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Auden Test, The
Synopsis:
W H Auden and Alan Turing
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Digital edition: Playwrights Guild of Canada
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Genre:
Gay historical characers monologue
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Male: 1 Female: - Other: -
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https://twitter.com/laronovich
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Book Of Daniel
Synopsis:
About not coming out until you are ready
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Genre:
Gay ten minute play
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Male: 2 Female: 1 Other: -
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Ex Cathedra
Synopsis:
The future - homosexuality has been outlawed. A government inspector arrives. A nun recognises her as an ex-lover
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Originally performed with "Safe House" under the overall title: "The Lavender Railroad"
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Genre:
Lesbian drama one act
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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False Assumptions
Synopsis:
The life of Marie Curie
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Gladstone Theatre, Ottawa
Mar 2013
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Genre:
Short play
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Finishing The Suit
Synopsis:
An ageing tailor remembers his late lover - Jimmy a Broadway chorus boy and his favourite customer the Duke of Windsor
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Genre:
Gay drama full length
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Male: 3 Female: - Other: -
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Free As A Bird
Synopsis:
A 90 year old man fulfils a lifetime ambition when he sky dives. Whilst descending he conjures up his late wife and mother
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Genre:
Ten minute play
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Male: 1 Female: 2 Other: -
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Galatea
Synopsis:
the Play Takes A Fresh Look At the Pygmalion Legend From A Gay Perspective. It's About Love, Loyalty, Infidelity, Marriage, Class And Art
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Derry Playhouse Theatre
2011
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Toto Too Theatre
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Genre:
Gay comedy full length
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Male: 4 Female: - Other: -
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Jew From Three Rivers, The
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1807 Ezekiel Hart was the first Jew to be elected to public office in the British Empire. He refused to take his seat because he was required to swear the oath of allegiance on a Christian Bible
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Genre:
Historical drama
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Motherhood
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Ruth is pregnant and has now been diagnosed with cancer. Her partner Maureen says that she must get rid of the baby to fight the cancer. Ruth ignores her. Twenty years later she and their daughter Joanne have problems to sort out
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Genre:
Lesbian ten minute play
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Male: - Female: 4 Other: -
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One Small Step
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Dwight is watching the Moon landing on television when his ex Thomas arrives with news of a riot at the Stonewall
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Genre:
Gay ten minute play
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Male: 2 Female: - Other: -
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Running Late
Synopsis:
a man. a woman. a cafe. they were a couple once. Now they're seeing each other for lunch, just as friends. "How civilized is that?" they've moved on. Haven't they?
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1st Produced:
New Theatre Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
03 May 2012
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extremely Short Play Festival
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short play
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Safe House
Synopsis:
The future - homosexuality has been outlawed. The Lavender Railroad has been established to get gay men and lesbians to safety. Sebastian is on the first part of the journey he meets his helper a much older man who insists on being called Mother
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Originally performed with "Ex Cathedra" under the overall title: "The Lavender Railroad"
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Genre:
Gay drama one act
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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