Romulus Linney (playwright)
| Romulus Linney | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Romulus Zachariah Linney IV September 21, 1930 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | January 15, 2011 (aged 80) Germantown, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | United States |
| Occupation | Dramatist, librettist, playwright |
| Spouse(s) | Laura Callanan (1996–2011; his death) Margaret Jane Andrews (1967–1994; divorced) Ann Leggett Perse (1963–1966; divorced) |
| Children |
Laura Linney Susan Linney |
| Relatives | Romulus Zachariah Linney (great-grandfather) |
Romulus Zachariah Linney IV (September 21, 1930 – January 15, 2011) was an American playwright and novelist.
Linney was born in Philadelphia, the son of Maitland (née Thompson) and Romulus Zachariah Linney III. His great-grandfather was Republican congressman Romulus Zachariah Linney.
Linney was raised in Boone, North Carolina and Madison, Tennessee. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Oberlin College and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Yale School of Drama. He authored three novels, four opera librettos, twenty short stories, and 85 plays which have been staged throughout the United States from South Coast Repertory in California to the Virginia Museum Theater (VMT) in Richmond, and in Europe and Asia. His plays include The Sorrows of Frederick, Holy Ghosts, Childe Byron, Heathen Valley, and an adaptation of Ernest J. Gaines's novel, A Lesson Before Dying, which has been produced in New York and in numerous regional theaters. Many of his plays were set in Appalachia (Tennessee, Holy Ghosts, Sand Mountain, Gint and Heathen Valley), while others focused on historical subjects (The Sorrows of Frederick, King Philip, 2: Goering at Nuremberg). His adaptations for the American stage of several modern foreign classics—plays and tales from Tolstoy, Chekhov, Ibsen and others—have been performed from New York to Minneapolis, and his melding of two novels by Henry Adams into the comedy Democracy was premiered by artistic director Keith Fowler at VMT. Linney's vivid biographical reconstructions of controversial personalities are remarkable for their power to retain a lifelike vigor—as in his treatment of Hermann Goering in 2: Goering at Nuremberg, and Lord Byron in Childe Byron.
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