Robinson, Patricia, 1923-

Patricia Anne Colbert Robinson, 1922-1998 (the author earlier requested that her date of birth be listed as 1923), was a Charleston author, playwright, poet and actress. She and her husband Emmett E. Robinson (1914-1988), Director of the Footlight Players, were leaders in the Charleston theater for three decades. She wrote over fifteen plays. Most of them were produced at the Dock Street Theatre. Her comedies "Syllabub" and "Hiddydoddy" were followed by period pieces that included "The Burning Tide" and collaborative musicals with Mel Marvin, "Rare Fine Towne" and "Jubalee". She wrote seven fiction novels, mostly mysteries. with Charleston as the backdrop. She collaborated with Nancy Stevenson on three of these novels, "Return to Octavia", "A Clearing in the Fog", and "Savage Summer" which were written under the pen names of Daria Macomber and Margaret Duval.