GEORGE BOYD   


George Boyd
   Nationality:
Canadian
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Plays by George Boyd

GEORGE BOYD
Consecrated Ground
1st Produced:
Eastern Front Theatre
1999
Company:
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1st Published:
Blizzard Publishing, Canada , 1999
ISBN
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
4
Female
3
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Notes:
nominated for the Governors-General Award for drama in 2000
Synopsis:
In 1965, Africville, the largest and oldest black community in Canada was bulldozed into memory. What was lost to the politicians of Halifax was an inconvenience, an eysore. What was lost to the people whose roots ran deep through the once-vibrant community was an entire way of life. Withtremendous wit and gravity, George Boyd resurrects Africville on the verge of extinction, making us a gift of people believable in their vulnerabilities, their courage and their outrage
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GEORGE BOYD
Gideon's Blues
1st Produced:
UpStart Theatre
1990
Company:
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1st Published:
Talon Books (2004)
ISBN
0-88922-496-X
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4
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Gideon's Blues
An examination of racism and drugs in Halifax, Nova Scotia, as drugs, as a young, black college graduate is lured into trafficking cocaine. Gideon's Blues is a microcosm of the impact of crack-cocaine on the black community and the desperate acts to which some people had to resort.
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GEORGE BOYD
Le Code Noir
1st Produced:
Black Theatre Workshop of Montreal
2009
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ISBN
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Genre:
Drama/biography
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Parts:
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Notes:
This play is in English.
Synopsis:
A play about the life and times of black, French composer, Joseph Boulogne, (1739-1799), Chevalier du St. Georges; also known as "Mozart Noir" the play chronicles his struggles to become what John Adams called, "the most accomplished man in Europe." Boulogne was acknowledged by all- accepted by none.
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GEORGE BOYD
Shine Boy
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GEORGE BOYD
Wade In The Water
1st Produced:
Black Theatre Workshop of Montreal
2003
Company:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Guild of Canada, 2004
ISBN
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
2
Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
finalist for the 2004 Montreal English Critic's Circle Award (Mecca).
Synopsis:
Nelson Williams Johns is an elderly slave in search of his roots, on an uplifting journey that begins in Civil War-era Georgia and leads to Sierra Leone. Nelson is forced to choose between a perilous freedom and the safety of the known on his quest for increased personal and social consciousness. Filled with lyrical dialogue and nuanced characters, Wade in the Water is a poignant story that celebrates the beauty of the human spirit
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