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May Craig
May Craig may refer to: * May Craig (actress) (1889–1972), Irish actress in ''Girl with Green Eyes'' * May Craig (island), a small island off the coast of Aberdeenshire, Scotland * May Craig (journalist) Elisabeth May Adams Craig (December 19, 1889 in Coosaw Mines, South Carolina – July 15, 1975 in Silver Spring, Maryland) was an American journalist best known for her reports on the Second World War, Korean War and U.S. politics. She was a memb ... (1889–1975), American journalist {{disambiguation Craig, May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
May Craig (actress)
May Craig (1889 - 1972) was an Irish actress. She was born in Dublin. Career She was first listed as May Craig in 1907 in the world premiere of ''The Playboy of the Western World''. She became an actress with the Abbey Theatre from 1916 to 1968. During her professional life with the Abbey Theatre she appeared in many productions which can be seen in the Abbey Theatre archives. May Craig performed on six tours of North America with the Abbey Theatre and has been described as one of Ireland's senior character actresses. She made her American debut in 1932, at the Ambassador Theater, New York. While in New York during 1932-33 she appeared in ''Autumn Fire'', ''The Big House'', ''King Oedipus'', ''The Well of the Saints'' and ''Church Street''. In 1931 she appeared in a play by Irish playwright Teresa Deevy called ''A Disciple'' and in 1947 she appeared in ''In Search of Valour'' where she played the part of Mrs. Maher. As an actress, May Craig has been seen in movies such as '' T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
May Craig (island)
May Craig is a rocky island situated along the North Sea coast of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. May Craig lies about one half mile (0.8 km) south of Newtonhill and a mile (1.6 km) northeast of the village of Muchalls. A small islet of the same name lies three miles (five km) to the north-northeast. Area history The area to the west of May Craig was first inhabited by Pictish peoples who left prehistoric megalithic monuments along a trackway known as the Causey Mounth, a name coined in medieval times. Examples of these megaliths are Old Bourtreebush stone circle and Aquhorthies stone circle. Historic structures in the general area include Elsick House, Gillybrands and Muchalls Castle.Archibald Watt, ''Highways and Biways around Kincardineshire'', Stonehaven Heritage Society (1985) See also * Findon *Portlethen Portlethen (; gd, Port Leathain) is a town located approximately 7 miles south of Aberdeen, Scotland along the A92. The population according to the 2011 census was 7,130 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
May Craig (journalist)
Elisabeth May Adams Craig (December 19, 1889 in Coosaw Mines, South Carolina – July 15, 1975 in Silver Spring, Maryland) was an American journalist best known for her reports on the Second World War, Korean War and U.S. politics. She was a member of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, and was also a campaigner for equality in children's education. Although May Craig was a Southerner, she got her break in journalism working for the Maine-based Guy Gannett chain of newspapers (including the ''Portland Press Herald''). She became the company's Washington correspondent, and wrote her ''Inside Washington'' column for almost fifty years. She took on leadership roles within both the Women's National Press Club and Eleanor Roosevelt's Press Conference Association, both organisations supporting women in journalism. During the Second World War, Craig secured a succession of postings to Europe. From this vantage point, she gave eyewitness accounts of the V-bomb attacks on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |