RICHARD EPP   (1948 - )


Richard Epp
   Nationality:
Canadian
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Plays by Richard Epp

RICHARD EPP
Christmas Pudding
1st Produced:
Yates Centre, Lethbridge Alberta
1982
Company:
Southern Stage
1st Published:
-
ISBN
-
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
3
Female
2
Parts Other:
3 children
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
A comedy in two acts, Christmas Pudding is seasonal family entertainment. In a country school house on the Canadian prairie in 1957 a group of unlikely actors prepare to perform 'A Christmas Carol'. The feisty chairman of the school board, an absent-minded clergyman, and a new doctor, who delivers a baby by telephone, contribute to the fuss and the fun. Behind the scenes young love is rewarded, but not before trials and tribulations are courageously resolved.
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RICHARD EPP
Cipangu: The Tale of Columbus (originally titled Japango)
1st Produced:
Thompson Shelterhouse Theatre
1992
Company:
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
1st Published:
Playwrights Guild of Canada (1992, on-line 2004)
ISBN
-
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Genre:
Drama, Biography
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Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Surrounded by the extraordinary characters of his long life, Christopher Columbus recounts his tempestuous voyages of discovery. Driven by a passion to reach the Orient, the old admiral, nearing the end of his life, continues to deny the existence of the new world. Cipangu is a contemporary portrait of an outrageous hero. 2 acts 6m/2w/1boy, running time 110 minutes.
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RICHARD EPP
Intimate Admiration
1st Produced:
Theatre Calgary
1986
Company:
-
1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, (1988; on-line 2004)
ISBN
-
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Genre:
Drama, Biography
-
Parts:
Male
1
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Also produced by the Stratford Festival, Canada.
Synopsis:
This engaging two-hander traces the relationship of playwright Anton Chekhov and his wife, Olga Knipper, star of the Moscow Art Theatre, through joyous and turbulent times. In its portrayal of this remarkable pair, the play celebrates the world of the stage and its vital connection to audience. Written in four short acts, Intimate Admiration requires a unit set and can be performed with or without intermission.
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RICHARD EPP
Japango
1st Produced:
-
-
Company:
-
1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,
ISBN
-
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Genre:
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-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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RICHARD EPP
Kristallnacht
1st Produced:
University of Lethbridge, Canada
2005
Company:
-
1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, (1987; on-line 2004)
ISBN
-
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
5
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Also produced by Theatre Network, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Synopsis:
Set in Southern Alberta in the summer of 1944, Kristallnacht is a buoyant drama of love and loyalty played out against the background of teaming enemy prison camps and the war's cruel reality. A German soldier, haunted by his memory of 'the night of shattering glass' and a Canadian farm girl, who longs to see the world, are brought together under circumstances which threaten their dreams and test their humanity.
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RICHARD EPP
Sea of Showers
1st Produced:
-
-
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
ISBN
-
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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
-
Comedy
Parts:
Male
3
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Pamela's actress mother Wynne is missing. So is that farmer-turned-inventor Zeke she met in Montana. An intercepted phone call reveals that the pair are camped out in a place called the Sea of Showers. If that's in the Rockies, fine. If Mom's on the moon, she had better get down at once.
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RICHARD EPP
Winter Pond
1st Produced:
University of Lethbridge, Canada
1997
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
ISBN
-
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:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
6
Female
6
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Set in Southern Alberta in the 1940s this play, also available as a screenplay, is the story of a young woman's struggle for acceptance. Chiemi is a Japanese Canadian uprooted with her family from her home in Vancouver and moved to a sugar beet farm on the prairies. In a community which knows only prejudice, she finds scarce opportunity to prove herself. Her self-confidence is severely tested and her future is in doubt, until Elinor, an English school teacher, is drawn into Chiemi's circumstances. Through success and failure, both Chiemi and Elinor exchange the restrictions of their lives for opportunities which lie ahead.
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