Kennedy, Charles Rann, 1871-1950

Epithet: dramatist

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001185.0x00018c

Kennedy was born on Feb. 14, 1871 in Derby, England; worked as an office boy and clerk from ages 13-16; began writing and lecturing; married actress Edith Wynne Matthison in 1898; wrote short stories, articles and poems, while also acting and serving as a press agent and theatrical business manager; made his first appearance on the stage in 1897 as a starving citizen in The seats of the mighty, at Her Majesty's Theatre, London; made his first appearance in New York in 1903 as the doctor and the messenger in Everyman; after 1905, devoted his time mainly to dramatic writing; with his wife, taught for several years at the dramatic department of Bennett Junior College in Millbrook, NY; published plays include The servant in the house (1908), The terrible meek (1911), and The idol breaker (1914); retired to Los Angeles; he died on Feb. 16, 1950.

From the description of Papers, 1887-1947. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 39287308

Angl-American actor, playwright and director; author of "The servant in the house" and "The terrible meek."

From the description of Charles Rann Kennedy letter to Dr. Alfred R. Hussey [manuscript], 1923 February 24 (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 174963444