Name Charles Kennedy Role Dramatist | Movies The Servant in the House | |
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Died February 16, 1950, Los Angeles, California, United States Spouse Edith Wynne Matthison (m. 1898) Books The Servant in the House People also search for Edith Wynne Matthison, Jack Conway, Lanier Bartlett | ||
Charles Rann Kennedy (born Derby, England, 14 February 1871; died Los Angeles, California, 16 February 1950) was an Anglo-American dramatist.
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Biography
He began life as an office boy, largely educated himself and began lecturing and writing early. He later became an actor, press agent, and theatrical business manager. This led to the production of dramas for the stage with which he combined the writing of short stories, critical articles and poems. He taught for several years at Bennett Junior College in Millbrook, New York. He retired in Los Angeles.
Works
After 1905, he spent most of his time writing drama, including:
All of these dramas deal with problems of society and are of a serious, reforming tendency.
Family
In 1898, he married actress Edith Wynne Matthison. She was an advisor during the development of his dramas, acted in them, and also taught at Bennett Junior College.