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Arthur Lister Murphy

ARTHUR LISTER MURPHY  (1906 - )

 Nationality:    Canadian
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 Breadwinner, The     Centennial Play, The     Charlie     First Falls On Monday, The     Sleeping Bag, The     Thy Sons Command     Tiger! Tiger!     Virus Called Clarence, A

Breadwinner, The

Synopsis:
comedy about a "young wife who works to put her husband through college but would rather have a baby";

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Rothsay, St. John, New Brunswick    1967

Organisations:
Rothsay Players

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Music:
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Genre:
full-length comedy

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Centennial Play, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
in collaboration with Robertson Davies, W.O. Mitchell, Eric Nicol And Yves Theriault

1st Produced:
Ottawa Little Theatre    1967

Organisations:
withCanadian Festival of the Arts,

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Music:
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Genre:
Full Length Play/Drama

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Charlie

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1st Produced:
Halifax    1967

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First Falls On Monday, The

Synopsis:
look at "what happened in the week before confederation in 1867"

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1st Produced:
Lindsay, Ontario    1967

Organisations:
Kawartha Summer Theatre

1st Published:
University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1972   -

Music:
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Genre:
Two Act Play/Drama

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Sleeping Bag, The

Synopsis:
about a shy, withdrawn woman marooned in the Arctic

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1st Produced:
Neptune Theatre, Halifax    1966

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Genre:
Full Length Play/Drama

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Thy Sons Command

Synopsis:
about '"the conflict between neighbours, an aristocratic French wine grower and a blunt English cattle raiser. The younger people, without pedigree, carry the story"

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Hamilton, Ontario    1967

Organisations:
Hamilton Players

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
two-act play

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Tiger! Tiger!

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1st Produced:
Halifax    1970

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Virus Called Clarence, A

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan    1974

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1974   -

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