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Tom Walmsley

TOM WALMSLEY  (1948 - )

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Ontario -based playwright born in Liverpool, England, December 13, 1948. He came to Canada in 1952 and was raised in Oshawa, Ontario, and then Lorraine, Quebec. He has also published one novel and two books of poetry (all with Arsenal Press) and wrote the screenplay for Jerry Ciccoritti's film Paris, France (1993).

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

         3 Squares A Day         Blood         Descent         Getting Wrecked         Jones Boy, The         Maxine         mister nice guy         Something Red         White Boys         Workingman, The

3 Squares A Day

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Its characters are a married couple, Morgan and Candace, suburban members of the religious right, and the husband's reprobate brother, Thomas James, who suddenly reappears in Morgan's life

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Blood

Blood
Noelle is desperate for money to get drugs. She works as a prostitute to feed her habit. One of her regulars - a good payer - wants his usual service. He watches while Noelle has sex with another man. Noelle is unable to find a partner - then her brother, Chris, arrives.

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Scirocco Press, 2000   978-1896239644

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Descent

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Descent tells the story of two friends - a down on his luck poet, and his party animal associate, both named Randy. they meet a woman named Susan, who is about to get married, and seeks out one last fling before walking down the aisle. the three are in a perpetual state of drunkeness, which only adds to the misunderstandings, sexual undertones, and the chaos that ensues.
- Mike Mackenzie

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Getting Wrecked

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music by Micah Barnes

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Chidren's Play Youth Audience

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Jones Boy, The

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Two couples share a squalid one room flat. Sally and Wayne; Lee and Carol. All are junkies and Carol and Sally turn tricks to get money for their habit. Lee is jealous of Carol going with other men. Wayne has a scheme to get a free supply - he and Lee should knife their dealer. When Carol brings a drunken trick back to the flat all Hell breaks loose

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Toronto Free theatre    1977

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Contained in "Something Red and the Jones Boy" published by Scirocco Drama 2008   978-1897289242

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Maxine

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performed by Julia Sasso

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Dance work

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mister nice guy

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written with Dolly Reisman

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Something Red

Synopsis:
Contained in "Something Red and the Jones Boy" published by Scirocco Drama 2008

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New Play Centre, Vancouver    1978

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White Boys

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Workingman, The

Synopsis:
2 men and a woman about to make a pornographic movie in a rented apartment are invaded by a hired killer. Who hired him and how personally does he take his job? A play about how people act when their lives are in jeopardy.

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New Play Centre, Vancouver    1975

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Pulp Press,    -

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Genre:
One Act

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