Siddhesh Joshi (Editor)

Frank Carney (playwright)

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Name
  
Frank Carney


Role
  
Playwright

Books
  
The Righteous are Bold: A Play in Three Acts

Pizza hut success story dan and frank carney biography in hindi


Frank Carney, born 1902, was an Irish playwright.

Contents

Born in Westport,Co. Mayo educated at schools in Tuam and later at Galway University. A civil servant for a number of years in the Old Age Pensions Department, which gave him an opportunity of observing Irish rural life at close quarters. He had a career with the Abbey Theatre, Dublin from 1936 - 1938. A number of his plays were staged at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin including 'The Righteous are Bold' and 'They Went By Bus' (1946) and Peeping Tom (1940). He was also cast in many productions at the Abbey Theatre and for a time in 1936 he was stage manager with the Peacock Theatre. One of his performances was in a play by Irish playwright Teresa Deevy called The Wild Goose where he played the part of Father Ryan, there were six performances in this production.

Plays

  • Bolt from the Blue, a comedy in three acts. Adapted from the novel Friday's Well
  • The Wild Goose, 1936
  • They went by the Bus, 1939.
  • Peeping Tom, 1940.
  • The Righteous are Bold, 1946.
  • References

    Frank Carney (playwright) Wikipedia