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Canadian Plays Trivia Quiz

I'll give you author; you tell me the title of a play that they have written.

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

Author
egolover

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
156,647

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
260

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What play did Daniel MacIvor write? Hint

Here Lies Henry

The Real World?

Perfect Pie

Mouse Trap

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Question 2 of 10

2. Wendy Lill wrote which play? Hint

Risk Everything

The Fighting Days

The Drawer Boy

St. Frances of Hollywood

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Question 3 of 10

3. Robertson Davies wrote? Hint

Albertine in Five Times

Blood Relations

Eros at Breakfast

See Bob Run

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Question 4 of 10

4. What play did Sharon Pollock write? Hint

The Gap

The Soldier Dreams

Perfect Pie

Doc

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Question 5 of 10

5. George F. Walker wrote which play? Hint

Ballad of the Sad Cafe

Love and Anger

Moo

You are Here

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which play did Sally Clark write? Hint

Love and Human Remains

The Celebration

Wasps

Fat Men in Skirts

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Question 7 of 10

7. Brad Fraser wrote? Hint

End Game

Jitters

White biting Dog

Poor Superman

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Question 8 of 10

8. What play did Michel Tremblay write? Hint

Cafe

Proposals

For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again

15 Seconds

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Question 9 of 10

9. Judith Thompson wrote which play? Hint

House

Crackwalker

Five Senses

Forever Yours Mary-Lou

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which of the above authors wrote "The Soldier Dreams"?

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What play did Daniel MacIvor write?

Answer: Here Lies Henry

MacIvor won the Chalmers Award in 1991, for "Here Lies Henry", which first ran at the 1996 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Daniel Brookes co-wrote the play and directed the first production.

2. Wendy Lill wrote which play?

Answer: The Fighting Days

Written in 1984, "The Fighting Days" focuses on the women's suffrage movement but also includes themes of racism.

3. Robertson Davies wrote?

Answer: Eros at Breakfast

Robertson Davies' 1947 play takes us into the command centre of the body of a young man who has fallen in love. The characters in the play are representatives of the heart, brain, and liver who argue for dominance in the office of the solar plexus.

4. What play did Sharon Pollock write?

Answer: Doc

"Doc" premiered at Theatre Calgary in 1984. It is about a young woman named Catherine and her relationship with her father. When Catherine returns home on the eve of ceremonies honouring her physician father, she unleashes many old memories as she and her father attempt to lay old ghosts to rest.

5. George F. Walker wrote which play?

Answer: Love and Anger

Among many other awards Walker has received The Chalmers Canadian Play Awards for "Escape from Happiness", "Love and Anger", "Nothing Sacred", "Criminals in Love", "Theatre of the Film Noir" and "Zastrozzi".

6. Which play did Sally Clark write?

Answer: Wasps

"Wasps" includes themes of incest, fashion, fetishism, populist art, amateur psychobabble, and a fearful, murderous fascination, just to name a few.

7. Brad Fraser wrote?

Answer: Poor Superman

Brad Fraser directed the film "Leaving Metropolis" - based on his play "Poor Super Man".

8. What play did Michel Tremblay write?

Answer: For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again

Tremblay wrote this play, based on his mother, after she died; so he could feel like she was still alive on stage.

9. Judith Thompson wrote which play?

Answer: Crackwalker

"To learn to love, one must have a clear and profound understanding of one's self. I believe this understanding can arise from being forced to make moral choices, ones that have real consequences."
Judith Thompson

10. Which of the above authors wrote "The Soldier Dreams"?

Answer: Daniel MacIvor

"Soldier Dreams" is the first multi-character piece MacIvor has writen since "The Lorca Play". MacIvor and Brookes have re-mounted the show three times since its original production.

Source: Author egolover

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