(1981-1985) Artistic Director of Canada's Stratford Festival Founded
the Manitoba Theatre Centre in Winnipeg
Adopted by Russian Jews in Canada.
He was awarded the 1975 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Distinguished Direction for "The Dybbuk" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
Survived by his adoptive mother, Sybil Shack of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
(1974-1978) Head of CBC Drama.
His parents were prominent in the theatrical community in Hungary. They and a younger brother died in the Holocaust.