Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia
Milner, Arthur
Arthur Milner grew up in Montreal but has lived in Ottawa since 1971. He is a playwright and director, and has a long association with the Great Canadian Theatre Company (GCTC) where he was resident playwright (1978-1991) and Artistic Director (1991-1995). His plays include: Cheap Thrill (1985), Zero Hour (1986), Learning to Live with Personal Growth (1987), Masada (1990), The Forest, (2001), all first produced by GCTC; Crusader of the World (1999), a play for high schools commissioned and premiered by Green Thumb Theatre; Joan Henry (2003, written with Allen Cole and Estelle Shook), a musical commissioned and premiered by Caravan Theatre ; and, for CBC Radio drama, The City (1991), and It's Not a Country, It's Winter (1998).
Arthur Milner has worked as a dramaturge for the Banff Centre for the Arts , Manitoba Association of Playwrights, and Playwrights' Workshop Montreal. He has taught playwriting at Concordia University and the history of Modern Drama at Carleton University. He is a past president of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres, and is an editor of Inroads, The Canadian Journal of Opinion.
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