Blyth Festival production history

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]

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
• Barnboozled: He Won't Come In From the Barn, part II - 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
• Barnboozled: He Won't Come In From the Barn, part II - 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

Blyth Festival website