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Richard Turtle

RICHARD TURTLE  

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

 Figures         Freaky         Lump of Clay, A         Lunacy         Lunatic from Number Seven, The         Monster Responsible, The         Reading the Signs         Search And Rescue         Sing A Pretty Song         Strange Stories on a Park Bench         Stranger Still         Waving to Mrs Kunkel

Figures

Synopsis:
Figures takes a comedic jab at the world of business. Following the collapse of Enron and Worldcom, the all-female accounting firm of Hanson Berrard and Dixon is marking its first anniversary. But when Berrard arrives in jogging clothes with a large and unruly dog, Hanson reveals news of their computer system failure, Dixon's intention to leave the firm and the imminent arrival of a pair of noted financial journalists. With the pressure on, can they handle the press? (Dog never appears on stage.)

Notes:
The first production was directed by JR Henwood.

1st Produced:
The Academy Theatre, Lindsay, ON    2003

Organisations:
Campbellford District High School

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Freaky

Synopsis:
The park bench is occupied by an afternoon napper with a sleeping disorder when its "owner" arrives to read. After a sometimes nonsensical argument, the reader is allowed that peaceful pleasure but only after confronting and dispensing with a madness within.

Notes:
part of Strange Stories On A Park Bench

1st Produced:
The Ensemble Theatre Company, Belleville, ON    2002

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Lump of Clay, A

Synopsis:
Unravels the mystery of why a pair of strangers are compelled to the bench in the middle of the night. As the older of the two claims disinterest during a spectacular meteor shower, the young stargazer begins to question whether or not the other is from around here.

Notes:
part of Strange Stories On A Park Bench

1st Produced:
Playwrights' Summer Festival, Belleville,ON    1999

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Lunacy

Synopsis:
A Bathroom Trilogy is a collection of three one-act plays - a tragedy sandwiched between a pair of comedies - set in an apartment bathroom on a full moon. The trilogy reveals the secrets, the dreams and the realities of three different tenants who find themselves trapped behind a rather unpredictable door. The Lunatic From Number Seven is a manic tale of self-discovery. Sing A Pretty Song unleashes the demons that haunt an abused woman. Search and Rescue is a peculiar and clumsy love story between a man and his female plumber

Notes:
The Lunatic from Number Seven; Sing A Pretty Song; Search And Rescue

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1999   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
3 1 Act Plays One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Lunatic from Number Seven, The

Synopsis:
A manic tale of self-discovery.

Notes:
Part of Lunacy

1st Produced:
Trenton Community Players, Trenton, ON    1997

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1999   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Monster Responsible, The

Synopsis:
a collection of ten ten-minute plays chronicling the disappearance of a teenager. The scripts stand alone or may be performed in succession as a full length play. Roles of the police, the press and the public are examined during the week after a girl disappears from a park near her home. Her fate, and the fate of her accused abductor are revealed in the final scene.

Notes:
Also Available in Creating the Monster: A theatre project by Richard Turtle And Peter Moore.

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Brooklyn Publishers2005   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
ten 10 min plays Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Reading the Signs

Synopsis:
When it's time to graduate grade 8 and leave elementary school behind, it means big changes and big challenges ahead. For some, there are expectations of a bright high school future, and none moreso than John Smith. Everybody likes John. And what's not to like? He's smart and funny and charming and one of the coolest guys in school. But John has a secret. He never learned how to read. Reading the Signs is a play about literacy, honesty, friendship, understanding and lifelong learning.

Notes:
The first production was Adapted And directed by Peter Moore.

1st Produced:
Orangeville District Secondary School, Orangeville, ON    2006

Organisations:
Princess Margaret Public School, 'Orangeville, ON

1st Published:
Drama.Focus Arts Consulting Group in Stratford, ON (Canada). 2008   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
-

Parts:
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Search And Rescue

Synopsis:
A peculiar and clumsy love story between a man and his female plumber

Notes:
Part of Lunacy

1st Produced:
Playwrights' Summer Festival, Belleville,ON    1998

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1999   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Sing A Pretty Song

Synopsis:
Unleashes the demons that haunt an abused woman.

Notes:
Part of Lunacy

1st Produced:
Playwrights' Summer Festival, Belleville,ON    1998

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1999   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Strange Stories on a Park Bench

Synopsis:
A collection of three one-act plays, each involving two characters and their unusual encounters in a city park. In each of these explorations of the coincidental, the unexplainable and the just plain weird, all characters may be portrayed as either male or female. STRANGER STILL reunites a pair of high school friends in a winner-take-all word game that begins as a romp down memory lane. An unexplained disappearance, a plane crash and a briefcase full of cash are revealed in rhythmic dialogue as the combatants come to realize who is now winning. In FREAKY, the park bench is occupied by an afternoon napper with a sleeping disorder when its "owner" arrives to read. After a sometimes nonsensical argument, the reader is allowed that peaceful pleasure but only after confronting and dispensing with a madness within. A LUMP OF CLAY unravels the mystery of why a pair of strangers are compelled to the bench in the middle of the night. As the older of the two claims disinterest during a spectacular meteor shower, the yo

Notes:
Stranger Still, Freaky, A Lump of Clay

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
3 1 Act One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Stranger Still

Synopsis:
Reunites a pair of high school friends in a winner-take-all word game that begins as a romp down memory lane. An unexplained disappearance, a plane crash and a briefcase full of cash are revealed in rhythmic dialogue as the combatants come to realize who is now winning.

Notes:
part of Strange Stories On A Park Bench

1st Produced:
Playwrights' Summer Festival, Belleville,ON    2000

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Waving to Mrs Kunkel

Synopsis:
Train station attendant Alvin is finishing his last day of work before retirement when he encounters a runaway teen on her way to the coast.

Notes:
The first production was directed by Joanne Peckham

1st Produced:
Frankford Elementary School, Frankford, ON    2000

Organisations:
Frankford Drama Club

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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