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Playwright Romulus Linney to give Byron lecture Oct. 8
Celebrated for his play Childe Byron—a work inspired in part by his relationship with his daughter, actress Laura Linney, Romulus Linney also is known for his plays, The Sorrows of Frederick, Holy Ghosts, Heathen Valley and 2. He has won two Obie Awards, two National Critics Awards, three DramaLogue Awards and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rockefeller and Guggenheim foundations, as well as the Award in Literature and the Award of Merit Medal for Drama from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, to which he was elected in 2002. The 2003 recipient of the Edward Albee Last Frontier Playwright Award, Linney is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has taught at many universities, including the universities of North Carolina, Princeton, Columbia and the Actors Studio Drama School at the New School University. He holds honorary doctorates from Oberlin College, Appalachian State University and Wake Forest University. Linney’s plays have been staged throughout the United States and abroad. He has directed many of his plays for resident theatres, including the Alley Theatre, the Milwaukee Rep and the Philadelphia Festival for New Plays, as well as for the Ensemble Studio Theatre and the Theatre for the New City in New York. Free and open to the public, the event is the fifth annual Leslie A. Marchand Memorial Lecture, sponsored by the Board of Directors of the Byron Society of America and UD’s Department of English. Reservations are requested by Thursday, Oct. 1, and can be made by calling (302) 831-3654, or by e-mailing [robinson@udel.edu]. UD is home to the Byron Society of America Collection, which includes more than 2,000 volumes, 400 pamphlets and 66 objects relating to the famous aristocratic 19th-century Romantic poet George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824). Article by Becca Hutchinson To learn how to subscribe to UDaily, click here. |
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