Blyth Festival production history

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Contents 1 1975 2 1976 3 1977 4 1978 5 1979 6 1980 7 1981 8 1982 9 1983 10 1984 11 1985 12 1986 13 1987 14 1988 15 1989 16 1990 17 1991 18 1992 19 1993 20 1994 21 1995 22 1996 23 1997 24 1998 25 1999 26 2000 27 2001 28 2002 29 2003 30 2004 31 2005 32 2006 33 2007 34 2008 35 References 36 External links

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.^[1]

[edit] 1975

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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 1996

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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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
• Barnboozled: He Won’t Come In From the Barn, part II by Ted Johns

[edit] 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
• Barnboozled: He Won’t Come In From the Barn, part II by Ted Johns

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Blyth Festival website