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Tom Hendry

TOM HENDRY

  (1929 - 2012)
Nationality:    Canadian
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Literary Agent:    Playwrights Guild of Canada  

Tom Hendry's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Aces Wild         All About Us         Apart From Everything, Is Anything the Matter?         Blue Leaves         Byron         Compleat Byron         Confidence         Do Not Pick the Flowers         Do You Remember?         Dr Selav's Magic theatre         Dybbuk, The         East Of the Sun, West Of the Moon         Fifteen Miles Of Broken Glass         Gravediggers Of 1942         Harbor At Portodel Oro         Hogtown: Toronto the Good         How Are Things With the Walking Wounded?         Masquerade         Memory Of Eden, A         Missionary Position, The         Naked At the Opera         One That Got Away, The         Satyricon         Seance         Seance Ii         That Boy - Call Him Back         Time Machine         Trapped!         You Smell Good To Me

Aces Wild

Synopsis:
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Notes:
music by Hendry And Stephen Jacks

1st Produced:
Hamilton, Ontario    1972

Organisations:
Creation Two

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Music:
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Genre:
Vaudeville with Music

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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All About Us

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Notes:
written with Len Peterson, music by Allan Laing

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Genre:
Revue Show

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Apart From Everything, Is Anything the Matter?

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1st Produced:
Banff School of Fine Arts, , alberta    1975

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Blue Leaves

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1st Produced:
Unproduced    1971

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Genre:
Short Play One act

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Byron

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Notes:
music by Stephen Jack

1st Produced:
Toronto Free theatre    1976

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Genre:
Play with songs Play with Music

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Compleat Byron

Synopsis:
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Notes:
music by Stephen Jack

1st Produced:
Toronto    1976

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

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Confidence

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1st Produced:
Banff Playwrights Colony, alberta    1976

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Genre:
Thriller

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Do Not Pick the Flowers

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1st Produced:
Winnipeg    1962

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Genre:
Mime Play

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Do You Remember?

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Notes:
televised 1954, music by Neil Harris

1st Produced:
Rainbow Stage, Winnipeg    1957

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Genre:
Musical revue

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Dr Selav's Magic theatre

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Notes:
written with Richard Foreman, music by Stanley Silverman

1st Produced:
Lenox art's CenterLenox, Massachusetts    1971

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Lyrics Only

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Dybbuk, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
music by Allan Laing, book by John Hirsch

1st Produced:
Winnipeg    1974

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Peguis, Winnipeg, 1975   -

Music:
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Genre:
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East Of the Sun, West Of the Moon

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1st Produced:
Toronto    1986

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Fifteen Miles Of Broken Glass

Fifteen Miles Of Broken Glass
alec is desperate to become a fighter pilot but it is 1945 and the War is ending.

Notes:
televised 1966

1st Produced:
Central Players, Toronto    1969

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights, Toronto, 1972   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy Drama Comedy

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Gravediggers Of 1942

Synopsis:
A group of kids put on a show to raise money for Canadian soldiers fighting in Dieppe

Notes:
music by Stephen Jacks

1st Produced:
Toronto Free theatre    1973

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Playwrights, Toronto, 1973   978-1552901236

Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Harbor At Portodel Oro

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1st Produced:
Unproduced    1972

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
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Hogtown: Toronto the Good

Synopsis:
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Notes:
music by Paul Hoffert

1st Produced:
Toronto    1981

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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How Are Things With the Walking Wounded?

Synopsis:
A couple are celebrating their second anniversary. The older partner passes off his younger boyfriend as his "ward"

Notes:
aka the Walking Wounded

1st Produced:
Toronto Free theatre    1972

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights, Toronto, 1972   978-0889220966

Music:
-

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Genre:
Gay, full length

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Masquerade

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1st Produced:
Unproduced    1972

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Memory Of Eden, A

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1st Produced:
Banff School of Fine Arts, , alberta    1975

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Missionary Position, The

Synopsis:
A black actress clashes with a painter and his older room mate

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Vancouver    1972

Organisations:
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1st Published:
in Friends and Lovers, Playwrights, Toronto, 1972   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy One act. - - Gay, full length

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Naked At the Opera

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Banff, alberta    1975

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Playwrights, Toronto, 1976   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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One That Got Away, The

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1st Produced:
Unproduced    1972

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
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Satyricon

Synopsis:
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Notes:
work by Petronius, music by Stanley Silverman

1st Produced:
avon Theatre, Stratford, Ontario    1969

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Disposable Opera'

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  7            Other:  chorus

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Seance

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Unproduced    1972

Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "Quarry", Ontario, Kingston, Winter, 1978   -

Music:
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Genre:
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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Seance Ii

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1st Produced:
Unproduced    1977

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Quarry Magazine, Winter, 1978-79   -

Music:
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Genre:
Drama One act

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That Boy - Call Him Back

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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Factory Theatre lab Workshop, Toronto    1971

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Performing Arts in Canada", Toronto, Winter, 1972   -

Music:
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Genre:
One act

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Time Machine

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Unproduced    1972

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Trapped!

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Notes:
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Genre:
Childrens comedy thriller Youth audience

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You Smell Good To Me

Synopsis:
A man and his mistress are forced to re-evaluate their lives after he failed to turn up for their weekly assignation

Notes:
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1st Produced:
theatre-in-the-Dell, Toronto    1972

Organisations:
Smellgood Productions

1st Published:
in Friends and Lovers, Playwrights, Toronto, 1972   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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