Breslow, Maurice 1935-

(Maurice A. Breslow)

PERSONAL: Born, 1935 in Boston, MA; son of Max and Freda (Tatelbaim) Breslow; married Margaret Joan Cheesman (a singer and voice teacher), December 31, 1980; children: Max, Miriam. Education: Cornell University, B.A., 1956; Tufts University, M.A., 1960; Yale University, D.F.A., 1972.

ADDRESSES: Home and office—Cedarpoint Farm, R.R.1, Seeley's Bay, Ontario K0H 2N0, Canada. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Studio Arena Theatre, Buffalo, NY, director, 1966–67; Long Wharf Theater, New Haven, CT, associate artistic director, 1968–70; Bennington College, Bennington, VT, faculty member, 1970–72; Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, faculty member, including associate professor of drama, 1973–2000, retired, 2000. Military service: U.S. Army, 1957–59; became captain. U.S. Army Reserve, 1959–64.

MEMBER: Playwrights' Guild of Canada, Actors' Equity Association, PEN Canada.

AWARDS, HONORS: Winner, Canadian Playwriting Competition, Jewish Theatre Committee of Toronto, 1998, for Suffer the Children.

WRITINGS:

Adam and Eve and After (play; produced in New Haven, CT, at Long Wharf Theater, 1968), Playwrights Canada (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1982.

The Flying Doctor (play), produced in New Haven, CT, at Long Wharf Theater, 1969.

Pinocchio (play; produced in New Haven, CT, at Long Wharf Theater, 1969), Playwrights Canada (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1982.

Silver Bird and Scarlet Feather (play; produced in New Haven, CT, at Long Wharf Theater, 1970), Playwrights Canada (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1982.

When the World Was Young (play; produced in Bennington, VT, at Bennington College Theater, 1971), Playwrights Canada (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1982.

The Odyssey (play; produced in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at Inner Stage, 1983), Playwrights Canada (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1983.

Suffer the Children (play), production sketch performed by Writers Theatre of New York, 1987.

Face (play), produced in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, at Kingston Fringe Festival Theater, 1991.

(With Richard vanDusen) Princess Street/The Great Divide (play), produced in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, by People's Theatre of Kingston, 1994.

Beginning (play), produced in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, by Theatre Kingston, 1998.

Unproduced plays including "Full Circle" and "The Dark down the Hall." Contributor to magazines, including Queen's Quarterly and Reader's Digest.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Soft Stillness, and the Night (tentative title), a novel about the theft of creative work.

SIDELIGHTS: Maurice Breslow once told CA: "My plays are of two types: children's plays and adult plays, often based on historical subjects and exploring the world of the spirit and the imagination. My short stories are largely autobiographical, or concerned with individuals in difficult circumstances. My articles are about theater, the arts, and baseball."

More recently, Breslow added: "Since retiring from Queen's University, I have been able to devote full time to writing, including 'Full Circle,' a mystery-comedy play about Sherlock Holmes and his creator Arthur Conan Doyle, and 'The Dark down the Hall,' a play about romance in everyday lives."