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John Murrell

John Murrell is one of the most frequently produced Canadian playwrights. His plays have been translated into fifteen different languages and performed internationally. His work for the stage includes Waiting for the Parade, a Canadian classic; Memoir, which has been produced world-wide; Chalmers Best Canadian Play Award winners Farther West and The Faraway Nearby; and the libretto for the acclaimed opera Filumena. As a translator, he has created frequently revived versions of Chekhovâ??s Uncle Vanya, The Seagull, and The Cherry Orchard; Ibsenâ??s The Doll House; Rostandâ??s Cyrano de Bergerac; and The Four Lives of Marie, Elisaâ??s Skin, and Seven Days in the Life of Simon Labrosse, all by Carole Fréchette.

Books by John Murrell

The Big Secret Book

An Intense Guide for Creating Performance Theatre

by (author) Denise Clarke
foreword by John Murrell

Big Secret Book

An Intense Guide for Creating Performance Theatre

by (author) Denise Clarke
foreword by John Murrell

Small Talk

by (author) Carole Frechette
translated by John Murrell

Waiting for the Parade

by (author) John Murrell

Cyrano de Bergerac

by (author) Edmond Rostand
translated by John Murrell

The Small Room at the Top of the Stairs & Thinking of Yu

by (author) Carole Frechette
translated by John Murrell

Carole Fréchette: Two Plays

Helen's Necklace and John and Beatrice

by (author) Carole Frechette
translated by John Murrell

Blowfish

by (author) Vern Thiessen
introduction by John Murrell

Cyrano de Bergerac

A New Prose Translation by John Murell

by (author) Edmond Rostand
translated by John Murrell

The Faraway Nearby

by (author) John Murrell

Democracy

One Whole Day beside a Pond

by (author) John Murrell

"And do you have anything else?"

Audition Pieces from Canadian Plays

foreword by John Murrell
edited by Margaret Bard, Peter Messaline & Miriam Newhouse