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Greg Nelson

GREG NELSON

  
Nationality:    Canadian
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Literary Agent:    Jennifer Hollyer Agency  

Greg Nelson's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Angel, The         Castrato         Christmas Carol , A         Fall, The         Fear         File, The         Flight of the Living Dog         Mick Unplugged         North         Sidney         Slow Zoom         Speak         Spirit Wrestler
Angel, The

Synopsis:
A man sees an angel on the side walk

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Blizzard Publishing, Canada,    

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  Two actors of any sex

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Castrato

Synopsis:
Rev. Peter Maclean is fighting the church. And the Bible. And himself. His brother Stephen, whom he hasn't seen for 12 years, is a successful businessman and a follower of the charismatic, evAngelistic Rev. Jonathan Stern. the story of their turbulent reunion and the struggle for goodness

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Theatre Network, Edmonton, Canada     1993

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Blizzard Publishing, Canada,    

Music:
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Genre:
Drama 2 acts

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Christmas Carol , A

Synopsis:
A large-cast version of the classic Christmas story. This traditional adaptation, faithful in word and spirit to the original, captures the scale, exuberance and depth of Dickens' tale. Staging requirements extremely flexible.

Notes:
adapted with Ian Prinsloo

1st Produced:
Theatre Calgary, Canada     1999

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

Music:
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Genre:
Family

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  5            Other:  5c

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Fall, The

Synopsis:
Justice Harry McKay has died - in everyone's eyes a great man - but the truth is quite different

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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Guild of Canada   

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

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Fear

Synopsis:
Two people try to make sense of fear.

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

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  Two actors of any sex

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File, The

File, The
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
in Two Hands Clapping, Signature Editions   

Music:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  2 actors

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Flight of the Living Dog

Synopsis:
Mick's dog Dave leaps from a fortieth floor balcony and plummets to the sidewalk, conking Bonnie on the head. Mick is left with a dead dog, a murder, and a single question: was Dave falling. . .or flying?

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Theatre Eleven, Canada     1991

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

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy One Act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Mick Unplugged

Synopsis:
the perils of nostalgia. Mitch finds his old lp of "London's Calling" by the Clash. He remembers that he always wanted to start a record company. He now sets about doing this. He dresses as a punk and changes his name to Mick.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Guild of Canada   

Music:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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North

Synopsis:
April 1975. Tom, a university professor, travels North with his lover Kitty. he believes he will find passion and adventure in the wilderness. Instead, he and Kitty are faced with a far different landscape, full of mystery and suspicion.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Grand Theatre, Canada     2000

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

Music:
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Genre:
Drama 2 acts

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Sidney

Synopsis:
Sidney, an amnesiac who lives in the 7-11, enters a drug-house and searches for his past amongst the scattered memories of Leon, who may or may not be dead. For Mary and Jackie, he becomes a kind of messiah.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

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

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Slow Zoom

Synopsis:
Keith attempts to change his life by turning it into a movie. He zooms in on Cindy, and edits David out, leaves him on the cutting room floor. A play about desire and self-identity in the world of the media image.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Theatre Eleven, Canada     1989

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

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Speak

Synopsis:
Sarah is seeking the truth about her husband's shady past. She encounters Lloyd, a Saskatchewan MLA who has all the answers. Before long, they're getting far more than they bargained for, as they spiral down into the seedy and secret side of personal and provincial politics.

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

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy 2 acts Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Spirit Wrestler

Spirit Wrestler
the story of the Doukhobors' violent persecution in Russia and subsequent migration to Canada at the turn of the century. Tells of one man's spiritual journey: from his fiery declarations as a young man through his questioning and ultimate abandoning of his faith

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Coteau Books, Canada,    

Music:
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Genre:
Drama 2 acts

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  2            Other:  -

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