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  • [Leslie Arden, Mavor Moore John Gray
    David Warrack, Jim Betts, Don Harron]

    WRITERS
    OF THE
    CANADIAN MUSICAL
    THEATRE


    (This is not yet a complete list of writers, 
    their works, or their collaborators on individual projects)
    Leslie Arden
    John Gray
    Don Harron
    Cathy Elliott
    David Warrack
    Jim Betts
    Mavor Moore
    Joey Miller
    Cliff Jones
    Vincent de Tourdonnet
    John Roby & Raymond Storey
    Marek Norman &
    Richard Ouzounian
    Robert More
     Hank Stinson
     Paul Ledoux
    Nelles Van Loon
    Bob Ashley & Nancy Phillips
    Norm Foster
    Allen Cole
    ...and more...

     
     

    Leslie Arden
    The House Of Martin Guerre (with Anna Theresa Cascio)
    The Greatest Gift (aka The Fairy's Tale)
    The Happy Prince
    Rumplestiltskin
    The Princess and the Handmaiden
    Harvest Moon Rising (with Peggy Sample)
    The Last Resort (with Norm Foster)
    The Prince and The Pauper (with Joey Miller)

    See Also:
    canadiantheatre.com
    northernriver.com

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    John Gray
    Billy Bishop Goes To War (with Eric Peterson)
    18 Wheels
    Don Messer's Jubilee
    Rock and Roll
    Amelia

    See Also:
    canadiantheatre.com

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    Joey Miller
    Eight To The Bar (with Stephen Witkin)
    Outrageous (with Brad Fraser)
    Ye Gods (with Stephen Witkin)
    The Growing Season (with James Saar)
    The Prince and The Pauper (with Leslie Arden)
    War Brides
    Playground (The Great Unproduced Canadian Musical!)

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    Jim Betts
    Colours In The Storm
    Jacob Two-Two Meets The Hooded Fang (with Richler, Balsam, Lee)
    Little Women (with Nancy Early)
    The Shooting of Dan McGrew (with John Bertram)
    Thin Ice (with Doug Ellis)
    On A Summer's Night
    The Moose That Roared

    See Also:
    canadiantheatre.com

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    Don Harron
    with
    Norman Campbell
    & Elaine Campbell
    Anne Of Green Gables (with Mavor Moore)
    The Wonder Of It All

    See Also:
    canadiantheatre.com

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    Robert More
    Dads (AKA Dad's In Bondage) (With Robert Doyle)

    See Also:
    Playwrights Union Of Canada
    canadiantheatre.com


    David Warrack
    A Sampling...
    Being Crazy is Fun
    Drummer
    Flicks
    Mortgage
    My Three Angels
    Neighbours
    Oops!
    Praise
    Tease For Two
    Tut Tut
    Vaudevillians
    Windsor
    (and 2534 more)

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    Mavor Moore
    Johnny Belinda (with John Fenwick)
    Spring Thaw (with many collaborators)
    The Optimist
    Sunshine Town
    A Christmas Carol
    Anne Of Green Gables (with the Campbells, Harron)
    The Ottawa Man
    Louis Riel
    Abracadabra
    Love and Politics
    Fauntleroy

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    Cliff Jones Kronborg: 1582 (aka All That's Rockin')
    Alexandra - The Last Empress
    Babies - Bless Them All!
    The Rowdyman (with Gordon Pinsent)
    Love In The Backseat

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    Marek Norman 
    & Richard Ouzounian
    Dracula
    The Great Adventure
    Emily
    Larry's Party

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    John Roby 
    & Raymond Storey
    Girls In The Gang
    The Dreamland

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    Vincent 
    de Tourdonnet
    Pélagie (with Allen Cole) (In Development)
    Jeanne, the Joan of Arc Musical (with Peter Sipos)
    Strange Medicine (with Allen Cole)
    Snappy Tales 

    (see Vincent's Web-Site)

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    Cathy Elliott Fireweeds
    Silas Marner (In Development)

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    Nelles Van Loon A Little Bird Told Me

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    Paul Ledoux Fire

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    Bob Ashley 
    & Nancy Phillips
    Lies and Other Lyrics
    Friends, Lovers, Husbands

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    Norm Foster
    The Last Resort (with Leslie Arden)
    Jasper Station (with Steve Thomas)
    Rat Race (with Steve Thomas)

    See also:
    Norm's own Web-Site

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    Allen Cole Anything That Moves (with Ann-Marie MacDonald)

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    Hank Stinson The Blue Castle

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    More Writers... (and more to come)

    Patrick Rose
    Phillip Balsam and Dennis Lee
    Mordecai Richler
    Steve Thomas
    Stephen Witkin
    Patrick Young
    Sky Gilbert

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    Writers Of The New ACLCL
    (See The Association Of Canadian Librettists, Composers and Lyricists)

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    The painting is 
    Northern River
    by Canadian artist 
    Tom Thomson.

    Tom Thomson (1877-1917)
    Northern River, 1914-15
    Oil on canvas, 115.1 x 102 cm 
    National Gallery of Canada, 
    Ottawa, ON. Canada

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