The leading authority in drama education, Richard Courtney has extensively revised and updated his most famous work, Play, Drama & Thought, the definitive text on the intellectual and theoretical background to drama and the relevance of drama in education. A Canadian since 1967, Courtney was born in England, where he was the Senior Lecturer in Drama at Trent Park College, London. After serving as Professor of Drama at Victoria and Calgary Universities, he is currently in charge of graduate studies, research and development in arts and education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, and is cross-appointed to the Graduate Drama Centre, University of Toronto.
Courtney has been Visiting Professor, Melbourne College of Advanced Education, Australia (1979); President of both the Canadian Conference of the Arts and the Canadian Child and Youth Drama Association; and governor, the American Council of the Arts. Courtney is also an actor, designer and director of Shakespearean, classic and contemporary plays, a poet, and the author of more than thirty books.
