Bonnie Greer

Bonnie Greer (born 16 November, 1948, Chicago) is an American-born playwright and critic, resident in Britain. Greer's father was born to a family of Mississippi sharecroppers. He was stationed in the UK during World War II and took part in the D-Day landings. Greer was born on the "notorious" West Side of Chicago, the eldest of seven children of a Catholic family. Though she began writing plays at the age of 9, she originally set out on a legal ... more

Bonnie Greer (born 16 November, 1948, Chicago) is an American-born playwright and critic, resident in Britain. Greer's father was born to a family of Mississippi sharecroppers. He was stationed in the UK during World War II and took part in the D-Day landings. Greer was born on the "notorious" West Side of Chicago, the eldest of seven children of a Catholic family. Though she began writing plays at the age of 9, she originally set out on a legal career, but dropped out when her professor told her he did not think women should have a career in law. Instead she studied theatre in Chicago under David Mamet's supervision and at the Actors Studio in New York with Elia Kazan. Greer visited the UK as part of a production at the Edinburgh Festival in 1986 and has been based in the UK since then; she acquired British citizenship in 1997. She has worked mainly in theatre with women and ethnic minorities, and is a former Arts Council playwright in residence at the Soho Theatre and for NITRO,... less