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Peter Colley

PETER COLLEY

  
Nationality:    Canadian
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English born Peter Colley is an award-winning Canadian writer based in Los Angeles and Toronto. His stage plays have been produced in 25 countries, 48 of the 50 states in the U.S. and every province in CanadA. He was nominated for the 2000 HumAnitas Prize for screenwriting and was a semi-finalist for the 2006 and 2007 Eugene O'Neill playwriting awards. From his start as one of the youngest playwrights ever produced at Canada's National Arts Centre, he has gone on to win one international, six national and four regional awards for writing. His plays have been translated into several languages (including sign-language for the deaf). One of his plays (I'll Be Back Before Midnight) was named in a Toronto Globe & Mail retrospective on Canadian Theatre as "the most produced Canadian play ever". This play has grossed over $12 million worldwide. For his body of work, the Canadian press called Mr. Colley "a national treasure". Peter Colley has been published by Samuel French Inc., (New York and London), Baker's Plays of Boston, Macmillans, and Simon & Pierre. Two of his plays have been made into feature films, with Mr. Colley writing both screenplays. He has written extensively for CBS Television, as well as Fox Family ChAnnel, British ITV, CBC Canada, WNeT TV (New York). Peter Colley is also the creator of an educational software program for writers called Great Dialogue Software". This software has been sold in 35 countries (www.greatdialogue.com). member of Dramatist Guild of America.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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         Cagney!         Donnellys , The         Ghost Island Light, The         Heads You Loose         Huron Tiger         I'll Be Back Before Midnight         Man In The Desert         Marathon Of Hope (The Terry Fox Musical)         Mark Of Cain, The         Murder In Noirville         Murderer In the Mirror (the Mark Of Cain), The         Shadow of a Blonde         Stolen Lives         Vaudevillians, The         When the Reaper Calls         You'll Get Used To It! - the War Show

Cagney!

Synopsis:
the life of Hollywood star James Cagney

Notes:
Rights for this title only - Bret Adams. Music And lyrics by Robert Creighton And Christopher McGovern; book by Peter Colley.additional songs by George M Cohan

1st Produced:
Florida Stage, Manalapan, Florida     2009

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Musical

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Donnellys , The

Donnellys , The
the massacre of the "Black Donneilys" of Lucan occurred 105 years ago and this is a Dramatization of that vigilantism born of fear and hatred. the action is augmented by song, rather in the manner of a Greek chorus.

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1st Produced:
Grand Theatre, London, Ontario.     1974

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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 2000   978-0889240582

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Genre:
Play with music

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Male:  16            Female:  8            Other:  flexible

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Ghost Island Light, The

Synopsis:
The wife of the lighthouse keeper goes mad with loneliness and murders her husband and kills herself. Her ghost haunts the lighthouse and drives the new keepers away. She aims to put the light out

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1st Produced:
Lighthouse Festival Theatre, Port Dover, Ontario     26 Aug 2015

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Genre:
Horror

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Heads You Loose

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1st Produced:
Blyth Memorial Community Hall, Blyth, Ontario     1982

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Blyth Theatre Festival

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Huron Tiger

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1st Produced:
Blyth Memorial Community Hall, Blyth, Ontario     1978

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Blyth Theatre Festival

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I'll Be Back Before Midnight

I'll Be Back Before Midnight
a couple rents an old farmhouse with the hope that the peace and quiet will help the wife recover from a nervous breakdown, but the old owner tells them tales of murder and ghosts . . .

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Bakers Plays, Boston, Ma,    978-0874408409

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Genre:
Thriller

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Man In The Desert

Synopsis:
T E Lawrence after he got back from the desert

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Genre:
Drama

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Marathon Of Hope (The Terry Fox Musical)

Synopsis:
Terry Fox one of Canada's greatest heroes. He lost his leg to cancer when he was 18. He decided to run across Canada as a fundraiser and to draw attention to the plight of people with cancer. Unfortunately his cancer returned and he died before he could complete his task

Notes:
Music by John Connelly; lyrics and book by Peter Colley

1st Produced:
St Jacobs Country Playhouse, ON     05 Oct 2016

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Genre:
Musical

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Mark Of Cain, The

Synopsis:
This is a psychological thriller about twins. Sean is cleaning up the cottage bequeathed to him by his foster parents for the purpose of selling it. His brother, an incarcerated mental patient, opposes his plan. In their youth, the twins had rebelled against ample doses of old time religion to become involved in satanism. It was the sacrifice of a girl in front of the cottage fireplace that put twin Michael away. Michael escapes, precipitating the evening of terror that is the play.

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Genre:
Thriller

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Murder In Noirville

Synopsis:
Murder In Noirville is Peter Colley's homage to Hollywood's classic hardboiled film noirs of the 1940s and 1950s, complete with a musical underscore.

Notes:
aka She's No angel

1st Produced:
Orillia Opera House 20 Mississaga Street West, Orillia, Ontario L3V 3A6     03 Jul 2012

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Murderer In the Mirror (the Mark Of Cain), The

Synopsis:
young man and his new wife return to his summer cottage. His identical twin, a dangerous schizophrenic, breaks out of the asylum and arrives at the cottage to terrorize them.

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1st Produced:
Muskoka Festival     1984

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Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,    -

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Genre:
Thriller

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Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Shadow of a Blonde

Synopsis:
In a homage to classic film noir, a burned-out city cop takes on the job as police chief in a small town, only to find more danger than he ever faced on the mean streets of the big city.

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1st Produced:
Dundas Little Theatre. Dundas, ON, CAN     14 Jan 2016

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Stolen Lives

Synopsis:
Based on the true story of albert Walker, the notorious Canadian financial guru who disappeared with millions of dollars of his clients'money, and his 15 year-old daughter Sheena. they were not found for 6 years when they were discovered in england where Walker had murdered and englishman for his identity, and was living with his fugitive daughter as husband and wife. This play explores the tangled psychology of a gifted con-man and his strangely dependent daughter

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Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 2001   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  doubling

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Vaudevillians, The

Synopsis:
The history of Vaudeville from the beginning to its end with the movies taking over

Notes:
written by Peter Colley And Ileinar Piller. Music by David Warrack

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Genre:
musical comedy revue

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When the Reaper Calls

When the Reaper Calls
Two young rival academics spend a weekend at a cottage with their wives. One of them plays a trick on the other to prove a point, but the trick goes murderously wrong . . .

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1st Produced:
Lindsay Little Theatre, Lindsay, Ontario.     22 Nov 2013

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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,
Samuel French Ltd, London 2006   978-0573114779

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Genre:
Mystery comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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You'll Get Used To It! - the War Show

Synopsis:
a chillingly Dramatic and humorously earthy reflection of the complex experiences of war veterans

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1st Produced:
Grand Theatre, London     1975

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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1997   -

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  6            Female:  2            Other:  doubling

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