Allan Stratton
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FICTION
The Phoenix Lottery
PUBLICATION HISTORY
Riverbank Press (Toronto: Sept.
2000)
Currently in print with Cormorant Books
OPTIONS
Film and television rights are optioned by Shaftesbury Films
AWARDS
The Stephen Leacock Award of
Merit
Finalist: The Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour
Finalist: The TORGI Award (Talking Book of the Year Award)
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Leslie's Journal
PUBLICATION HISTORY
Annick Press (Toronto/New York:
Sept. 2000)
Hangilsa Publishing Co., Ltd. (Korea, Fall 2006)
ZALOZBA MIŠ, (MISH – Janez Miš) (Slovenia, Fall 2006)
Germany - Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, winter 2009
CITATIONS
The American Library
Association: “Best Books for Young Adults, 2002"
The American Library Association: "Best Reading List, 2003"
A.L.A.'s Young Adult Learning Services Association: “Quick Picks for Reluctant
Young Adult Readers, 2001”
A.L.A.'s Young Adult Learning Services Association: "Popular Paperbacks
for Young Adults, 2003"
Canadian Bookseller: "The Best of Canadian Young Adult: Gems of 2000"
McNally Robinson Booksellers Online: "Our Choice 2001"
The Canadian Children's Book Centre: "Best Books for Young Adults."
The Tayshas Reading Circle Award
The White Pines Award (runner up)
Chanda's Secrets
PUBLICATION HISTORY
Canada, U.S.A.: Annick Press, April 2004 (dist.: Firefly)
Australia, New Zealand: Allen & Unwin, August 2004
U.K., Ireland: The Chicken House, May 2005 (dist.: Egmont)
Germany: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag (dtv jr.), fall 2005.
Japan: Asunaro Sobo, Fall, 2005.
France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Belgium, the African francophonie: Bayard
Jeunesse, fall 2005.
India: The Chicken House, May 2005 (dist.: Scholastic)
South Africa: The Chicken House, May 2005 (dist.: Penguin)
China: Hsiao Lu Publishing Co., Fall 2006
Korea: Random House Joong Ang, Summer 2005
Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Hong Kong,
P.R. China, Taiwan, Korea, Brunei, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka:
Allen & Unwin, August 2004 (English dist.)
Portugal: optioned by Sopa de Letras
Slovenia: ZALOZBA MIŠ, (MISH – Janez Miš), Fall 2006
Holland (World Dutch rights): Van Goor, Fall 2007
Vietnam: Thuong Hyyen Books
CITATIONS
2005 Michael L. Printz Honor
Book for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, awarded by the American
Library Association
Children's Africana Book Award, 2005, Best Book for the Older Reader, awarded
by the African Studies Association (U.S.A.)
American Library Association, Best Books for Young Adults, 2005
(unanimous vote)
ForeWord Magazine: Book of the Year, 2005
New York Public Library: Books for the Teen Age, starred citation, 2005
Silver Stones Honor Book, 2005
Booklist, Editor's Choice, 2005
International Readers Association, Notable Book, 2005
International Readers Association: Notable Book for a Global Society,
2005
American Library Association, Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, 2005
Canadian Library Association: 2005 Young Adult Canadian Book
Award (finalist)
Willow Award (current nominee)
White Pines Honour Book Award, 2005
Resource Links, "The Year's Best, 2005"
Independant Publisher Book Award (U.S.A.), "The IPPY Award",
2005: Best Juvenile and YA Fiction
Our Choice 2005, Starred Selection, Canadian Children's Book Centre
Top 10 Black History Books for Youth, 2005; American Library
Association-Booklist, U.S.A.
The Children's Literature Choice List, 2005; Children's Literature, U.S.A.
Children's Book Award Notable Book 2005, U.S.A.
Leicester Book of the Year Award for Teenage Fiction 2005, (Long List), U.K.
American Junior Library Guild Selection
Chanda's Wars
PUBLICATION HISTORY
Canada:
HarperCollins Publishers, shipping in February 2008
U.S.A.:
HarperCollins Children's Books, March 1, 2008
U.S.A.: Junior Library Guild, Spring 2008
Germany:
Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, October 2007
France: Bayard
Jeunesse, fall 2008
Other Editions:
T.B.A.
DRAMA
Nurse Jane Goes to Hawaii
PUBLICATION HISTORY
Samuel French Inc. (New York:
1981)
Also published by Playwrights Canada Press (Toronto: 1983)
Also published by Coach House Press (Toronto: 1988) in Words In Play: three
comedies by Allan Stratton, ed. Robert Wallace
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Premiered at Phoenix Theatre,
Toronto, 1980.
Hundreds of professional and community productions from Whitehorse to
Albuquerque, Vancouver to New York.
Rexy!
PUBLICATION HISTORY
Penguin Books (Toronto: 1984) in
The Penguin Book of Modern Canadian Drama, ed. Richard Plant
Also published by Playwrights Canada Press (Toronto: 1981)
Also published by éditions nu-age (Montreal: 1991) in Canada Split, two
plays by Allan Stratton, ed. Odette Dubé.
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Premiered at Phoenix Theatre,
Toronto, 1981.
Twelve major regional theatre productions across Canada.
AWARDS
Canadian Authors’ Association
Award (1982)
Chalmers Award (1981)
Dora Mavor Moore Award (1981)
Joggers
PUBLICATION HISTORY
Coach House Press (Toronto: 1988) in Words In Play: three comedies by Allan Stratton, ed. Robert Wallace.
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Premiered at Toronto Free
Theatre, 1982.
Subsequent regional productions across Canada.
Friends Of A Feather
(adapted from Célimare by Labiche & Delacourt)
PUBLICATION HISTORY
Playwrights Canada Press (Toronto: 1984)
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Premiered at Shaw Festival,
Mainstage, 1984.
Toured to The National Arts Centre and The Grand Theatre, London.
A Flush of Tories
PUBLICATION HISTORY
éditions nu-age (Montreal: 1991) in Canada Split, two plays by Allan Stratton, ed. Odette Dubé. (See also “Teleplays” below.)
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Premiered at Prairie Theatre Exchange, Winnipeg, 1991.
Papers
PUBLICATION HISTORY
Playwrights Canada Press
(Toronto: 1986)
Also published by Samuel French Inc. (New York: 1989)
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Premiered at Tarragon Theatre,
Toronto, 1985.
Major regional theatre productions throughout Canada and the U.S.A..
AWARDS
Chalmer’s Award, Outstanding New
Play (1985)
Finalist: Governor General’s Award (1986)
Finalist: Dora Mavor Moore Award (1986)
Bingo!
PUBLICATION HISTORY
Samuel French Inc. (New York:
1987).
Also published by Playwrights Coop (Toronto: 1977) in an earlier version under
the title 72 Under the O.
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Premiered at The Vancouver
Playhouse, 1977, under the title 72 Under the O
Revised text premiered by The Gryphon Theatre, Barrie, 1985.
Professional productions throughout Canada and the U.S.A.
The Hundred and One Miracles of Hope Chance
PUBLICATION HISTORY
Coach House Press (Toronto: 1988) in Words in Play: three comedies by Allan Stratton.
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Premiered at The Manitoba Theatre Centre, 1987. Subsequent professional productions across Canada.
Bag Babies
PUBLICATION HISTORY
Coach House Press (Toronto:
1991)
Reprinted by Playwrights Canada Press (Toronto: 1997)
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Premiered at Theatre Passe
Muraille, Toronto, 1990.
Productions across Canada, in the U.S.A, and in London, England.
Staged reading opened the Traverse Theatre 2nd Space, Edinburgh, Scotland.
AWARDS
Toronto Book Awards, 1992(Finalist)
Dracula
(adapted from the novel by Bram Stoker)
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Premiered at Skylight Theatre, Toronto, 1995. Subsequently produced at The Stephenville Festival, 1996.
AWARDS
1996 Dora Mavor Moore Award; Best New Play (Finalist)
The Phoenix Lottery
(play version)
PUBLICATION HISTORY
Playwrights Canada Press (Toronto: 2001)
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Premiered at The Grand Theatre, London, Ontario, 2001
TELEPLAYS/ RADIOPLAYS
The Rusting Heart
PUBLICATION HISTORY
James Reaney's Alphabet Magazine #15 (London: 1968)
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Premiered at Alpha Centre, London; also produced by C.B.C. Radio.
A Flush of Tories
C.B.C. drama special, 1982 featuring Douglas Rain, Neil Munro, Roberta Maxwell and Tony van Bridge
Friends of a Feather
CBC special, 1985. Adapted from the Shaw Festival Production, see above.
ANTHOLOGIES
Nurse Jane Goes to Hawaii is excerpted in Two for the Show, Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 1999; and in Scenes from Canadian Plays, Saskatoon: 5th Street Publishing, 1989, and in And What Are You Going To Do For Us? 2nd edition, Toronto: Simon and Pierre, 1982.
Papers is excerpted in And Do You Have Anything Else?, Toronto: Simon & Pierre, 1992; in The Perfect Piece, Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 1991; and in You’re Making a Scene, Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press 1993.
Bag Babies is excerpted in The Macmillan Book of Canadian Humour, Toronto: Macmillan 1992; and in The Perfect Piece, Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 1991.
Toast (a.k.a. The Phoenix Lottery) is excerpted in Another Perfect Piece, Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 1995.