Greg MacArthur explained

Greg MacArthur
Birth Place:Lindsay, Ontario, Canada
Birth Date:1970
Occupation:playwright
Period:2000s-present
Notableworks: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]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=MacArthur%2C%20Greg "MacArthur, Greg"
  2. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-and-performance/greg-macarthur-casts-a-clear-eye-on-our-toxique-times/article628335/ "Greg MacArthur casts a clear eye on our Toxique times"
  3. https://nowtoronto.com/stage/theatre/snowman-feels-a-bit-chilly/ "Snowman feels a bit chilly"
  4. Perfectly Abnormal: Seven Gay Plays. Playwrights Canada Press, 2006. .
  5. https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/livres/336177/prix-du-gouverneur-general-un-autre-prix-pour-perrine-leblanc "Prix du Gouverneur général - Un autre prix pour Perrine Leblanc"