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John Coulter

JOHN COULTER

  (1888 - 1980)
Nationality:    Canadian
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born Belfast, Ireland

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below is a list of John Coulter's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Capful Of Pennies, A         Christmas Comes But Once A Year         Conochar         Crime Of Louis Riel, The         Dierdre         Drums Are Out, The         Folks In Brickfield Street, The         Francois Bigot: A Rediscovery In Dramatic Form Of the Fall Of Quebec         Holy Manhattan         House In the Quiet Glen, The         Living Together         Mr Kean Of Drury Lane         Mr Oblomoff         Pigs         Riel         Sleep My Pretty One         Transit Through Fire         Trial Of Louis Riel, The         While I Live

Capful Of Pennies, A

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1st Produced:
Central Library Theatre, Toronto    1967

Organisations:
aries Productions

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Genre:
Three act Play/Drama

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Christmas Comes But Once A Year

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1st Produced:
Arts and Letters Club, Toronto    1942

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One act

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Conochar

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Notes:
aka Conachar's Queen

1st Produced:
Broadcast BBC    1934

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1st Published:
W & C Baird, Belfast, 1917   -

Music:
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Crime Of Louis Riel, The

Synopsis:
focusing on Riel's life from the Metis uprising to Riel's eventual trial for treason. Suitable for production by smaller companies

Notes:
3rd part of trilogy

1st Produced:
Dominion Drama Festival, London, Ontario    1966

Organisations:
Saint Thomas More Players

1st Published:
Playwrights, Toronto, 1976   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  11            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Dierdre

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1st Produced:
Macmillan Theatre, Toronto    1965

Organisations:
Royal Conservotory of Music

1st Published:
Macmillan, Toronto, Canada, 1944   -

Music:
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Genre:
Libretto

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Drums Are Out, The

Drums Are Out, The
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1st Produced:
Abbey Theatre, Dublin >>>    12 Jul 1948

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1st Published:
De Paul University, 1971   -

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Play/Drama

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Male:  5            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Folks In Brickfield Street, The

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aka the Family Portrait

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Organisations:
Ulster group Theatre

1st Published:
Macmillan, Toronto, Canada, 1937   -

Music:
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Francois Bigot: A Rediscovery In Dramatic Form Of the Fall Of Quebec

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1st Published:
Hounslow Press, Toronto, 1978   -

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Genre:
Two PArts Play/Drama

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Holy Manhattan

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1st Produced:
Arts and Letters Club, Toronto    1940

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Genre:
Three act Play/Drama

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House In the Quiet Glen, The

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aka Sally's Chance

1st Produced:
Margaret eaton Hall, Toronto    1937

Organisations:
Toronto Masquers

1st Published:
Macmillan, Toronto, Canada, 1937   -

Music:
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Genre:
One act

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Living Together

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Notes:
edie, Helen, Hal And Willie, Sinton, Jill

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Genre:
sequence of two plays

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Mr Kean Of Drury Lane

Synopsis:
based on the off-stage life of the celebrated edmund Kean

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1st Produced:
-    1980

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Mr Oblomoff

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from novel by Ivan Goutcharov

1st Produced:
-    1946

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Genre:
adaptation

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Pigs

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Notes:
part of revue entitled Fair Well of All Things

1st Produced:
HArt House theatre    1940

Organisations:
Arts and Letters Club, Toronto

1st Published:
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Music:
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One act

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Riel

Synopsis:
a play in 2 parts designed for full-scale production in the Elizabethan manner: a continuous flow of scenes on a bare stage. the action takes place in the North West Territories, during the 1870's and l880's, the story of Riel's rise and final tragedy

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1st Produced:
New Play Society, Toronto    1950

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1st Published:
Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1962   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  25 m/f doubling

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Sleep My Pretty One

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1st Produced:
rehearsed reading St James Theatre, London    1951

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Genre:
Modern Dramatic verse Play/Drama

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Transit Through Fire

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1st Produced:
University of Toronto at Convocation Hall    1942

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1st Published:
Macmillan, Toronto, Canada, 1942   -

Music:
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Genre:
Libretto

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Trial Of Louis Riel, The

Synopsis:
a documentary of the trial of Louis Riel, edited and arranged in Dramatic form from transcriptions of evidence given in Regina in 1885. annual performances at Saskatchewan House

Notes:
French translations by Raynald Desmeules

1st Produced:
Saskatchewan House, Regina    1967

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Oberon Books, Ottawa, 1968   -

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Genre:
Documentary Documentary

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  50 m/f doubling

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While I Live

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1st Produced:
Unproduced    1971

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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