DAVID FRENCH (1939 - )
| Nationality: | Canadian |
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Plays by David French
1949 |
| 1st Produced: | Toronto | 1989 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Talonbooks, Vancouver, 1989 | ISBN | 9780889222663 | |||
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| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | 2 boys | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
 | Newfoundland is about to join the Canadian Federation. In the Mercer family there is sadness at their loss of independence | |||||
Forest, The |
| 1st Produced: | Toronto | 1987 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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Jitters |
| 1st Produced: | Tarragon Theatre, Toronto | 1979 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights, Toronto, 1979 | ISBN | 9780889222427 | |||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
 | A new play is about to open - unfortunately the leading man is drunk and a New York producer is coming to see the play | |||||
Leaving Home |
| 1st Produced: | Tarragon Theatre, Toronto | 1972 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | New Press, Toronto, 1972 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | inter family warfare as patriarchal father is obsessed with making his two sons good reflections of himself | |||||
Miss Julie |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Talonbooks, Vancouver, | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Notes: | Original Playwright - August Strindberg | |||||
| Synopsis: | - | |||||
Of The Fields, Lately |
| 1st Produced: | Tarragon Theatre, Toronto | 1973 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights, Toronto, 1973 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Ben returns home when his father is dangerously ill. His mother and his father's best friend are caring for him | |||||
One Crack Out |
| 1st Produced: | Tarragon Theatre, Toronto | 1975 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights, Toronto, 1975 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Synopsis: | Charlie Evans a pool shark has two days to pay a $3,000 debt or have his legs broken. | |||||
Riddle Of The World, The |
| 1st Produced: | Toronto | 1981 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Talon Books, Vancouver, BC, | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | An ex-priest and a stockbroker find themselves adrift in the world of singles and dating | |||||
Salt-Water Moon |
| 1st Produced: | Toronto | 1984 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights, Toronto, 1985 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
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| Synopsis: | 1926 and eighteen year old Jacob is trying to win back his sweetheart | |||||
Seagull, The |
| 1st Produced: | Tarragon Theatre, Toronto | 1977 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights, Toronto, 1977 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Original Playwright - Anton Chekhov | |||||
| Synopsis: | Can the young people's dreams be realised or will their desires turn sour when confronted by the cruelties of the adult world? | |||||
Silver Dagger |
| 1st Produced: | Toronto | 1992 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Talonbooks, Vancouver, 1993 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | A crime writer finds that his life has started to imitate one of his novels as he becomes entangled with blackmail, adultery and murder | |||||
Soldier's Heart |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Synopsis: | After a violent argument with his father Jacob plans to leave home. He is at the railway station when his father arrives to persuade him to stay. Jacob agrees but only if his father talks about the terrible things that happened to him during the Great War | |||||
That Summer |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 5 |
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| Synopsis: | Margaret looks back on events in her life 32 years previously | |||||