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Colleen Curran

COLLEEN CURRAN  (1954 - )

Nationality:    Canadian
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below is a list of Colleen Curran's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

Amelia Earhart Was Not A Spy         Another Labour Day         Brave Girl , A         Cake-Walk         Ceili House         El Clavadista         Forever Island         In The Country Of The Blue         Local Talent         Maple Lodge         Miss Balmoral Of The Bayview         Moose County         Mothers Of The Year         Pillbox Hat, The         Sacred Hearts         Senetta Boynton Visits The Orient         Sibyl And Sylvia         Something Drastic         Sort Of Holiday, A         Spooks (A Haunting Comedy)         Villa Eden         Whale Watch         When The Job Was Nicely Done



Amelia Earhart Was Not A Spy

Colleen Curran
Hilary and Kevin, her homosexual roommate have been living together for five years, but this evening Hilary has invited someone to dinner - her new fiance

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1st Produced:
Solar Stage, Toronto    1985

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Triple Play" published by Signature Editions 1990   978-0921833284

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Another Labour Day

Synopsis:
Ben and Louise meet, marry and come to terms with his infidelity over the course of fifteen sequential Labour Days at their summer cottage

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1st Produced:
Quebec Drama Festival.    1984

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

Music:
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Genre:
Comedic Drama One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Brave Girl , A

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1st Produced:
Theatre d'aujourd'hui, by Playwrights Workshop Montreal and Centre des auteurs Dramatiques    1996

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1st Published:
Nuage Editions, 1997   -

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Genre:
Comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Cake-Walk

Colleen Curran
Five unlikely contestants clash in a cake-baking contest on Canada Day in which each character gets his or her just desserts

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1st Published:
Playwrights Canada Press 2000   978-0887545863

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  or 2m/5f

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Ceili House

Synopsis:
Freya Brady is the new curator of a museum to honour the famous Canadian author Rebecca Coburn. Her task is complicated by an opera-singing gardener, a Druid, a socialite and a designing businessman in this mystery within a comedy within an incredible garden.

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

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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El Clavadista

Colleen Curran
Two school teachers on vacation in Mexico await the latest tourist attraction - el clavadista (the cliff diver) - and discuss Elvis and life. a Fringe favourite.

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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Triple Play" published by Signature Editions 1990   978-0921833284

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Forever Island

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

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In The Country Of The Blue

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

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Local Talent

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

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Maple Lodge

Synopsis:
siblings at summer cottage are expecting their formidable mother however an exotic stranger arrives instead

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

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Miss Balmoral Of The Bayview

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

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Moose County

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

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Mothers Of The Year

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

Music:
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If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Pillbox Hat, The

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

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Drama One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Sacred Hearts

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,    -

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Senetta Boynton Visits The Orient

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,    -

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Sibyl And Sylvia

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,    -

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Something Drastic

Colleen Curran
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Goose Lane Editions   978-0864921710

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Sort Of Holiday, A

Colleen Curran
an unlikely romantic comedy about two strangers who clash one afternoon in a small college library. The spirit of Stephen Leacock, which permeates this play, gently leads the two characters to a surprising reconciliation

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Triple Play" published by Signature Editions 1990   978-0921833284

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Spooks (A Haunting Comedy)

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,    -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Villa Eden

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,    -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Whale Watch

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,    -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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When The Job Was Nicely Done

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    -

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

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  6            Other:  -

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