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Carol Shields

CAROL SHIELDS  (1935 - 2003)

 Nationality:    (Dual) Canadian and American
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Carol Shields was born Carol Warner in Oak Park, Illinois. She graduated from Hanover College in Indiana in 1957. In July 1957, she married a Canadian, Donald Shields, and emmigrated to Canada where she remained the rest of her life. Carol and Donald had five children, one son and four daughters. Ms. Shields started her literary career by publishing poetry and radio Drama. Her first novel, SMALL CEREMONIES, was published in 1976, and her last of eight novels, UNLESS, in 2002. Carol Shields is best known for her Pulitzer-Prize-winning book THE STONE DIARIES, 1995. Ms. Shields also wrote biography, short stories and plays. A compete biography and writing history for Carol Shields can be found at www.carol-shields.com. Ms. Shields died at home in Victoria, Canada in July 2003.

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

 Air-Talk         Anniversary         Departures and Arrivals         Fashion, Power, Guilt and the Charity of Families         Thirteen Hands         Unless         View, The         Women Waiting

Air-Talk

Synopsis:
Two strangers sitting side by side in an airoplane find themselves inventing mutual friends and situations.

Notes:
Two men sit side-by-side in A small Aircraft.

1st Produced:
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Toronto, ON Canada www.cbc.ca/toronto/    1993

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in Instant ApplAuse: 26 Very Short Complete Plays (Paperback). Playwrights Canada Press (September 1, 2003)   978-0887546860

Music:
-

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Genre:
Radio Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Anniversary

Synopsis:
Tom and Diane have split up. They meet to divide their assets on what would have been their wedding anniversary. Friends, not knowing about the break up, arrive to throw a surprise party.

Notes:
Written by Carol Shields And Dave Williamson

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Gas Station Arts Centre

1st Published:
Blizzard Publishing, Winnipeg, MB Canada 1998
also in Thirteen Hands And Other Plays, Alfred a Knopf Inc (January 1, 2002)   978-0679312109

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama/Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Departures and Arrivals

Synopsis:
The comings and goings at a busy airport departure lounge

Notes:
The play is A series of vignettes. Each vignette can be played by different Actors. Hence the play can be performed by up to 20 Actors.

1st Produced:
Black Hole Theatre, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB Canada    1984

Organisations:
Black Hole Theatre Company, Winnipeg, MB Canada www.bhtc.ca

1st Published:
Blizzard Publishing, Winnipeg, MB Canada 1998
also in Thirteen Hands And Other Plays, Alfred a Knopf Inc (January 1, 2002)   092-1368135

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama/Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  voice

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Fashion, Power, Guilt and the Charity of Families

Carol Shields
"Poignant and comic insights into family life" -The Globe and Mail, Toronto

Notes:
Written by Carol Shields And Catherine Shields

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Prairie Theatre Exchange

1st Published:
in Thirteen Hands and Other Plays, Alfred a Knopf Inc (January 1, 2002)   978-0679312109

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Thirteen Hands

Synopsis:
Set around a bridge table through different generations of players, the four women in the play discover family histories, the secrets of getting old, and a companionship that is passed on, like an heirloom, to a next generation of bridge players.

Notes:
Four women sit At A bridge table playing bridge.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Blizzard Publishing, Canada, 1993   0-921368-30-5

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama/Comedy/Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Unless

Synopsis:
a subtly allusive work about loss and marginalisation of women

Notes:
Contact Great North Artists Management, Toronto, ON, Canada. By Carol Shields And Sara Cassidy from the novel of the same name by Carol Shields

1st Produced:
Bluma Appel Theatre, Toronto, ON Canada    2005

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1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  doubling

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View, The

Synopsis:
Couple find themselves locked out on a balcony high up on a vacant apartment building in the middle of winter.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Toronto, ON Canada www.cbc.ca/toronto/    1982

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Radio Drama comedy/tragedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Women Waiting

Synopsis:
Two women meet at the flight insurance counter at an airport to take out life assurance on their husbands who have just left on a trip

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Toronto, ON Canada www.cbc.ca/toronto/    1983

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Radio Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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