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Len Peterson

LEN PETERSON

  (1917 - 2008)
Nationality:    Canadian
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Literary Agent:    Playwrights Guild of Canada  

Len Peterson's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         All About Us         Almighty Voice         Billy Bishop and the Red Baron         Burlap Bags         Etienne Brule         Eye Of the Storm         Great Hunger, The         Let's Make a World         Women In the Attic         Workingman, The         Your World on a Plastic Platter

All About Us

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written with Tom Hendry, music by Allan Laing

1st Produced:
Canadian Players for a national tour    1963

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Full length play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Almighty Voice

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1st Produced:
Young People's Theatre, Toronto    1970

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Book Society of Canada, 1974   -

Music:
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Genre:
play for children 10 to 14 One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  child extras

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Billy Bishop and the Red Baron

Synopsis:
Youngsters in a hospital re-enact daring deeds of World War One pilots

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1st Produced:
Young People's Theatre, Toronto    1975

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Simon and Pierre, Toronto, in A Collection of Canadian Plays Vol IV, 1975   -

Music:
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Genre:
Youth play one act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Burlap Bags

Synopsis:
A suicide's diary is enacted

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Toronto Workshop Productions    1960

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

Music:
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Genre:
Drama One Act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Etienne Brule

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1st Produced:
Young People's Theatre, Toronto    1977

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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
children's play One Act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Eye Of the Storm

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

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Great Hunger, The

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1st Produced:
Arts Theatre, Toronto    1960

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Book Society of Canada, 1967   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Let's Make a World

Synopsis:
Creation myths of various societies

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

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Women In the Attic

Synopsis:
A newspaperman becomes fascinated with the life of a lady of pleasure after covering her funeral

Notes:
aka the Queen Street Scrolls

1st Produced:
Globe, Regina    1971

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

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  14            Female:  7            Other:  -

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Workingman, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Toronto Workshop Productions    1972

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

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Your World on a Plastic Platter

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Unproduced    1976

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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