is A Travelling Man" published by Oxford University Press (Canada)   978-0195430042

Music:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Day Jake Made Her Rain, The

Synopsis:
In a prairie town in 1944 drought threatens to ruin the crops. Jake a farmhand starts claiming to be a rain-maker. He sets about building a rain making machine

Notes:
Also known As "Jake And the Kid"

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Devil's Instrument

W O Mitchell
Jacob is a sixteen year old Hutterite Protestant. He is given a mouth organ by a stranger. He plays it to his sweetheart Marta in the moonlight. The elders are appalled. The mouth organ is smashed on the anvil as it must have come from the Devil. It is also arranged for Marta to marry someone else. Jacob decides it is time to rebel

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Peterborough Theatre Guild    1972

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "The Devil Is A Travelling Man" published by Oxford University Press (Canada)   978-0195430042

Music:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  11            Female:  2            Other:  others

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For Those In Peril On The Sea

Synopsis:
Margaret Arnold runs a boarding - she has six lodgers. Her son is Howard who is seventeen but with the mind of a twelve year old. Howard tells the oldest boarder, Lon, of his dream to build a boat

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Theatre Calgary    1982

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Dramatic Work of W O Mitchell" published by Macmillan, Canada 1982   -

Music:
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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Kite, The

Synopsis:
The world's oldest man decides his time is up and that he will die at his 117th birthday party. Can his great-great-great grandson persuade him otherwise?

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Dramtaic W O Mitchell" published by Gage Distribution 1982   978-0771597282

Music:
-

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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Royalty Is Royalty

Synopsis:
A Royal visit to a little Canadian town - but who should present the bouquet? The Mayor's daughter, a native American boy, the daughter of the town's richest man, or the college's top boy?

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    1959

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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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White Christmas Of Archie Nicotine

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Prairie Performance: A Collection Of Short Plays" published by NeWest Press 1980   -

Music:
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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Wild Rose

Synopsis:
A Royal visit to a little Canadian town - but who should present the bouquet? The Mayor's daughter, a native American boy, the daughter of the town's richest man, or the college's top boy?

Notes:
Music by Morris Surdin; lyrics And book by W O Mitchell

1st Produced:
-    1967

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  14            Female:  6            Other:  2 boys; 2 girls; extras

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