Richard Greenblatt (playwright)
Template:Short description Richard Greenblatt (born 1953) is a Canadian playwright who currently lives in Toronto. He is best known for 2 Pianos, 4 Hands, which he wrote and performed with Ted Dykstra.
Early life
Greenblatt was born in 1953 in Montreal, Quebec, to a secular Jewish family.[1] His parents were active Communists[2] until 1956, when they left the party after Khrushchev's Secret Speech. He is the brother of Lewis Furey, musician, actor & director.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Greenblatt attended Dawson College. He later trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. In 1975 he returned to Canada and began his theatrical career.[1]
Works
- Soft Pedalling (1981)
- The Theory of Relatives (1994, co-written with Daniel Brooks, Diane Flacks, Leah Cherniak, Leslie Lester, and Allan Merovitz)[3]
- 2 Pianos, 4 Hands (1994)
- Sibs (2000)
- Letters From Lehrer (2006)
Personal life
Greenblatt was married to director/writer Kate Lushington. The two have three children: Natasha, William, and Luke.[2]
See also
References
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- 20th-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights
- 21st-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights
- 1953 births
- Living people
- Jewish Canadian dramatists and playwrights
- Dawson College alumni
- Jewish Canadian male actors
- Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Canadian male dramatists and playwrights
- Male actors from Montreal
- Writers from Montreal
- 20th-century Canadian male writers
- 21st-century Canadian male writers
- Dora Mavor Moore Award winners