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Jason Hall

JASON HALL

  
Nationality:    Canadian
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Literary Agent:    The Agency (London) Ltd  

Jason Hall's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         21 Things You Should Know About Toronto's Crack-Smoking Mayor         87 - 99         Africa Calls         Avian Citizen         Bird Play         Bridges         Canadian, The         Daisy Amazed Me         Eyes Catch Fire         Fantasy         Finders         First Class Death, A         GBS         Insurgency         Match, The         On Holiday         Rose's Clothes         Stand Sentry         Third Floor         Two Shots From A Pistol         Violet's The Pilot         Weirdo
21 Things You Should Know About Toronto's Crack-Smoking Mayor

Synopsis:
He's admitted to smoking crack. He's been drunk in public. He's the mayor of Toronto and his supporters adore him. But when one woman's passionate defence of the world's most scandalous politician goes horribly (and hilariously) wrong, will her faith waver? Toronto Fringe Festival favourites DeCo. (two-time winners of the Patrons' Pick Award) bring their unique blend of comedy and drama to Edinburgh with the world premiere of this biting comedy. Written by award-winning Canadian playwright Jason Hall whose work has also been seen in London's West End and off Broadway.

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1st Produced:
Sweet Grassmarket, Edinburgh Fringe Festival     01 Aug 2014

Organisations:
DeCo. Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy, New writing, 50 minutes

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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87 - 99

Synopsis:
Two young friends have the chance to stop serial rapist and murderer Paul Bernardo but do not take it. His reign of terror lasted from 1987 to 1999

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Complete text: https://www.halljas.com/more-info   

Music:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Africa Calls

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Avian Citizen

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Bird Play

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Notes:
part of Play readings. New Voices is A programme created to identify And develop writers from east London, refugee communities And playwrights who wish to explore the subject of exile And human rights.

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Genre:
short play

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Bridges

Synopsis:
An old man meets a young man in Mostar. A young man meets an older man in London

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Complete text: https://www.halljas.com/more-info   

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Genre:
Gay short play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Canadian, The

Synopsis:
A waterfront resort is under threat because of bank loans and the interest of a property developer. Then an eccentric Hollywood writer arrives with a list of demands and probably the money to save the day

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Complete text: https://www.halljas.com/more-info   

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Genre:
Farce

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Daisy Amazed Me

Synopsis:
Daisy's mother easily outshines her. Then mother starts getting drab

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Complete text: https://www.halljas.com/more-info   

Music:
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Genre:
Verse play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Eyes Catch Fire

Synopsis:
tale of suppressed guilt and cultural tension. the action goes between the torpid atmosphere of British Guyana in the 60's and the frozen regrets of a Canadian winter in the late '70s, focusing on a young woman who has betrayed her family in a way that none of them begins to suspect.

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Organisations:
eCO Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  6            Other:  -

Further Reference:
TR 24/2004  764

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Fantasy

Synopsis:
Michelle looks on her teenage son's computer and does not like what she sees. But no one else seems to be concerned. She takes matters into her own hands

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Genre:
Black comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Finders

Synopsis:
Zeb and Joan are trying to live ethically. They discover an old forgotten bank account that has millions of pounds in it

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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First Class Death, A

Synopsis:
1854 all London cemeteries were full. Aa special railway line was built - London Necropolis Line to take coffins out of London to be burried further afield. 2015 a group of people want to revive this railway line

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1st Produced:
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1st Published:
Complete text: https://www.halljas.com/more-info   

Music:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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GBS

GBS
Rich and Sam meet up at the airport. they haven't seen each other in years and they have practically nothing in common. But their father's lying in a coma and the least they can do is find out why. the beautifully crafted two-hander tells the story of two brothers trying to get to the hospital in one piece - a hilarious tale of suburban misadventure.

Notes:
revised version theatre 503, London, 2006

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
TR 26/2006  1416

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Insurgency

Synopsis:
Set in Colombia during the 1980s, Insurgency examines the workings and impact of the FaRC, the far-left revolutionary militia. When albert, one of the FaRC's most feared guerrillas, meets ana, a beautiful girl from a deprived village, their passion and the political struggle around them become dangerously interlocked. . .

Notes:
part of Autumns Writers' Block.

1st Produced:
Reading At Tristan Bates Theatre, London     2006

Organisations:
Operating Theatre Company, London

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Match, The

Synopsis:
Two mothers clash when the son of one is the only person in class not invited to a party

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Complete text: https://www.halljas.com/more-info   

Music:
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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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On Holiday

Synopsis:
Jo and Clive are determined to enjoy their holiday - so the kids and the ex-pats are annoying but then there is the sun, sea and sand. Then they find a severed foot

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Complete text: https://www.halljas.com/more-info   

Music:
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Genre:
Black comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Rose's Clothes

Synopsis:
Everybody keeps telling Rose to take more responsibly - but she just wants someone to do everything for her. In her grandmother's trunk she finds some magical clothes

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Genre:
Childrens play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Stand Sentry

Synopsis:
Soldiers on guard duty surrounded by hostiles but what are they going to do about tea?

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1st Produced:
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1st Published:
Complete text: https://www.halljas.com/more-info   

Music:
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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Third Floor

Third Floor
the last thing I want is all these total strangers, who live literally inches away from me, knowing every last detail of my life.' When a young woman buys her first flat it seems that all her dreams are coming true. then she meets him. Overbearing, brash, and prone to spectacular gaffs, her across-the-hall neighbour is definitely strange  yet strangely attractive. But when an innocent prank goes horribly wrong the newly-formed friendship is pushed to breaking point. Only then do the neighbours realise they don't know as much about each other as they thought they did. a vertical thriller for a time when a stranger is only one wall away.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Lower Ossington Theatre, Toronto     05 Aug 2011

Organisations:
DeCo as part of SummerWorks festival

1st Published:

Music:
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Genre:
thriller

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
TR 31/2011  1141

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Two Shots From A Pistol

Synopsis:
Gavro Princip tells his own story of why he shot the Archduke

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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Complete text: https://www.halljas.com/more-info   

Music:
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Genre:
Historical drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Violet's The Pilot

Synopsis:
Violet is about to become the world's youngest pilot but before she can take off Bud the world's youngest environmentalist turns up

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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Complete text: https://www.halljas.com/more-info   

Music:
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Genre:
Youth play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Weirdo

Synopsis:
A teenager driven to extremes which he hopes to solve with a gun

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Complete text: https://www.halljas.com/more-info   

Music:
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Genre:
Monologue play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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