Daniel
Keene was born in
Melbourne in 1955. He has written many plays including
Cho Cho San,
Silent Partner,
Because You Are Mine,
Low,
Beneath Heaven,
Terminus and
The Architect’s Walk.
He has won
the South Australian Premier’s Prize for Drama, the Victorian
Premier’s
Prize for Drame (twice), the Wal Cherry Play of the Year and the New
Dramatist’s Award, New York.
He was co-founder with
Ariette Taylor
of the Keene/Taylor
Theatre
Project. With her he won the award for Outstanding Contribution to
Theatre (Green Room Awards, 1998) and the Kenneth Myer Medallion for
the Performing Arts. The Project’s productions of his plays
featured in
the Melbourne and Sydney Festivals. His plays are performed
widely in Europe and France. He is also the author of several
screenplays for
movies, including the movie based on his play,
Silent Partner
(released 2001), and
Tom White
(released 2004). His
webpage can be found at
www.danielkeene.com.
Biography