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Des McAnuff

DES MCANUFF

  (1953 - )
Nationality:    Canadian
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below is a list of Des McAnuff's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Bacchae, The         Champion, The         Choke Sisters, The         Death Of Von Richthofen As Witnessed From Earth         Faustus         Leave It To Beaver Is Dead         Lime In the Morning, A         New Romance         Pits, The         Silent Edward         Summer: The Donna Summer Musical         Trash         Troll         Urbania
Bacchae, The

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Notes:
Original Playwright - Euripides. Adapted by Des McAnuff, with Larry Davis, Evelyn Dati, David Kosub

1st Produced:
Green Thumb Theatre, Toronto     1976

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Genre:
musical play Musical

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Champion, The

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1st Produced:
Woburn Collegiate Institute     1972

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Genre:
Musical

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Choke Sisters, The

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1st Produced:
Unproduced     1974

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Genre:
theatrical rock musical

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Death Of Von Richthofen As Witnessed From Earth

Death Of Von Richthofen As Witnessed From Earth
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1st Published:
Contained in: Word Plays Five: New American Drama published by PAJ Publications 1 Jun 1986    

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Faustus

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Original Playwright - Christopher Marlowe. Adapted with Ross Douglas

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Genre:
Adaptation

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Leave It To Beaver Is Dead

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1st Produced:
Hart House Theatre At The Glen Morris Studio, Toronto     1973

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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1976   

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Genre:
Two Act Play/Drama

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Lime In the Morning, A

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1st Produced:
Shelter Theatre Workshop     1974

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Genre:
Musical

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New Romance

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1st Produced:
Juilliard School, New York     1981

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Pits, The

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Notes:
written with John Palmer

1st Produced:
Toronto Free Theatre     1975

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Genre:
Full Length Play/Drama

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Silent Edward

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1st Produced:
Studio Theatre, Hamilton Place     1973

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Genre:
children's musical Youth Audience

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Summer: The Donna Summer Musical

Synopsis:
The story of Nat "King" Cole

Notes:
Music original Donna Summer songs; book by Robert Cary; Colman Domingo; Des McAnuff

1st Produced:
La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, CA     07 Nov 2017

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Music:
Original Broadway cast: Special Offers cd

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Genre:
Musical

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Trash

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Notes:
written with Larry Davis

1st Produced:
Mother Earth Theatre At Harbourfront Theatre, Toronto     1975

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Genre:
rock musical Musical

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Troll

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1st Produced:
Toronto Free Theatre     1974

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Full Length Play/Drama

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Urbania

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1st Produced:
Woburn Collegiate Institute     1971

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Genre:
sci-fi rock musical

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