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] For this work, Perry received the 2007 RE Ross Trust Playwrights' Script Development Award.[5]

He has also adapted Australian children's author Morris Gleitzman's book Second Childhood for the stage.[6]

In 2012, he adapted Dostoevsky’s The Gambler into a radio drama The Roulettenburg.[7]

He currently teaches English as a Second Language at Monash College.[citation needed]

References edit

  1. ^ "Glenn Perry". Australian Stage Online. 17 June 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2008.
  2. ^ Australian Government, Hansard 2 December 2002, p. 144 Archived 31 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Garnering the song of 'Bach'". The Age. 17 June 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2008.
  4. ^ "The children's Bach [music]: opera in two acts / composer Andrew Schultz ; librettist Glenn Perry ; after the novel by Helen Garner". National Library of Australia. 17 June 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2008.
  5. ^ "Australian Musicals Development Inc.: News Archive — October 2007". Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 2 November 2008.
  6. ^ Second childhood: the play. National Library of Australia. ISBN 978-0-14-330012-0. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
  7. ^ "Roulettenburg". Radio National. 19 September 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2019.

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