Greg MacArthur
Greg MacArthur | |
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| Born | 1970 (age 55–56) |
| Occupation | playwright |
| Period | 2000s–present |
| Notable works | The Toxic Bus Incident, Snowman |
Greg MacArthur (born 1970 in Lindsay, Ontario)[1] is a Canadian playwright.[2] A graduate of Ryerson University's theatre school,[1] he is known for plays including girls! girls! girls!, Snowman,[3] Get Away, Recovery, Tyland, The Toxic Bus Incident and The Missionary Position.[1]
His play The Rise and Fall of Peter Gaveston appears in the Sky Gilbert-edited anthology Perfectly Abnormal: Seven Gay Plays, published by Playwrights Canada Press in 2006, alongside plays by Harry Rintoul, Shawn Postoff, Christian Lloyd, Greg Kearney, Ken Brand, and Michael Achtman.[4]
MacArthur was a shortlisted nominee for the Siminovitch Prize in Theatre in 2011.[1] At the 2011 Governor General's Awards, Maryse Warda won the Governor General's Award for English to French translation for her translation of The Toxic Bus Incident.[5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "MacArthur, Greg". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia, September 27, 2013.
- ↑ "Greg MacArthur casts a clear eye on our Toxique times". The Globe and Mail, March 22, 2011.
- ↑ "Snowman feels a bit chilly". Now, September 30, 2004.
- ↑ Perfectly Abnormal: Seven Gay Plays. Playwrights Canada Press, 2006. ISBN 978-0887548529.
- ↑ "Prix du Gouverneur général - Un autre prix pour Perrine Leblanc". Le Devoir, November 16, 2011.
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