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John Roby

JOHN ROBY  

 Nationality:    Canadian
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below is a list of John Roby's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Beo's Bedroom         Country Chorale         Hot Flashes         Old Man's Band, The         Paris Before The Crash

Beo's Bedroom

Synopsis:
Beo is afraid of the dark. Her Teddy Bear helps her overcome her fear

Notes:
Music by John Roby; lyrics and book by Ned Dickens

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

Music:
-

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Genre:
Childrens musical

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Country Chorale

Synopsis:
A singer gives it all up to marry.

Notes:
Written by John Roby And Ted Johns

1st Produced:
-    1982

Organisations:
-

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

Music:
-

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Hot Flashes

Synopsis:
A married couple try to re-kindle their love. They go away to the resort where they first met but their teenage daughter turns up demanding attention

Notes:
written by Ledoux, Paul And Roby, John

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

Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Old Man's Band, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Blyth Memorial Community Hall, Blyth, Ontario    1993

Organisations:
Blyth Theatre Festival

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Paris Before The Crash

Synopsis:
Americans in Paris in the 1920s. Robert McAlmon the gay publisher who was the first to publish Gertrude Stein. The gay John Glassco known as "Buffy" bohemian and poet. Kay Boyle a would be novelist who thinks she is in love with Robert McAlmon

Notes:
Written by John Roby And Paul Ledoux

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical. - - Gay/Lesbian, musical

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  chorus

Further Reference:
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