Complete Works
Here is a complete listing of Betty's written works. Some of these date back to when she was a teenager, and others were written for assignments while attending university. They are listed alphabetically, by type.
Dates have been included, where known--these are dates the works were written (or in the case of radio plays, broadcast) rather than when they were published.
STAGE PLAYS
Aleola
Clouds of Glory 1979 (production date)
Dressing Up
The Good of the Sun 1975
Jennie's Story 1981
The Pirates and the Gypsies
The Riddle Machine 1974
Song of the Serpent 1973
Sqrieux-de-Dieu 1975
Turtle Beach (The Foolish Virgin)
Under the Skin 1983
The Visitor 1970
World, World, Go Away 1970
RADIO PLAYS
All in Good Time
And Bacon for Breakfast
And When the Nights are Long
The Annuity 1960
The Best Room in the House broadcast dec/1959
The Bequest (To Reach an Understanding) 1958?
The Dark Corner broadcast 7/mar/1960
Death Watch broadcast 28/sep/1959
The Devil's Disciple (by G.B. Shaw, adapted by BL) broadcast 25/jun/1966
Dr. MacGregor and the Case of the Abominable Snowman
Dr. MacGregor and the Case of the Constant Suicide broadcast 14/nov/1960
Dr. MacGregor and the Case of the Curious Bone broadcast 28/aug/1961
Dr. MacGregor and the Case of the Persistent Poltergeist broadcast 11/aug/1963
The Doctor's Dilemma (by G.B. Shaw, adapted by BL) broadcast 25/mar/1962
The Encircling Island 1971
Essentials
Falconer's Island broadcast 9/mar/1966
Grasshopper Hill broadcast mar/1979
Hamlet, Revenge! (by Michael Innes, adapted by BL) broadcast 23/jan/19??
In the Name of Progress
King of the Castle
The Ladies
The Lady Upstairs 1958?
Once Burnt, Twice Shybroadcast 18/jul/1965
The Portrait of a Lady (by Henry James, adapted by BL) broadcast 1/mar/1966
The Rebel
The Seagull (by Anton Chekov, adapted by BL) broadcast 22/may/1960
The Sea Wall broadcast 29/jan/1961
The Summer People broadcast 24/may/1961
The Three Sisters (by Anton Chekov, adapted by BL) broadcast 27/jul/1963
A Time of Rejoicing
The Visitor (radio version of stage play)1970
Whoever Murdered Good Old Charlie?
TELEVISION PLAYS
The Apartment "Nobody Knows I'm Here" telecast 6/Jan/1976
The Closet
The Human Element
The Infinite Worlds of Maybe (by Lester Del Ray, adapted by BL)
Lilacs and Lillies1961
No Love Lost
Prescription for Love 28/Aug/1962
Return of a Hero production 8/Dec/1960
Tumult with Indians
When the Bough Breaks telecast 13/Apr/1971
NOVELS
Crossings 1979
Keep it in the Family
Pointing the Bone (only half-completed)
The Victim
Victorian Era
SHORT STORIES
Banff School
Bending Sickle
Bingo
Black Gold
Blue Chow
The Black Nightgown
Cinderella Man
Dance of the Moon 1948
Don't Bring Him in the House* 1957
The Dream
French Seams
The Guest Room Curtains
Guilt 1978
The Hen Who Forgot How to Hatch Her Eggs
How We Married Mother
Just a Little Game
Kiss Googie Winthrop
Last Dinner 1975
Lollypalooza and Jim Molockee
No Love Lost
No Yesterdays 1950
Nobody Knows I'm Here 1980
The Personal Column
The Pony
Prairie Fire* 1956
Pronounce it Ay to Ryhme
The Rebel
So Much More 1947
A Story!
The Strange, the Foreign Faces*
Swiss Cottage
Sylvia
Tatiana
That Mrs. Benton (as "C. Thomas")
Them as Has Pride** 1957
This Side of Tomorrow 1962
The University Life* 1956
Tony
The Unloved 1950
The Victory
The Wasted Years
Winter Never Comes
A Woman in Love 1956
*Written for English 401 at UBC, taught by Earle Birney.
**Written for English 409 at UBC, taught by Earle Birney
Betty, circa 1960