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Rick Salutin

RICK SALUTIN

  (1942 - )
Nationality:    Canadian
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Literary Agent:    Playwrights Guild of Canada  

Rick Salutin was born in Toronto. He spent the 1960s studying in the United States, returning to Canada in late 1970. He has been living and writing in Toronto since then. Chalmers Canadian Play Award (1977)

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         "S:" Portrait of a Spy         1837; or, The Farmer's Revolt         Adventures of an Immigrant, The         Canadiens, Les         False Messiah , The         Fanshen         IWA         Joey         Money         Nathan Cohen: A Review

"S:" Portrait of a Spy

Synopsis:
A suspicious subordinate in the counter-espionage unit of the RCMP is dogging his superior, and a fascinating game of cat and mouse ensues

Notes:
Written by Rick Salutin And Ian Adams

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1st Published:
Playwrights Guild of Canada    1-55155-804-1

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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1837; or, The Farmer's Revolt

Synopsis:
about "the famous Canadian Revolution, complete with William Lyon Mackenzie and a cast of hundreds of thousands";

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1st Published:
Canadian Theatre Review, 1975   0-88754-543-2

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Genre:
two-act collective creation

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Adventures of an Immigrant, The

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Genre:
full-length collective creation

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Canadiens, Les

Synopsis:
seeing "Hockey as history and history as hockey; from the Plains of Abraham to the PQ victory of'76"

Notes:
written by Dryden, Ken And Salutin, Rick

1st Produced:
Centaur Theatre, Montreal    1977

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1st Published:
Talon Books, Vancouver, BC, 1977   0-88922-122-7

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Genre:
full-length historical Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  8 actors

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False Messiah , The

Synopsis:
about a 17th century Jew who proclaims himself the messiah and challenges the Turkish Empire and the Sultan

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1st Published:
(PLCN) Playwrights Guild of Canada    0-88754-184-4

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Genre:
full-length Drama

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Fanshen

Synopsis:
focussing on "the Chinese revolution as it passes through a small village. the stage is the village. the cast are the inhabitants"

Notes:
from the book by William Hinton

1st Produced:
Toronto Workshop Productions    1972

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Genre:
Adaptation

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IWA

Synopsis:
creation in which "the great woodworkers' strike is crushed, live onstage, by Joey Smallwood"

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1st Produced:
Mummers' Troupe, St. John's    1975

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Genre:
collective creation

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Joey

Synopsis:
the life of Newfoundland premier Joseph Smallwood

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1st Produced:
Toronto Workshop    1982

Organisations:
Rising Tide Theatre

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Music:
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Genre:
Drama

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Money

Synopsis:
Dad: a lapsed Jew. Mom: a strong Christian. Daughter: baffled.-NY Times

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1st Produced:
by Young Peoples' Theatre, Toronto    1976

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Genre:
One Act

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Nathan Cohen: A Review

Synopsis:
the attitudes and controversial opinions of acclaimed Toronto theatre critic and media personality Nathan Cohen, are explored.

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1st Published:
(CTR) Playwrights Guild of Canada    0315-0836

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Genre:
2 acts Play/Drama

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