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  1. Romulus Zachariah Linney IV[1] (September 21, 1930 – January 15, 2011) [2] was an American playwright and novelist. Life and career. Linney was born in Philadelphia, [3] the son of Maitland (née Thompson) Linney and physician Romulus Zachariah Linney III.

  2. Jan 15, 2011 · Romulus Linney, a playwright who roved along many intellectual paths, exploring the Southern Appalachian culture of his upbringing, refashioning classical works for modern times and adapting...

  3. Romulus Linney, a respected playwright who wrote dozens of plays on a wide variety of subjects over a multi-decade career, and who achieved a different sort of fame in later years as the father...

  4. Romulus Linney was the author of three novels, four opera librettos, twenty short stories, and 85 plays which have been staged throughout the United States, in Europe and Asia. His plays include The Sorrows of Frederick, Holy Ghosts, Childe Byron, Heathen Valley, 2, and an adaptation of Ernest L. Gaines’s novel, A Lesson Before Dying , which ...

  5. Romulus Linney. (1930—2011) Quick Reference. (1930–2011) American playwright and director. Linney's work has the unadorned poetic quality of a testament. Best known for his plays about Appalachia—including Holy Ghosts (1976), about snake-handlers, and Sand Mountain ... From: Linney, Romulus in The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance »

  6. Jan 8, 2015 · Romulus Linney, 1930–2011. The playwright who drew on a Southern boyhood. By The Week Staff. last updated 8 January 2015. Though he never became a household name, Romulus Linney’s...

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  8. Nov 5, 2019 · NEW YORK – Romulus Linney, a prolific playwright whose work ranged from stories set in Appalachia to the Nuremberg trials, has died in New York. He was 80. Linney's wife Laura Callanan said the...