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John Palmer

JOHN PALMER  (1940 - )

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 Before the Guns         Bland Hysteria         Boston 1914         Confessions of a Necrophile or Never Laugh When a Hearse Goes By         Day At The Beach, A         End, The         Henrik Ibsen on the Necessity of Producing Norwegian Theatre         How It All Began         I'm Going to Pin My Medal on the Girl I Left Behind         Lillian's Lament         Making Brownies Like We Used To         Memories for My Brother, Part I         Memories for My Brother, Part II         Out to Breakfast         Pits, The         Seven Little Australians         Singapore         Touch of God in the Golden Age, A         Visions: of an Unseemly Youth

Before the Guns

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Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,    -

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Bland Hysteria

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1st Produced:
St. Lawrence Centre, Toronto    1971

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Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1972   -

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Two Acts Play/Drama

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Boston 1914

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Confessions of a Necrophile or Never Laugh When a Hearse Goes By

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Little Vic Theatre, Stratford    1966

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Day At The Beach, A

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A gay Jewish man expands his lonely life through the dance scene at a gay synagogue and New York University

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Toronto Free Theatre    -

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Coach House Press, Toronto, 1991   -

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Play/Drama. - - Gay, theme/character one act

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End, The

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Gays and lesbians portrayed in a variety of situational problems.

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1st Produced:
Toronto Free Theatre    1972

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Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1972   -

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Black Comedy Comedy. - - Gay, full length

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Henrik Ibsen on the Necessity of Producing Norwegian Theatre

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1st Produced:
Factory Theatre Lab, Toronto    1976

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Canadian Thec~tre Review, Spring (CTR 14);, 1977   -

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Genre:
Comedy One Act

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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How It All Began

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Public Theatre, New York    -

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I'm Going to Pin My Medal on the Girl I Left Behind

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Carleton University, Ottawa    1965

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Lillian's Lament

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1st Produced:
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre    1996

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Contained in: "Rhubarb-0-rama" published by Blizzard 1998   978-0921368786

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Making Brownies Like We Used To

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Memories for My Brother, Part I

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1st Produced:
Canadian Place Theatre arid Theatre Passe Muraille in Stratford    1969

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Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1972   -

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20 scenes One Act

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Memories for My Brother, Part II

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St. Lawrence Centre, Toronto    1972

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Out to Breakfast

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Pits, The

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written with Des McAnuff

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Toronto Free Theatre    1975

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Seven Little Australians

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Music by David Reeves; lyrics by John Palmer; book by John Palmer; book by Peter Yeldman

1st Produced:
Comedy Theatre, Melbourne    22 Jun 1988

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1st Published:
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Original cast recording: EMI (CDP-701157) 1988

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Musical

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Singapore

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Broken Jaw Press   978-1896647852

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Touch of God in the Golden Age, A

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1st Produced:
Factory Theatre Lab, Toronto    1971

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Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1972   -

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Genre:
Three Act Play/Drama

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Visions: of an Unseemly Youth

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1st Produced:
Little Vic Theatre, Stratford    1966

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Full Length Play/Drama

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