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John Herbert (playwright) (John Herbert Brundage) was born on 13 October, 1926 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a Canadian playwright and theatre director. Discover John Herbert (playwright)'s Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 74 years old?
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John Herbert Brundage |
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| Age |
74 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Libra |
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13 October, 1926 |
| Birthday |
13 October |
| Birthplace |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Date of death |
22 June, 2001 |
| Died Place |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Canada
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John Herbert (playwright) Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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John Herbert (playwright) Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is John Herbert (playwright) worth at the age of 74 years old? John Herbert (playwright)’s income source is mostly from being a successful playwright. He is from Canada. We have estimated John Herbert (playwright)'s net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
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Pending |
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Under Review |
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Timeline
John Herbert was the pen name of John Herbert Brundage (13 October 1926 – 22 June 2001), a Canadian playwright, drag queen, and theatre director best known for his 1967 play Fortune and Men's Eyes.
Herbert was born in Toronto on October 13, 1926.
After completing high school, he worked in the advertising department of Eaton's and began competing in drag pageants.
In the 1940s, Herbert was the victim of an attempted robbery while he was dressed as a woman.
Later, Herbert travelled across North America doing odd jobs to support himself before returning to Toronto in 1955.
He studied at the National Ballet School of Canada and at Dora Mavor Moore's New Play Society.
Herbert co-founded the Garret Theatre with his sister Nana Brundage in 1960.
Herbert wrote Fortune and Men's Eyes in 1964 based on his time behind bars.
He included the character of Queenie as an authorial self-insertion.
The play was first staged as a Stratford Festival workshop directed by Bruno Gerussi, in 1965, but Herbert was unable to find a theatre company willing to mount a full production in Canada.
It ultimately premiered as an off-Broadway play in New York City, produced by David Rothenberg and Mitchell Nestor, on February 14, 1967 at the Broadway Actor's Playhouse.
Because of his past conviction, Herbert faced difficulties entering the United States to attend productions of his work.
Fortune and Men's Eyes remains the most widely produced play in the history of Canadian theatre, both in Canada and internationally.
It has been translated into more than 40 languages and staged internationally.
His assailants falsely claimed that Herbert had solicited them for sex, and Herbert was accused and convicted of indecency under Canada's same-sex sexual activity law, which was not repealed until 1969.
After being convicted, Herbert served time in a youth reformatory in Guelph, Ontario.
Herbert later served another sentence for indecency at reformatory in Mimico.
A motion picture version of the work, based on a screenplay by Herbert, was directed by Harvey Hart in 1971.
Rothenberg went on to found the Fortune Society, a nonprofit advocacy organization that supports incarcerated and formerly-incarcerated people reintegrate into society.
Although none of Herbert's other plays were as successful as Fortune and Men's Eyes, Herbert remained active as a dancer, a theatre director, an acting teacher and a theatre lecturer at Ryerson University, Glendon College, York University and the University of Toronto.
A selection of manuscripts, letters and personal papers were donated to the University of Waterloo Library in 1982.
The manual typewriter on which he composed Fortune and Men's Eyes is in the possession of the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives.
