Glenn Perry Explained

Glenn Perry is an Australian writer and opera librettist.

He is notable for his librettos for Julian Yu's operas Fresh Ghosts (1997) and The Possessed (2003).[1] Perry received a grant in 2002 from the Australia Council for the writing of The Obsessed.[2] He wrote the libretto for the operatic version of Helen Garner's novella The Children's Bach.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Glenn Perry. 17 June 2008. 2008-10-31. Australian Stage Online. 21 November 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081121235941/http://www.australianstage.com.au/features/melbourne-interview/glenn-perry-1573.html. live.
  2. http://www.aph.gov.au/hansard/reps/dailys/dr021202.pdf Australian Government, Hansard 2 December 2002, p. 144
  3. News: Garnering the song of 'Bach'. 17 June 2008. 2008-10-31. The Age. 27 June 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080627225441/http://www.theage.com.au/news/arts/garnering-the-song-of-bach/2008/06/26/1214073416469.html. live.
  4. Web site: Australian Musicals Development Inc.: News Archive — October 2007 . 2 November 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080724212718/http://amd.org.au/news200710.html . 24 July 2008 . dead .
  5. Book: Second childhood: the play. 2008-11-01. National Library of Australia. 978-0-14-330012-0. 14 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110614065835/http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3021244. live.
  6. Web site: Roulettenburg. 2012-09-19. Radio National. en-AU. 2019-11-14.
  7. Web site: The children's Bach [music]

    opera in two acts / composer Andrew Schultz ; librettist Glenn Perry ; after the novel by Helen Garner| date=17 June 2008| accessdate=2008-10-31| publisher=National Library of Australia| archive-date=14 June 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614065820/http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4395098| url-status=live}} For this work, Perry received the 2007 RE Ross Trust Playwrights' Script Development Award.[4]

    He has also adapted Australian children's author Morris Gleitzman's book Second Childhood for the stage.[5]

    In 2012, he adapted Dostoevsky’s The Gambler into a radio drama The Roulettenburg.[6]

    He currently teaches English as a Second Language at Monash College.

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