John Lazarus (b. 1947 in Montreal, Quebec) is a

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playwright. He is author of ''Babel Rap'', ''Dreaming and Duelling'', ''The Late Blumer'', ''Homework & Curtains'', ''Genuine Fakes'', ''The Trials of Eddy Haymour'', ''Medea's Disgust'', ''

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'', ''Rough Magic'' ''Meltdown'' and ''Secrets''. Lazarus is also the author of many plays for young audiences, including the four-play anthology ''Not So Dumb''. Lazarus graduated from the

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in 1969, then moved to

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where he worked for 30 years as an actor, critic, broadcaster, playwright, screenwriter and teacher at Studio 58 and

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. In 2000 he moved to Ontario to join the Department of Drama at

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. Since then, he has often worked with

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