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Canadian Theatre Quiz

Match the titles of these successful Canadian shows with their playwrights and originating theatre companies.

A multiple-choice quiz by makidadi. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
makidadi

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
354,452

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
231

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Question 1 of 10

1. Eric Peterson and John Maclachlan Gray collaborated on this musical docudrama about a World War I flying ace. Name the play. Hint

Billy Bishop Goes to War

Red Emma

Snoopy and The Red Baron

Flander's Fields

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Question 2 of 10

2. Don Mckellar and Bob Martin cowrote the book for this successful musical which began its life in Toronto in 1997, but eventually made it to Broadway. Name the show. Hint

The Girls in the Gang

The Drowsy Chaperone

Country Hearts

Maggie and Pierre

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Question 3 of 10

3. Linda Griffiths played both the leads in this one woman tour-de-force that she scripted back in 1980 along with Theatre Passe Muraille's Paul Thompson. Name the play. Hint

The Ballad of Earnest and Earnestine

Red Emma

Maggie and Pierre

Mackenzie King!

4. Speaking of Thompson, Michael Ondaatje made a film documentary called "The Clinton Special", based on his collectively-created Passe Muraille show which involved Toronto actors depicting life on the family farm. Name the play. Hint

The Farmers' Revolt

Country Hearts

Paper Wheat

The Farm Show

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Question 5 of 10

5. David French decided to explore the beginnings of Jacob and Mary Mercer's love in this 1984 prequel to "Leaving Home" and "Of the Fields, Lately". What was the lunar title? Hint

Walking on the Moon

Moon for the Mis-begotten

Salt-Water Moon

Moon Over the Ferry

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Question 6 of 10

6. Two Alberta companies can make a claim to helping Brad Fraser bring his hit play about a city terrorized by a serial killer to the stage, Calgary's Alberta Theatre Projects and Edmonton's Workshop West. What was the title of this smart sensation? Hint

There's a Trick With a Knife I'm Learning To Do

The Komagata Maru Incident

Unidentified Human Remains and The True Nature of Love

Coming Through Slaughter

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Question 7 of 10

7. Don Harron, best-known as the actor behind Charlie Farquharson, wrote the book for this evergreen musical about an impish red-head. What name appears on the marquee when this musical is on the stage? Hint

The Road to Avonlea

Red Emma

Anne of Green Gables

Pippi Longstocking

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Question 8 of 10

8. This ranting t.v. personality first gained notoriety touring in a one person show with the improbable title, "Show Me the Button, I'll Push It or Charles Lynch Must Die". Who was the writer/performer? Hint

Shawn Majumber

Rick Mercer

Cathy Jones

Andy Jones

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Question 9 of 10

9. George Luscombe's Toronto Workshop Productions mounted this musical exploration of the dirty thirties, based on an oral history devised by Barry Broadfoot. What was it titled? Hint

The War Years

The Farmer's Revolt

The Dirty Thirties

Ten Lost Years

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Question 10 of 10

10. Can't afford to get away? You can always visit the residents of Pointe St. Charles at their holiday "destination" in David Fenario's bilingual hit which debuted at the Centaur Theatre in Montreal. What name did Fenario give the "destination" and the play? Hint

Balconville

Outremont

Galleria

Stay-CationLand

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Eric Peterson and John Maclachlan Gray collaborated on this musical docudrama about a World War I flying ace. Name the play.

Answer: Billy Bishop Goes to War

Peterson and Gray have revisited the play many times over the years, tinkering with the script to adjust for Peterson's age. It chronicles Bishop's rise to flying ace, his brushes with royalty, and his efforts to recruit Canadians for the Second World War.

2. Don Mckellar and Bob Martin cowrote the book for this successful musical which began its life in Toronto in 1997, but eventually made it to Broadway. Name the show.

Answer: The Drowsy Chaperone

The play began as a "gift" for Bob Martin and his wife on the occasion of their wedding. It tells the story of a fictional vintage musical.

3. Linda Griffiths played both the leads in this one woman tour-de-force that she scripted back in 1980 along with Theatre Passe Muraille's Paul Thompson. Name the play.

Answer: Maggie and Pierre

Griffiths did a pretty good Trudeau imitation, better than Rich Little. The play chronicles the unlikely love affair between Pierre Trudeau, Canada's philosopher-king, and his "flower child" wife, Margaret.

Answer: The Farm Show

"The Farm Show" was a huge success, putting Theatre Passe Muraille on the map and helping to create a vogue for collective creations. It is a "collage play" featuring a variety of short scenes depicting the issues affecting the farmers, resembling the "Living Newspaper" techniques pioneered in the U.S. during the Thirties.

5. David French decided to explore the beginnings of Jacob and Mary Mercer's love in this 1984 prequel to "Leaving Home" and "Of the Fields, Lately". What was the lunar title?

Answer: Salt-Water Moon

French wrote five Mercer plays in total, including "1949" and "Soldier's Heart" as well as those mentioned above. In "Salt-Water Moon", Jacob returns to Coley's Point to woo Mary, who has become engaged to Jerome Mackenzie. The play features some stirring references to Jacob's father's experiences in the Battle of the Somme, the subject of "Soldier's Heart".

Answer: Unidentified Human Remains and The True Nature of Love

In 1993 the stage play was adapted for the screen under the title "Love and Human Remains".

Answer: Anne of Green Gables

For some reason, "Anne of Green Gables" is particularly popular with Japanese tourists. The play follows Anne, an orphan, through her trials and tribulations as she adjusts to life in Victorian Prince Edward Island.

Answer: Rick Mercer

Mercer went on to fame as part of the cast of "This Hour Has Twenty-Two Minutes" before he got his own show called "The Mercer Report", which gives him plenty of opportunities to rant and to flirt with men in uniforms. The play was inspired by a newspaper column which Mercer found condescending toward Newfoundlanders.

9. George Luscombe's Toronto Workshop Productions mounted this musical exploration of the dirty thirties, based on an oral history devised by Barry Broadfoot. What was it titled?

Answer: Ten Lost Years

Luscombe learned his innovative staging techniques as part of Joan Littlewood's Theate Workshop in England. In "Ten Lost Years", the company used a very theatrical approach and music to stage the stories of the Great Depression collected by Broadfoot.

Answer: Balconville

Fenario was one of the most politicized writers of the 70's theatre boom. In "Balconville" an Anglophone family and a Francophone one coexist in conflict while sweating out a hot Montreal summer on the balconies of their houses.

Source: Author makidadi

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