PLAYS
The plays are downloadable. Downloading does not constitute a license to produce the play. A small royalty is required. For permissions my gmail account is johannson.robert
Print copies are for sale at Berserkr Press
Power: J. S. Woodsworth and W. L. Mackenzie King
has a number of versions.
The print version available from Berserkr Press is of the original two person version produced for the 75th anniversary of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike in 1994.
There are three other versions:
a revised two man version that was produced at the Edmonton International Fringe Festival;
a one man/one hour version that was produced at the Winnipeg International Fringe Festival in 2011;
The attached video is a half hour / one man version performed at the annual meeting of the American Society for Cybernetics in Vancouver in 2019 for the hundredth anniversary of the strike.
In Development
The Red Saloon
a musical comedy
is about Winnipeg in the 1870s just after the Riel Rebellion. An early version was produced at the Winnipeg Fringe in 1991. For more information contact the author.
Never Trust a Naked Marriage Counsellor
was produced at the Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival in 2009.
Charles Wesley: A musical play
is a one man chancel drama that is the story of the Wesleyan revival, and the development of the Methodist church as told by Charles Wesley with hymns by Charles Wesley. Various productions have been done around the world with various musical and choir accompaniments.
The Ecstasy of St. Teresa
a musical play
Is about St. Teresa and the founding of the contemplative order of Discalced Carmelites, at the time of the Spanish Inquisition. It has music for the Song of Songs and for The Dark Night of the Soul.
An early version was produced at the Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival. For more information contact the author.