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Douglas Craven

DOUGLAS CRAVEN

  
Nationality:    USA
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Douglas Craven. Like tobacco and (more recently) ginseng, Douglas Craven grew from the sAndy loam soil of Southwestern Ontario. His writing was encouraged by two inspired and inspiring English teachers, who had no idea what they were loosing on the world. Mr. Craven has earned several degrees in English Literature and Dramatic Arts from the University of Western Ontario. He is an actor, director, teacher, and father. When not writing, he practises Japanese swordsmanship. He lives in Whitby, Ontario.

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

         Bert's Golf Pants         Break Fast         Life Line         Lockdown         Monkey Do         Reflex Action         Stand Centre Stage And Bark!

Bert's Golf Pants

Synopsis:
Half an hour before his daughter's wedding, Bert puts his foot down about his wardrobe: he wants to wear a lurid pair of golf pants. Will his long-suffering family change his mind? Brutally funny, Bert's Golf Pants is a humorous peek under the lid of the family pressure cooker.

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1st Produced:
Click 2 exit Productions (Whitby, ON, United States)    2001

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

Music:
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Genre:
25-40 min Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  2 males, 2 females

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Break Fast

Synopsis:
One morning over breakfast, a mother and Father watch their daughter grow up -- from birth to adulthood.

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1st Produced:
Durham Shoestring Performers (Oshawa, ON, United States)    2000

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
20-30 min Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  1 male, 2 females

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Life Line

Synopsis:
a thin man on a bare stage picks up a phone, desperate for help from the Good Samaritan Life Line. Little does he know that he is about to enter Voice Mail Hell.

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1st Produced:
Click 2 exit Productions (Whitby, ON, Canada)    2000

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

Music:
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Genre:
10-20 min Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  1 either (1-4 actors possible: 0-4 males, 0-4 females)

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Lockdown

Synopsis:
In a dark classroom, eight students sit in an "official lockdown," not knowing if it's just a drill or an actual emergency. When a hystErical younger girl bolts from the room and the teacher follows, the remaining students are left alone to decide if it's safer to stay or run.

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1st Produced:
Click 2 exit Productions (Whitby, ON, Canada)    2006

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

Music:
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Genre:
20-35 min Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  4 males, 4 females, 1 either (9-11 actors possible: 4-8 males, 3-8 females)

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Monkey Do

Synopsis:
John and Jane are having relationship troubles: she's always lecturing him about the way he eats bananas, and he hogs the tire swing. Life at the zoo becomes even more tense with the arrival of Sarah, a sexy young gorilla with a scent that drives John wild.Monkey Do is a comedy about love, betrayal, very human relationships. . .oh, and bananas.

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1st Produced:
Anderson High School (Whitby, ON, Canada)    1995

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
30-55 min Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  2 males, 2 females, 3 either (4-7 actors possible)

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Reflex Action

Synopsis:
Reflex action is a fast-paced, self-reflexive send-up of theatrical conventions, traditions, and techniques, with a flexible cast size and composition. the plot concerns two characters, Itchy and Knee, who discuss the mystery of a place called Woodpecker Plateau. as they await the entrance of their dire arch-nemesis, Professor Unfrenabulous, they must endure choral Drama, tableau, body-bag dream sequences, a nineteenth-century operetta, stichomythia, monologues, pauses, Shakespeare, Beckett, Pinter, and enya.

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1st Produced:
Broadway High School (Broadway, Va, United States)    2001

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

Music:
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Genre:
20-45 min Comedy/Satire with music

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  20 either (10-30 actors possible: 0-30 males, 0-30 females)

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Stand Centre Stage And Bark!

Synopsis:
Five very different students audition for parts in their school's production of Othello. each student's expectations and fears are reflected by changes in the audition panel of their Drama teachers, who transform from hippies, to demons, to an alien hive-mind, to an interpretive dance troupe. Stand Centre Stage and Bark! is a fast-paced, comical look at the serious business of high school auditions.

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1st Produced:
Click 2 exit Productions (Whitby, ON, Canada)    2002

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

Music:
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Genre:
25-40 min Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  5            Other:  3 males, 5 females, 5 either (13 actors possible: 3-8 males, 5-10 females)

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