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Grace Butt

GRACE BUTT  

 Nationality:    Canadian
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Literary Agent:    Playwrights Guild of Canada  


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below is a list of Grace Butt's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Beat At The Gate         Faces Of Women         Goodbye Your Excellency         New Lands         Newfoundland Pageant         North Harbour         Part Of The Main         Road Through Melton, The         Wheel In The Middle Of A Wheel         Winter Scene

Beat At The Gate

Synopsis:
We beat our hearts out for love - love of a child, love of a lover, love of the expression of love.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Resource Centre for the arts, St. John's.    1982

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

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Faces Of Women

Synopsis:
Collage of portraits of women of various ages and personalities in various situations and periods

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Arts and Culture Centre, St. John's.    1980

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

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama One act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Goodbye Your Excellency

Synopsis:
Confrontation, sometimes sly, over the issue of Newfoundland's political independence versus confederation with Canada

Notes:
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1st Produced:
The St. John's Players    1970

Organisations:
-

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

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama One act

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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New Lands

Synopsis:
a history play of Newfoundland highlighting great moments of decision

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    -

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

Music:
-

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Genre:
History

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Newfoundland Pageant

Synopsis:
Free-flowing and connecting episodes of Newfoundland history

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Newfoundland Travelling Theatre Company.    1974

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

Music:
-

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Genre:
History

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  10 or more actors

Further Reference:
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North Harbour

Synopsis:
a portrayal of the sturdy character and sense of community necessary to survival in the outport of the 20's

Notes:
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1st Produced:
The St. John's Players    1970

Organisations:
-

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

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Part Of The Main

Synopsis:
Status hunger

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Eblana Theatre, Dublin, Ireland.    1969

Organisations:
-

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

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama One act

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Road Through Melton, The

Synopsis:
an idealist, concerned for his community, enters politics and is confronted by political, religious and personal controversy

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    -

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

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Wheel In The Middle Of A Wheel

Synopsis:
Pursuing his or her personal compulsion, each character affects and is affected by the life of another

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    -

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

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Winter Scene

Synopsis:
In simple and impressionistic scenes, the perception of work as the means of financial reward and work as contribution are contrasted

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    -

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

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Drama One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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