Glenn Perry

Glenn Perry is an Australian writer and opera librettist.

This article is about the Australian writer. For the first Chief Accountant of the US SEC, see L. Glenn Perry.

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.

References
  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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