- William Fay
William George (Willie) Fay (
12 November 1872 -27 October 1947 ) was an actor and theatre producer who was one of the co-founders of theAbbey Theatre .Fay was born in
Dublin and attendedBelvedere College ., Dublin. He worked for a time in the 1890s with a touring theatre company in Ireland,Scotland andWales . When he returned to Dublin, he worked with his brother Frank, staging productions in halls around the city. Finally, they formedW. G. Fay's Irish National Dramatic Company , focused on the development of Irish acting talent.The brothers participated in the in founding of the Abbey Theatre and were largely responsible for evolving the Abbey style of acting .
After a falling out with the Abbey directors in 1908, the brothers emigrated to the
United States to work in theatre there. Willie moved to London in 1914 worked as an actor in on the stage and in films. One of his most notable film roles was as Father Tom inCarol Reed 'sBelfast -set "Odd Man Out " (1947), whose cast was dense with actors from the Abbey Theatre. His "The Fays of the Abbey Theatre" appeared in 1935. He died in London.References
*Igoe, Vivien. "A Literary Guide to Dublin". (Methuen, 1994) ISBN 0-413-69120-9
*Ryan, Philip B. "The Lost Theatres of Dublin". (The Badger Press, 1998) ISBN 0-9526076-1-1External links
* at the
Internet Movie Database
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