E. Roger Boyle (1908-1993) was an American writer and scholar of
drama. He taught playwriting at the
University of Virginia from 1932 to 1977, where he chaired the drama department from 1960 to 1966. He also founded the Virginia Players and directed 350 plays. Under the pseudonym Robin Grey, Boyle wrote the best selling mystery novel, Puzzle in Porcelain, during the 1940s. Boyle was married to
Sarah Patton Boyle
Sarah-Lindsay Patton "Pattie" Boyle (May 9, 1906 - February 20, 1994) was an American author and civil rights activist from Virginia during the Civil Rights Movement. She is the author of ''The Desegregated Heart'' and various articles and books ab ...
, a civil rights activist in Virginia.
Boyle grew up in
Saco, Maine and attended the
Yale School of Drama.
[Obituary of E. ROGER BOYLE JR, The Washington Post, Apr 3, 1993, G6]
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1908 births
1993 deaths
20th-century American writers
Yale School of Drama alumni
University of Virginia faculty
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