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Leo Orenstein

LEO ORENSTEIN

  (1919 - 2009)
Nationality:    Canadian
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Leo Alan Orenstein (c. 1919  5 February 2009) was a Canadian director, producer and writer who worked primarily in television and Theatre. At CBC Television alone, he was director or producer in over 150 works there, many of which were adaptations of works by such authors as Chekhov, Ibsen, George Bernard Shaw and Ionesco.

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

         Big Leap , The         Homeless Hannah         Salesmen Don't Ride Bicycles

Big Leap , The

Synopsis:
the man contracted to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel runs off with a cocktail waitress. What are his two backers to do?

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1st Produced:
Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto    1953

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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,    978-1-55155-051-0

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Genre:
3 act play 105 min

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Homeless Hannah

Synopsis:
A homeless woman gets a job as housekeeper for a professor and his son. She later leaves them to become housekeeper to a poet

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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Salesmen Don't Ride Bicycles

Synopsis:
A senile, retired salesman's second wife leaves him when his son returns from Hollywood

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1st Produced:
Kawartha Summer Theatre, Lindsay    1988

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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,    978-1-55155-452-5

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Genre:
Comedy Drama2 act 105 min

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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