Michael Chiang

For the American pediatric ophthalmologist, see Michael F. Chiang.
Michael Chiang
Born27 October 1955
Muar, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
NationalitySingaporean
Organization(s)Mediacorp, TheatreWorks

Michael Chiang (born 27 October 1955 in Muar, Malaysia) is a prolific playwright and screenwriter in Singapore. He is known as "Singapore's most famous and successful playwright".[1]

From 1990 to 2009, Chiang was the editorial director of Mediacorp Publishing, which publishes 8 Days. The playwright of Army Daze (1987) and Beauty World (1988), Chiang had his plays were collected in and published as Private Parts and Other Playthings in 1994 by Landmark Books and Play Things in 2014.

In 2015, Army Daze was selected by The Business Times as one of the "finest plays in 50 years" alongside productions by Goh Poh Seng, Kuo Pao Kun and Alfian Sa'at and others.[2]

  1. ^ Martin, Mayo (29 September 2014). "Michael Chiang: From Army Daze to 8 Days". MediaCorp. TODAY. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  2. ^ Yusof, Helmi (January 2015). "The finest plays in 50 years". The Business Times. Singapore Press Holdings. Retrieved 5 January 2015.