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George Ryga

GEORGE RYGA  (1932 - )

 Nationality:    Canadian
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 Captives Of a Faceless Drummer         Compressions         Ecstasy Of Rita Joe, The         Feast Of Thunder, A         Grass And Wild Strawberries         Indian         Jeremiah's Place         Just An Ordinary Person         Laddie Boy         Letter To My Son, A         Nothing But a Man         One More For The Road         Paracelsus And the Hero         Ploughmen Of the Glacier         Portrait Of Angelica, A         Prometheus Bound         Seven Hours To Sundown         Sunrise On Sarah         Twelve Ravens For the Sun

Captives Of a Faceless Drummer

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Written by Alan Scarfe And George Ryga

1st Produced:
produced as an Equity Showcase at the Vancouver Art Gallery    1971

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Talon Books, Vancouver, 1971   -

Music:
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Genre:
full-length political drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Compressions

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1st Published:
Contained in: "The Other Plays" published by Talon Books 2004   -

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Genre:
One act

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Ecstasy Of Rita Joe, The

George Ryga
White man's denial of Indian humanity

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1st Produced:
Playhouse, Vancouver    1967

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Talon Books, Vancouver, 1970   978-0889220003

Music:
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Genre:
Two act drama

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Feast Of Thunder, A

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1st Produced:
-    1973

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Grass And Wild Strawberries

George Ryga
drama about the 60s youth culture

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1st Produced:
Playhouse, Vancouver    1969

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1st Published:
in "The Ecstasy Of Rita Joe and Other Plays", New Press, Toronto, 1971   978-0887700729

Music:
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Genre:
Three act drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Indian

George Ryga
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Notes:
originally written in 1962 As A television script

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "The Ecstasy Of Rita Joe and Other Plays", New Press, Toronto, 1971   978-0887700729

Music:
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Genre:
stage play One Act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Jeremiah's Place

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1st Produced:
Kaleidoscope Theatre, Victoria    1978

Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "Transitions 1: Short Plays", Concept, New York, 1978   -

Music:
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Genre:
Full Length Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Just An Ordinary Person

George Ryga
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1st Published:
Contained in: "The Other Plays" published by Talon Books 2004   978-0889225008

Music:
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Laddie Boy

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1st Produced:
Thunder Bay, Ontario    1981

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1st Published:
in "Transitions 1: Short Plays", Concept, New York, 1978   -

Music:
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Letter To My Son, A

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1st Produced:
Thunder Bay, Ontario    1981

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

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Nothing But a Man

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Notes:
originally written in 1966 As A television script

1st Produced:
Metro Theatre, Vancouver.    1966

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "The Other Plays" published by Talonbooks   -

Music:
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Genre:
full-length stage play

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One More For The Road

George Ryga
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1st Published:
Contained in: "The Other Plays" published by Talon Books 2004   978-0889225008

Music:
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Paracelsus And the Hero

Synopsis:
about the medieval healer

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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "Canadian Theatre Review", Toronto, Fall, 1974   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Ploughmen Of the Glacier

Synopsis:
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Notes:
commission from the Okanagan Mainline Regional Arts Council

1st Produced:
Western Canada Theatre Company at Spratt's Ark Theatre, Vancouver    1976

Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "Country and Western", Talonbooks, Vancouver, 1976   -

Music:
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Genre:
Two Act Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Portrait Of Angelica, A

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1st Produced:
Banff Centre, Banff    1973

Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "Country and Western", Talonbooks, Vancouver, 1976   -

Music:
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Genre:
full length drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Prometheus Bound

Synopsis:
As the ideal of democracy is again put to the test in Canada, many feel that the parties representing 'the people' come nowhere near representing the true voice of the masses. Are we powerless to change this? How can one voice change the world? Beyond the parties and the slogans and the fierce, empty words, are the people. There is always a human side, where families are broken, loves lost and farms burned. The moment he spoke out he was tried, judged and sentenced to hang like a torn banner of what he once was. Prometheus - the true revolutionary - festers in the bowels of the earth, where he questions how much progress man has made through time and what happens to the few who stand steadfast behind their ideals in the face of people relinquishing the burden of fighting for social change. But beyond these larger issues lie the people that have been wronged, and the humanity behind the politik becomes frighteningly real when those who are forgotten - the mad Io, cynical Worker, sympathetic Farmer - are given the choice to act or to remain silent and unheard. Beyond the groan of a deposed god lie the cries of the people who loved him. The furies are larger than life, the gods are clowns, and the people are far too real. And in the middle is Prometheus - a titan of morality and justice, yet flawed in his pride. He must embody his immortality and the responsibility that curses it. He must choose how his name and spirit will live on before he fades into the dust of history.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Aeschylus

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1st Published:
Contained in: "The Other Plays" published by Talonbooks 2004   -

Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Seven Hours To Sundown

Synopsis:
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Notes:
on commission from Theatre Network And the University of Alberta

1st Produced:
University of Alberta    1976

Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "Country and Western", Talonbooks, Vancouver, 1976   -

Music:
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Genre:
Two Act Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Sunrise On Sarah

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Banff Centre, Banff    1972

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Talon Books, Vancouver, 1973   -

Music:
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Genre:
Two act drama

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Twelve Ravens For the Sun

Synopsis:
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Notes:
music by Mikis Theodorakis

1st Produced:
-    1975

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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