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Morwyn Brebner

MORWYN BREBNER  

 Nationality:    Canadian
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Literary Agent:    Gary Goddard Agency Ltd  


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 Bashir Lazhar     Coup De Ville     Liquor, Guns, Karate     Little Mercy's First Murder     Matador Love     Motel Helene     Music For Cotortionist     Oh So Close     Optimist, The     Our Father     Pessimist, The     President, The     Smacks Of Happiness     Strawberries In January

Bashir Lazhar

Synopsis:
a man of algerian origin is hired as a substitute teacher for a sixth form class in Montreal

Notes:
Original Playwright - Evelyne de la Cheneliere

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  1    Female:  -    Other:  1 child voive only

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Coup De Ville

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Snappy Shorts at The Tarragon" published by Playwrights Canada Press 2005   978-0887547508

Music:
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Genre:
Short play

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Male:  -    Female:  -    Other:  -

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Liquor, Guns, Karate

Synopsis:
Laurel and Chuck, a Toronto couple in their late 20's, visit Los angeles for the funeral of Laurel's estranged father. an untimely affair, a bizzare reunion, terrible weather: hijinks ensue

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Tarragon Theatre, Toronto, Ontario.    2000

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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 2000   -

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Genre:
Comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  2    Female:  2    Other:  -

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Little Mercy's First Murder

Synopsis:
a hard-boiled 1940's Manhattan newspaperman, sent to photograph a crime scene, goes on the lam with the suspect. Little Mercy Callaghan has led a sheltered life. But her fugitive night with Weegee takes her from a four-alarm fire to a high society gala. . .and a nightclub where the floor show isn't the only entertainment

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1st Produced:
Tarragon Theatre, Toronto, Ontario.    2002

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1st Published:
G. Gordon Shillingford Publishing (Scirocco Drama), 2003   -

Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -    Female:  -    Other:  -

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Matador Love

Synopsis:
The blind date from Hell.

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  -    Female:  -    Other:  -

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Motel Helene

Synopsis:
Johnanne is guilt ridden since her nine year old son disappeared. Her macho-boyfriend is no help. She is friendly with gay assistant at the convenience store

Notes:
Original Playwright - Serge Boucher

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  2    Female:  1    Other:  -

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Music For Cotortionist

Synopsis:
Avant garde 1930s performance artist, Valeska Gert, talks about her life

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 2000   -

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -    Female:  1    Other:  -

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Oh So Close

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1st Produced:
Buddies In Bad Times    1999

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Music:
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Genre:
0

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Male:  -    Female:  -    Other:  -

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Optimist, The

Synopsis:
A group of friends are in Las Vegas for a wedding

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    2004

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Scirocco Press 2005   -

Music:
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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  2    Female:  2    Other:  -

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Our Father

Synopsis:
Two siblings journey to the dying father who abandoned them

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -    Female:  -    Other:  -

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Pessimist, The

Synopsis:
a dying theatre director decides to stage his last production at the city's rubbish dump

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Taragon Theatre, Toronto    2007

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Parts:
Male:  3    Female:  2    Other:  -

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President, The

Synopsis:
In this fast-paced comedy, the clock starts ticking for a powerful bank president when the young heiress under his care announces her secret marriage to a Communist taxi driver. So what does a Chief Executive do? Simply transform this wholly unsuitable suitor into a perfectly well-bred, well-dressed, well-spoken son-in-law and he does it all in just an hour!
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
Original Playwright - Ferenc Molnar

1st Produced:
Storm Theatre
NY, USA    27 Apr 2012

Organisations:
Storm Theatre

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Music:
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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -    Female:  -    Other:  large cast

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Smacks Of Happiness

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1st Produced:
-    1996

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Genre:
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Strawberries In January

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Evelyne de la Cheneliere

1st Produced:
alberta Theatre Projects    2003

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Canada Press 2004   -

Music:
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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  2    Female:  2    Other:  -

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