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Betty Jane Wylie

BETTY JANE WYLIE  (1931 - )

 Nationality:    Canadian
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A collection of Winter's manuscripts, correspondence and personal papers is located in the Mills Memorial Library, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
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below is a list of Betty Jane Wylie's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Androgyne     Angel     Beowulf     Blind Spot     Boy in a Cage     Discovery Trunk, The     Double Swap     Double Vision     Enemy of the People, An     George Dandin     Grace Under Pressure     Horsburgh Scandal: The Play , The     How to Speak Male     I See You, I See You     Jason     Kingsayer     Mark     Native of the James Family , A     Old Woman and the Pedlar , The     Place on Earth , A     Second Shepherds' Play , The     Size Ten     Soap Bubbles     Speculum     Steps     Time Bomb     Veranda     Very Special Person, a

BETTY JANE WYLIE
Androgyne

Synopsis:
about a girl who disguises herself as a boy in order to try out for the girl's parts in Shakespearean plays

Notes:
commissioned by Ontario Arts Council in 1978 for Red Light Theatre, Toronto

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  1    Female:  2    Other:  -

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BETTY JANE WYLIE
Angel

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Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,    -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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BETTY JANE WYLIE
Beowulf

Synopsis:

Notes:
music by Victor Davies

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Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,    -

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Genre:
rock opera Opera

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BETTY JANE WYLIE
Blind Spot

Synopsis:
about four people in an eye doctor's waiting room

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1st Produced:
workshopped by New Play Centre, Vancouver    1979

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Genre:
drama One Act

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BETTY JANE WYLIE
Boy in a Cage

Synopsis:
A mother takes her teenage son to see a counsellor - she wants him admitted to High School despite the fact he is mentally challenged

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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,    978-1551556321

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BETTY JANE WYLIE
Discovery Trunk, The

Synopsis:
Aliens send a discovery pod to Earth by mistake and before they can retrieve it is found by a group of school children

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Playwrights Press Canada   -

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Genre:
Youth one act

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BETTY JANE WYLIE
Double Swap

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1st Produced:
workshopped by Gravenhurst Opera House, Gravenhurst    1979

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Genre:
Two Acts Play/Drama

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BETTY JANE WYLIE
Double Vision

Synopsis:
Corrie is having a difficult adolescence. Her mother Eileen has divorced and is unhappy. Her grandmother Lara is facing crippling infirmity

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

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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BETTY JANE WYLIE
Enemy of the People, An

Synopsis:

Notes:
Original Playwright - Henrik Ibsen

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Genre:
three-act Canadian adaptation

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BETTY JANE WYLIE
George Dandin

Synopsis:
with lyrics set to French Canadian folk songs

Notes:
Original Playwright - Moliere

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Genre:
musical adaptation

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BETTY JANE WYLIE
Grace Under Pressure

Synopsis:

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

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4    Female:  2    Other:  -

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BETTY JANE WYLIE
Horsburgh Scandal: The Play , The

Synopsis:
drama based on the life of Russell Horsburgh, the United Church minister

Notes:
in collaboration with Theatre Passe Muraille with music by John Gray

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

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Genre:
two-act musical-drama

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BETTY JANE WYLIE
How to Speak Male

Synopsis:

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

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2    Female:  3    Other:  -

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BETTY JANE WYLIE
I See You, I See You

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Genre:
One Act

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BETTY JANE WYLIE
Jason

Synopsis:
Jason a mentally challenged young man is applying for his own apartment

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

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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BETTY JANE WYLIE
Kingsayer

Synopsis:

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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1978   -

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Genre:
play for children One Act

Parts:
Male:  4    Female:  3    Other:  -

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BETTY JANE WYLIE
Mark

Synopsis:
about a man dying of cancer

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Stratford Festival on the Third Stage    1972

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1979   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2    Female:  2    Other:  -

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BETTY JANE WYLIE
Native of the James Family , A

Synopsis:

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

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3    Female:  3    Other:  -

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BETTY JANE WYLIE
Old Woman and the Pedlar , The

Synopsis:

Notes:
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1st Produced:
by Young People's Theatre, Toronto    1977

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1978   -

Music:
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Genre:
play for children One Act

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BETTY JANE WYLIE
Place on Earth , A

Synopsis:
about an old woman living alone in a room, based on the experience recorded in a series of five articles which appeared in the Toronto Star, "Old and Alone", December 1979

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

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Genre:
Drama One Act

Parts:
Male:  -    Female:  1    Other:  -

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BETTY JANE WYLIE
Second Shepherds' Play , The

Synopsis:

Notes:
written by Doolittle, Quenten And Wylie, Betty. A musical Adaptation of the Wakefield Mystery play

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

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4    Female:  1    Other:  -

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BETTY JANE WYLIE
Size Ten

Synopsis:

Notes:
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1st Produced:
by Waterloo Playhouse, Waterloo, Iowa    1976

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Genre:
three-act comedy

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BETTY JANE WYLIE
Soap Bubbles

Synopsis:

Notes:
written with composer Victor Davies

1st Produced:
Muskoka Theatre    1979

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Genre:
Musical

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BETTY JANE WYLIE
Speculum

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

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -    Female:  1    Other:  -

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BETTY JANE WYLIE
Steps

Synopsis:

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

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  1    Female:  1    Other:  -

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BETTY JANE WYLIE
Time Bomb

Synopsis:

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

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3    Female:  3    Other:  -

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BETTY JANE WYLIE
Veranda

Synopsis:

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

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  3    Female:  3    Other:  -

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BETTY JANE WYLIE
Very Special Person, a

Synopsis:
based on the life of Emily Murphy

Notes:
in collaboration with Beth Palmer

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Genre:
Two Act play with music

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