Greg MacArthur
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Greg MacArthur | |
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| Born | 1970 Lindsay, Ontario, Canada |
| 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]
