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Beverley Cooper

BEVERLEY COOPER

  
Nationality:    Canadian
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Beverley has written for Theatre, TV and film. She has also written extensively for CBC radio Drama; both original Dramas and adaptations. Her adaptation of Rohinton Mistry's epic novel a Fine Balance and her original Drama It Came from Beyond! both earned her a nomination for a Writer's Guild of Canada award. Most recently she worked as the story editor on the award winning series afghanadA. as well as producing the second season and directing five episodes. Beverley's writing for Theatre includes Thin Ice (co-written with Banuta Rubess - Dora and Chalmer's awards), Clue in the Fast Lane ( co-written with ann-Marie MacDonald), the critically acclaimed the eyes of Heaven (Published in the Canadian Theatre Review Fall 2007) and the Woman in White ( adapted from the novel by Wilkie Collins) which was recently produced at Theatre aquarius in Hamilton. Her play Innocence Lost: a Play about Steven Truscott was a sold out hit at the 2008 Blyth Festival and will be remounted next September 2009. Innocence Lost will be published this spring by Scirocco Press. Beverley trained as an actor at Studio 58 in Vancouver, and has performed in TV, film and in Theatres across the country. Theatre highlights include the original productions and tours of Nothing Sacred by George F Walker and Good-Night Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet by ann-Marie MacDonald. She has workshopped and performed with Video Cabaret including the Cold War and City for Sale. She first worked with Diane Flacks and alisa Palmer on the remount of Smudge. Beverley has also acted in TV, radio and film including the feature film Summer of the Monkeys and the TV movie Crossing the Line. She has taken part in many workshops of new Canadian works and has worked collectively many times. Beverley is a member of PeN Canada: an organization that assists writers around the world who are persecuted for the peaceful expression of their ideas. Beverley lives in Toronto, CanadA.

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         Clue In the Fast Lane         Eyes Of Heaven, The         If Truth Be Told         Innocence Lost: A Play About Steven Truscott         Nellie Bly: Ten Days In A Madhouse         Out Of Body         Psychic Driving         Thin Ice         Woman In White, The

Clue In the Fast Lane

Synopsis:
Beverley Cooper and ann-Marie MacDonald's script is a witty spoof of Carolyn Keene's popular Nancy Drew mysteries, which generations of 20th-century girls grew up devouring. "Who's the girl who cracks the case with every Titian hair in place?" It's Nancy Prew, the relentlessly perky teen detective! Nancy's time-travel adventures are the mystery at the heart of Clue in the Fast Lane.

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written by Cooper, Beverley And Macdonald, Ann-marie

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Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,    -

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Genre:
satire

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Eyes Of Heaven, The

Synopsis:
the tale of a mother and daughter dealing with grief and teen angst in small town Ontario. Late night, on a lonely Huron County road, fifteen year old eloise Bernhardt has an extraordinary supernatural encounter. What she sees changes her life forever. This is a story of a mother and her teenaged daughter who have lost their way, and how they are fighting their way back to loving each other. It is a story that questions what we believe in, examines how we judge each other and asks the universal question; "What is out there, beyond the stars?" By turns funny and touching, with a little of the unworldly thrown in for good measure, this a play that will grab you and keep you entertained until the last word is spoken. "the riveting and authentic story of a family's struggle to live outside the norm".

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1st Produced:
Www.Blythfestival.Com     2007

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1st Published:
Canadian Theatre Review 132 (Winter 2007)   -

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Genre:
Drama/comedy

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Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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If Truth Be Told

Synopsis:
Peg Dunlop an internationally acclaimed writer is living with her family in Vancouver. She unexpectedly returns to her home town of Wayford. She is not liked by the townspeople as they can see themselves as characters in her books. The new High School teacher is unaware of this and assigns one of Peg's books to her year 13 class. She also invites Peg to come and talk to the class. When the parents hear about the book assignment they try to get the book banned

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1st Produced:
Blyth Festival, Lake Huron     27 Jul 2016

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Genre:
Drama

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Innocence Lost: A Play About Steven Truscott

Synopsis:
a sold out hit for the Blyth Festival - Based on the true story of 14 year old Steven Truscott's conviction and subsequent acquittal in the murder of his classmate Lynne Harper. Commissioned by the Blyth Festival for the 2008 season. "Playwright, Beverley Cooper, tackles this delicate subject with great sensitivity to the past, present and future, as she explores the far reaching effects of crime and punishment."

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1st Produced:
Www.Blythfestival.Com     2008

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1st Published:
Scirocco Drama. http://www.jgshillingford.com (2009)   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Nellie Bly: Ten Days In A Madhouse

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Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,    -

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Out Of Body

Synopsis:
a woman has an out of body experience in which she sees her best friend cheating on her boyfriend

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Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,    -

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Genre:
Drama One act

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Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Psychic Driving

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Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,    -

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Thin Ice

Synopsis:
a teen Drama dealing with the difficult issues of sexuality and power. Co-written with Banuta Rubess. Winner of the Dora Mavor Moore award for theatre for Young People. Winner of the Chalmer's Children's Play award.

Notes:
written by Cooper, Beverley And Rubess, Banuta

1st Produced:
Theatre Direct Toronto     1987

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1st Published:
Playwrights Canada Press in Wanna Play? (1994)   -

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Genre:
youth One act

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Woman In White, The

Synopsis:
Based on the hugely popular 1859 novel by Wilkie Collins. a young man meets a woman, dressed in white, on a desolate road near London. the woman has escaped from an asylum for the insane. Thus the story begins, propelling the audience into a Victorian, gothic, romance mystery. "a good story is timeless. a story with romance, mystery and murder is irresistible." Wonderful female characters.

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Has many characters but can be produced with ten Actors with double casting.

1st Produced:
Theatre Aquarius     2008

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Genre:
Mystery/Romance

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  -

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