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Mavor Moore

MAVOR MOORE

  (1919 - 2006)
Nationality:    Canadian
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Literary Agent:    Talent House  estate represented by Michael Petrasek

James Mavor Moore, CC OBC (March 8, 1919  December 18, 2006) was a Canadian writer, producer, actor, public servant, critic, and educator. Born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Francis John Moore, an Anglican theologian, and Dora Mavor, who helped establish Canadian professional Theatre in the 1930s and 1940s, Moore graduated with a BA from the University of Toronto in 1941. During World War II, he was an intelligence officer. As a director and known as Mavor Moore was a pioneer of Canadian television in the 1950s and was the creator of the CBC National News, later known as the National selecting the program's first regular newsreader, Larry Henderson. He is better known for his contribution to drama having created more than 100 plays, documentaries, musicals and librettos for stage, radio and television. From 1970 to 1984, Mavor Moore taught Theatre history as a professor at York University. He was the first artist to chair the Canada Council from 1979 to 1983. In 1973 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 1988. In 1999 he was appointed to the Order of British Columbia. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavor_Moore

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         Abracadabra         Anne Of Green Gables         Apology , The         Argument, The         Best Of All Possible Worlds, The         Christmas Carol, A         Come Away, Come Away         Customs         Fauntleroy         Getting In         Inside Out         Johnny Belinda         Louis Riel         Love And Politics         Man Inc         Ottawa Man, The         Pile, The         Roncarelli Affair, The         Spring Thaw         Store, The         Sunshine Town         Who's Who         Yesterday the Children Were Dancing

Abracadabra

Synopsis:
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Notes:
music by Harry Freedman

1st Produced:
Courtenay Youth Music Festival, B.C     1979

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Genre:
opera One Act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Anne Of Green Gables

Anne Of Green Gables
Ageing Matthew Cuthbert suffers a heart attack during harvest, 1903, and his grim-visaged sister determines to adopt an orphanage boy to help with the farm work at Green Gables. By mistake, a girl arrives, red-haired, freckled and over-talkative. Her vivid imagination and entertaining flow of chatter endear her to Matthew, but sister Marilla is set on packing her back as soon as possible. For once, Matthew wins, and this enchanting musical tells how young Anne Shirley finally overcomes the hostilities of her companions at the local school, and wins the hearts of the gossiping inhabitants of a close-knit Canadian community - even Marilla's. Laughter comes far too often for the sentiment to cloy.

Notes:
From the novel by L.M. Montgomery. Adapted by Donald Harron. Lyrics by Donald Harron And Norman Campbell. Additional lyrics by Mavor Moore And Elaine Campbell. Music by Norman Campbell

1st Produced:
New Theatre, London     16 Apr 1969

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1972   

Music:
Original cast recording: Sony (53495)

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  -

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apply for a license: www.theatricalrights.com/contact-us/

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Apology , The

Synopsis:
Socrates' self defence at his trial

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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,    

Music:
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Argument, The

Synopsis:
A couple argue and it develops into an all out war

Notes:
written 1973 for BBC-TV, London

1st Produced:
Unproduced    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
stage version published in Performing Arts, 1974   

Music:
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Genre:
Drama One Act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Best Of All Possible Worlds, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
from novel Candide by Voltaire, broadcast 1952. Aka the Optimist

1st Produced:
New Play Societytoronto     1956

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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical Play Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Christmas Carol, A

Christmas Carol, A
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Notes:
Music, lyrics And book by Mavor Moore. Based on the book by Charles Dickens

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Dramatic Publishing Company   

Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  4 children; extras

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Come Away, Come Away

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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,    

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Customs

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written in 1973 for radio (U.S. Earplay)

1st Produced:
Unproduced    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
stage version first published by Gage Publishing in Cues and Entrances, 1977   

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Fauntleroy

Synopsis:
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Notes:
from novel Little Lord Faunenroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett, music by Johnny Burke

1st Produced:
Charlottetown Festival, Prince Edward Island     1980

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical Adaptation

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Getting In

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written in 1972 for CBC-TV

1st Produced:
Unproduced    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1973   

Music:
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Genre:
Drama One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Inside Out

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Unproduced    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Simon and Pierre, Toronto, in A Collection of Canadian Plays, Volume II, 1973   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy One Act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Johnny Belinda

Synopsis:
In the small northern Canadian farming communities life is so hard that those who cannot pull their weight get little sympathy - Belinda is a deaf mute

Notes:
musical version of the play by Elmer Harris

1st Produced:
Charlottetown Festival, Prince Edward Island     1969

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical Play Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Louis Riel

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Jacques Languirand; music by Harry Somers

1st Produced:
O'Keefe Centre, Toronto     1967

Organisations:
Canadian Opera Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Opera Libretto Opera

Parts:
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Love And Politics

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Nicolas Flood Davin (the Fair Grit)

1st Produced:
Press Theatre, St. Catherines, Ontario     1979

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical Adaptation

Parts:
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Further Reference:
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Man Inc

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Jacques Languirand

1st Produced:
Toronto     1970

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
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Further Reference:
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Ottawa Man, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol, televised 1958

1st Produced:
Crest Theatre, Toronto     1961

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
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Pile, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written in 1972 for CBC-Radio

1st Produced:
Unproduced    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Simon and Pierre, Toronto, in A Collection of Canadian Plays, Volume II, 1973   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Roncarelli Affair, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Written by Mavor Moore And F R Scott

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "the Play's the Thing" published by Macmillan 1976   

Music:
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Spring Thaw

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Toronto     1947

Organisations:
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1st Published:
sketch Togetherness published in "A Treasury of Canadian Humor", McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, 1967   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Revue Show

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Store, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written in 1972 for CBC-TV

1st Produced:
Unproduced    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Simon and Pierre, Toronto, in A Collection of Canadian Plays, Volume II, 1973   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Sunshine Town

Synopsis:
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Notes:
aka the Hero of Mariposa, from Sunshine Sketches of A Little Town by Stephen Leacock

1st Produced:
New Play Societytoronto     1957

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical Adaptation

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Who's Who

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
New Play Societytoronto     1948

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Full Length Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Yesterday the Children Were Dancing

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Gratien Gelinas

1st Produced:
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island     1967

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Clarke Irwin, Toronto, 1969   

Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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