Richard Greenblatt (playwright)

Greenblatt was born in 1953 in Montreal, Quebec, to a secular Jewish family. His parents were active Communists until 1956, when they left the party after Khrushchev's Secret Speech. He is the brother of Lewis Furey, musician, actor & director. 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. ==Works==

• Soft Pedalling (1981) • The Theory of Relatives (1994, co-written with Daniel Brooks, Diane Flacks, Leah Cherniak, Leslie Lester, and Allan Merovitz) • 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. == See also ==