Paul Shyre

Paul Shyre (8 March 192619 November 1989) was an American director and playwright who won a Tony and an Emmy.[1] He is noted for the plays Hizzoner, Will Rogers' USA and The President Is Dead.[2]

Shyre graduated from the University of Florida and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He was a professor of theater arts at Cornell University.[3]

Shyre adapted to the stage, directed and co-produced the Sean O'Casey novels, Pictures in the Hallway, I Knock at the Door and Drums Under the Windows. He also wrote and directed A Whitman Portrait and An Unpleasant Evening With H.L. Mencken.[1]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 Haymer, Johnny (21 November 1989) The Washington Post page B-7
  2. Mikulan, Steven (27 January 2006) "Let's Put On a Banned Show" LA Weekly page 68
  3. Flint, Peter B. (20 November 1989) "Paul Shyre, 63, Director, Actor And O'Casey Adapter, Is Dead" The New York Times page D-11
  4. Staff (5 November 2007) "New Globe Revives Paul Shyre's Plays in Rep Nov.24-Dec.23 2007/11/05" Broadway World News Desk
  5. "New York Obies Theater Awards - 1957"


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