Blyth Festival production history

The Blyth Festival, located in Blyth, Ontario, Canada, specializes in the production and promotion of Canadian plays. The following is a chronological list of the productions that have been staged as part of the Festival since its inception. [ [http://www.blythfestival.com/past_plays.php Blyth Festival Past Productions ] ]

1975

*The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie
*Mostly In Clover by Harry J. Boyle

1976

*The Blood is Strong by Lister Sinclair
*How I Met My Husband by Alice Munro
*Mostly in Clover by Harry J. Boyle
*Shape by Jim Schaefer

1977

*A Summer Burning by Anne Chislett from the novel by Harry J. Boyle
*The Blood Is Strong by Lister Sinclair
*The Blyth Memorial History Show by Jim Schaefer
*The Shortest Distance Between Two Points by Keith Roulston

1978

*The Huron Tiger by Peter Colley
*His Own Boss by Keith Roulston
*The School Show by Ted Johns
*Gwendoline by James W. Nichol
*Two Miles Off by the Theatre Network

1979

*This Foreign Land by Patricia Mahoney
*I’ll Be Back For You Before Midnight by Peter Colley
*McGillicuddy’s Lost Weekend by Keith Roulston
*Child by James W. Nichol
*The Death Of The Donnellys by Theatre Passe Muraille and Ted Johns

1980

*John And The Missus by Gordon Pinsent
*St. Sam Of The Nuke Pile by Ted Johns
*i’ll be back for you before midnight by Peter Colley
*The Life That Jack Built by David Fox and Janet Amos

1981

*He Won’t Come In From The Barn by Ted Johns
*Quiet In The Land by Anne Chislett
*Love or Money by Carol Bolt
*The Tomorrow Box by Anne Chislett
*Fire On Ice by Keith Roulston

1982

*Down North by Janet Amos
*Heads You Lose by Peter Colley
*La Sagouine by Antonine Maillet
*Country Hearts by Ted Johns and John Roby
*Quiet In The Land by Anne Chislett

1983

*Nobody’s Child by Janice Wiseman and Holden Jones
*My Wild Irish Rose by Janet Amos
*Tighten The Traces, Haul In The Reins by Robbie O’Neill
*Naked On The North Shore by Ted Johns
*The Innocent And The Just by Gratien Gélinas
*The Tomorrow Box by Anne Chislett

1984

*Garrison’s Garage by Ted Johns
*A Spider In The House by Brian Tremlay
*Cake-Walk by Colleen Curran
*Blue City by Layne Coleman
*Country Hearts by Ted Johns and John Roby

1985

*Polderland by Brian Wade
*Moose County by Colleen Curran
*Beaux Gestes and Beautiful Deeds by Marie-Lynn Hammond
*Primrose School District 109 by Ted Galay
*Garrison’s Garage by Ted Johns

1986

*Another Season’s Promise by Anne Chislett and Keith Roulston
*Drift by Rex Deverell
*Gone To Glory by Suzanne Finlay
*Lilly, Alta. by Kenneth Dybat
*Cake-Walk by Colleen Curran

1987

*Girls In The Gang by John Roby and Raymond Storey
*Miss Balmoral of the Bayview by Colleen Curran
*Bush Fire by Laurie Fyffe
*Another Season’s Promise by Anne Chislett and Keith Roulston
*Bordertown Café by Kelly Rebar

1988

*The Cookie War by Kathleen McDonnell
*The Mail Order Bride by Robert Clinton
*Lucien by Marshall Button
*Fires In The Night by David S. Craig
*Bordertown Café by Kelly Rebar

1989

*Perils of Persephone by Dan Needles
*Sticks and Stones (part 1) by James Reaney
*The Right One by Bryan Wade
*The Dreamland by Raymond Storey and John Roby
*The Mail Order Bride by Robert Clinton

1990

*Local Talent by Collen Curran
*Albertine, In Five Times by Michel Tremblay
*A Field of Flowers by Laurie Fyffe
*The Perils of Persephone by Dan Needles
*Firefly by Carol Sinclair with music by John Alcorn

1991

*Two Brothers by Ted Johns
*Barbershop Quartet by Layne Coleman
*The Stone Angel by James W. Nichol based on the novel by Margaret Lawrence
*End Of The World Romance by Sean Dixon
*Cornflower Blue by Kelly Rebar

1992

*The Puff ’n’ Blow Boys by Valoreyne Brandt Jenkins
*The Hometown Boy by Robert Clinton
*Back Up and Push - or The Confessions of a Reformed Cynic by Ted Johns
*The Glorious 12th by Raymond Storey
*Yankee Notions by Anne Chislett
*I’ll Be Back Before Midnight by Peter Colley

1993

*Many Hands by Dale Hamilton
*Ceili House by Colleen Curran
*Safe Haven by Mary-Colin Chisholm
*The Old Man’s Band by John Roby
*Web by Rosalind Goldsmith
*The Glorious 12th by Raymond Storey

1994

*Glengarry School Days by Anne Chislett
*He Won’t Come In From The Barn by Ted Johns
*The Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon by W.O. Mitchell
*Bouncing Back by Suzanne Finlay

1995

*Ballad for a Rum Runner’s Daughter book & lyrics by Laurie Fyffe and music by Beth Barley
*This Year, Next Year by Norah Harding
*The Tomorrow Box by Anne Chislett
*Jake’s Place by Ted Johns
*He Won’t Come In From The Barn by Ted Johns

1996

*Barndance, Live! by Paul Thompson
*Ma Belle Mabel by Cindy Cowan
*Villa Eden by Colleen Curran
*Fireworks by Gordon Portman

1997

*Quiet in the Land by Anne Chislett
*Booze Days in a Dry County directed by Paul Thompson
*There’s Nothing In The Paper by David Scott
*The Melville Boys by Norm Foster
*Barndance, Live! by Paul Thompson
*Overboard! by Deborah Kimmett

1998

*Yesteryear by Joanna McClelland Glass
*Wilbur County Blues by Andrew Moodie
*Thirteen Hands by Carol Shields
*Jobs, Jobs, Jobs by Keith Roulston
*Hot Flashes by Paul Ledoux and John Roby

1999

*That Summer by David French
*Big Box by David Carley
*The Great School Crisis of ‘99 by Ted Johns
*Every Dream by James W. Nichol
*When the Reaper Calls by Peter Colley

2000

*Death of the Hired Man by Paul Thompson
*Anne adapted for the stage by Paul Ledoux
*Corker by Wendy Lill
*The Drawer Boy by Michael Healey
*Stolen Lives - the Albert Walker Story by Peter Colley
*When the Reaper Calls by Peter Colley

2001

*The Outdoor Donnellys by Paul Thompson and Janet Amos
*The Passion of Narcisse Mondoux by Gratien Gelinas
*Cruel Tears by Ken Mitchell and Humphrey & the Dumptrucks
*McGillicuddy by Keith Roulston
*Sometime, Never by Norah Harding
*Corner Green by Gordon Pinsent

2002

*The Outdoor Donnellys by Paul Thompson and Janet Amos
*Goodbye, Piccadilly by Douglas Bowie
*Filthy Rich by George F. Walker
*The Drawer Boy by Michael Healey
* by Ted Johns

2003

*The Perilous Pirate’s Daughter by Anne Chislett & David Archibald
*Leaving Home by David French
*Hippie by Jonathan Garfinkel, Kelly McIntosh and Paul Thompson
*Having Hope at Home by David S. Craig
* by Ted Johns

2004

*The Outdoor Donnellys by Paul Thompson and Janet Amos
*Heat Wave by Michel Marc Bouchard
*Salt Water Moon by David French
*Spirit of the Narrows by Anne Lederman
*Cricket & Claudette by Ted Johns
*Test Drive by Dave Carley

2005

*The Ginkgo Tree by Lee MacDougall
*Powers and Gloria by Keith Roulston
*The Thirteenth One by Denyse Gervais Regan
*I’ll be back before midnight by Peter Colley
*Spirit of the Narrows by Anne Lederman

2006

*Ballad of Stompin’ Tom by David Scott, songs by Stompin’ Tom Connors
*Lost Heir by Sean Dixon
*Another Season’s Harvest by Anne Chislett & Keith Roulston
*Schoolhouse by Leanna Brodie

2007

*The Eyes of Heaven by Beverley Cooper
*Queen Milli of Galt by Gary Kirkham
*World Without Shadows by Lance Woolaver
*Reverend Jonah by Paul Ciufo
*Ballad of Stompin’ Tom by David Scott, songs by Stompin’ Tom Connors

2008

*Against the Grain by Carolyn Hay
*Harvest by Ken Cameron
*Courting Johanna by Marcia Johnson, based on Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage by Alice Munro
*The Steven Truscott Project by Beverley Cooper

References

External links

[http://www.blythfestival.com Blyth Festival website]