Kennedy, Charles Rann, 1808-1867

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Kennedy was born on February 14, 1871 in Derby, England; worked as an office boy and clerk from ages 13-16; began writing and lecturing; married actress Edith Wynne Matthison in 1898; wrote short stories, articles and poems, while also acting and serving as a press agent and theatrical business manager; made his first appearance on the stage in 1897 as a starving citizen in The seats of the mighty, at Her Majesty's Theatre, London; made his first appearance in New York in 1903 as the doctor and the messenger in Everyman; after 1905, devoted his time mainly to dramatic writing; with his wife, taught for several years at the dramatic department of Bennett Junior College in Millbrook, New York; published plays include The Servant in the House (1908), The Terrible Meek (1911), and The Idol Breaker (1914); retired to Los Angeles; he died on February 16, 1950.

From the guide to the Charles Rann Kennedy papers, 1887-1947, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.)

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