- 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 byHarry J. Boyle 1976
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The Blood is Strong byLister Sinclair
*How I Met My Husband byAlice Munro
*Mostly in Clover byHarry J. Boyle
*Shape byJim Schaefer 1977
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A Summer Burning byAnne Chislett from the novel byHarry J. Boyle
*The Blood Is Strong byLister Sinclair
*The Blyth Memorial History Show byJim Schaefer
*The Shortest Distance Between Two Points byKeith Roulston 1978
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The Huron Tiger byPeter Colley
*His Own Boss byKeith Roulston
*The School Show byTed Johns
*Gwendoline byJames W. Nichol
*Two Miles Off by theTheatre Network 1979
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This Foreign Land byPatricia Mahoney
*I’ll Be Back For You Before Midnight byPeter Colley
*McGillicuddy’s Lost Weekend byKeith Roulston
*Child byJames W. Nichol
*The Death Of The Donnellys byTheatre Passe Muraille andTed Johns 1980
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John And The Missus byGordon Pinsent
*St. Sam Of The Nuke Pile byTed Johns
*i’ll be back for you before midnight byPeter Colley
*The Life That Jack Built byDavid Fox andJanet Amos 1981
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He Won’t Come In From The Barn byTed Johns
*Quiet In The Land byAnne Chislett
*Love or Money byCarol Bolt
*The Tomorrow Box byAnne Chislett
*Fire On Ice byKeith Roulston 1982
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Down North byJanet Amos
*Heads You Lose byPeter Colley
*La Sagouine byAntonine Maillet
*Country Hearts byTed Johns and John Roby
*Quiet In The Land byAnne Chislett 1983
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Nobody’s Child byJanice Wiseman andHolden Jones
*My Wild Irish Rose byJanet Amos
*Tighten The Traces, Haul In The Reins byRobbie O’Neill
*Naked On The North Shore byTed Johns
*The Innocent And The Just byGratien Gélinas
*The Tomorrow Box byAnne Chislett 1984
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Garrison’s Garage byTed Johns
*A Spider In The House byBrian Tremlay
*Cake-Walk byColleen Curran
*Blue City byLayne Coleman
*Country Hearts byTed Johns andJohn Roby 1985
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Polderland byBrian Wade
*Moose County byColleen Curran
*Beaux Gestes and Beautiful Deeds byMarie-Lynn Hammond
*Primrose School District 109 byTed Galay
*Garrison’s Garage byTed Johns 1986
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Another Season’s Promise byAnne Chislett andKeith Roulston
*Drift byRex Deverell
*Gone To Glory bySuzanne Finlay
*Lilly, Alta. byKenneth Dybat
*Cake-Walk byColleen Curran 1987
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Girls In The Gang byJohn Roby andRaymond Storey
*Miss Balmoral of the Bayview byColleen Curran
*Bush Fire byLaurie Fyffe
*Another Season’s Promise byAnne Chislett andKeith Roulston
*Bordertown Café byKelly Rebar 1988
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The Cookie War byKathleen McDonnell
*The Mail Order Bride byRobert Clinton
*Lucien byMarshall Button
*Fires In The Night byDavid S. Craig
*Bordertown Café byKelly Rebar 1989
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Perils of Persephone byDan Needles
*Sticks and Stones (part 1) byJames Reaney
*The Right One byBryan Wade
*The Dreamland byRaymond Storey andJohn Roby
*The Mail Order Bride byRobert Clinton 1990
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Local Talent byCollen Curran
*Albertine, In Five Times byMichel Tremblay
*A Field of Flowers byLaurie Fyffe
*The Perils of Persephone byDan Needles
*Firefly byCarol Sinclair with music byJohn Alcorn 1991
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Two Brothers byTed Johns
*Barbershop Quartet byLayne Coleman
*The Stone Angel byJames W. Nichol based on the novel byMargaret Lawrence
*End Of The World Romance bySean Dixon
*Cornflower Blue byKelly Rebar 1992
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The Puff ’n’ Blow Boys byValoreyne Brandt Jenkins
*The Hometown Boy byRobert Clinton
*Back Up and Push - or The Confessions of a Reformed Cynic byTed Johns
*The Glorious 12th byRaymond Storey
*Yankee Notions byAnne Chislett
*I’ll Be Back Before Midnight byPeter Colley 1993
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Many Hands byDale Hamilton
*Ceili House byColleen Curran
*Safe Haven byMary-Colin Chisholm
*The Old Man’s Band byJohn Roby
*Web byRosalind Goldsmith
*The Glorious 12th byRaymond Storey 1994
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Glengarry School Days byAnne Chislett
*He Won’t Come In From The Barn byTed Johns
*The Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon byW.O. Mitchell
*Bouncing Back bySuzanne Finlay 1995
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Ballad for a Rum Runner’s Daughter book & lyrics byLaurie Fyffe and music byBeth Barley
*This Year, Next Year byNorah Harding
*The Tomorrow Box byAnne Chislett
*Jake’s Place byTed Johns
*He Won’t Come In From The Barn byTed Johns 1996
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Barndance, Live! byPaul Thompson
*Ma Belle Mabel byCindy Cowan
*Villa Eden byColleen Curran
*Fireworks byGordon Portman 1997
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Quiet in the Land byAnne Chislett
*Booze Days in a Dry County directed byPaul Thompson
*There’s Nothing In The Paper byDavid Scott
*The Melville Boys by Norm Foster
*Barndance, Live! byPaul Thompson
*Overboard! byDeborah Kimmett 1998
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Yesteryear byJoanna McClelland Glass
*Wilbur County Blues byAndrew Moodie
*Thirteen Hands byCarol Shields
*Jobs, Jobs, Jobs byKeith Roulston
*Hot Flashes byPaul Ledoux andJohn Roby 1999
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That Summer byDavid French
*Big Box byDavid Carley
*The Great School Crisis of ‘99 byTed Johns
*Every Dream byJames W. Nichol
*When the Reaper Calls byPeter Colley 2000
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Death of the Hired Man byPaul Thompson
*Anne adapted for the stage byPaul Ledoux
*Corker byWendy Lill
*The Drawer Boy byMichael Healey
*Stolen Lives - the Albert Walker Story byPeter Colley
*When the Reaper Calls byPeter Colley 2001
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The Outdoor Donnellys byPaul Thompson andJanet Amos
*The Passion of Narcisse Mondoux byGratien Gelinas
*Cruel Tears byKen Mitchell andHumphrey & the Dumptrucks
*McGillicuddy byKeith Roulston
*Sometime, Never byNorah Harding
*Corner Green byGordon Pinsent 2002
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The Outdoor Donnellys byPaul Thompson andJanet Amos
*Goodbye, Piccadilly byDouglas Bowie
*Filthy Rich byGeorge F. Walker
*The Drawer Boy byMichael Healey
* byTed Johns 2003
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The Perilous Pirate’s Daughter byAnne Chislett &David Archibald
*Leaving Home byDavid French
*Hippie byJonathan Garfinkel ,Kelly McIntosh andPaul Thompson
*Having Hope at Home byDavid S. Craig
* byTed Johns 2004
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The Outdoor Donnellys byPaul Thompson andJanet Amos
*Heat Wave byMichel Marc Bouchard
*Salt Water Moon byDavid French
*Spirit of the Narrows byAnne Lederman
*Cricket & Claudette byTed Johns
*Test Drive byDave Carley 2005
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The Ginkgo Tree byLee MacDougall
*Powers and Gloria byKeith Roulston
*The Thirteenth One byDenyse Gervais Regan
*I’ll be back before midnight byPeter Colley
*Spirit of the Narrows byAnne Lederman 2006
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Ballad of Stompin’ Tom byDavid Scott , songs byStompin’ Tom Connors
*Lost Heir bySean Dixon
*Another Season’s Harvest byAnne Chislett &Keith Roulston
*Schoolhouse byLeanna Brodie 2007
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The Eyes of Heaven byBeverley Cooper
*Queen Milli of Galt byGary Kirkham
*World Without Shadows byLance Woolaver
*Reverend Jonah byPaul Ciufo
*Ballad of Stompin’ Tom byDavid Scott , songs byStompin’ Tom Connors 2008
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Against the Grain byCarolyn Hay
*Harvest byKen Cameron
*Courting Johanna byMarcia Johnson , based onHateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage byAlice Munro
*The Steven Truscott Project byBeverley Cooper References
External links
[http://www.blythfestival.com Blyth Festival website]
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