About the Playwright: Philip Grecian

Philip Grecian

began his show business career at the age of four as a ventriloquist and a magician.  Other works include Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, The Velveteen Rabbit, The Dragon of Nitt, Lion and the Lyre (translated and performed in Russia), Little Pills (based on Moliere’s Imaginary Invalid), Toby Saves the Farm, and a translation of Mozart’s The Magic Flute. Mr. Grecian has also adapted many novels and films into plays for staged radio dramatization, including Dracula!, Frankenstein, Twisted Tales of Poe, The Blood Countess, and It’s a Wonderful Life. Other plays include his widely popular children’s classic, The Velveteen Rabbit and the official stage adaptation of the motion picture A Christmas Story, which is produced annually by a number of professional, educational and community theatre companies throughout the English-speaking world.