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Garry O'Connor is a playwright, biographer and novelist. ==Personal life== Born Edgware, London, England, Garry O'Connor is a biographer and novelist, noted for his publications on theatrical and literary figures. Son of Cavan O'Connor, Irish tenor, BBC broadcasting star and Variety Artist,〔Cavan O’Connor Obituary, ''Independent'', 14 January 1997. Retrieved 20 August 2011〕 and Rita, also a singer, maiden name Odoli-Tate, O'Connor is the grand-nephew of Dame Maggie Teyte DBE, ''Croix de Lorraine'', ''Chevalier'', ''Legion d'Honneur'', the international opera soprano and interpreter of French song,〔http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggie_Teyte. Retrieved 20 August 2011〕 and of James William Tate, songwriter, accompanist, and composer. Educated at St Albans School and King's College, Cambridge, where he was an Exhibitioner and State Scholar, and won the James Essay Prize, O'Connor was President of University Actors. He was taught at Cambridge by Professors Boris Ford and John Broadbent, with George Rylands as his Director of Studies, where O'Connor concentrated mainly on directing and writing plays. He is an MA of King's College. After Cambridge, winning a French Government scholarship to Paris for drama, he studied mime at the École Jacques Le Coq in Paris〔‘Liberty of the Body’, ''Times Educational Supplement'', April 1962〕 before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company as Michel Saint-Denis' assistant. This was during the Peter Hall seasons at Stratford Upon Avon. Thereafter he directed plays in London and elsewhere until his decision to become a full-time writer. On 25 June 1970 he married Victoria Meredith-Owens, a farmer and yoga teacher. They have six children, Tobias Cavan, Joseph Owen, Emilie Margaret, Frederick Garry, Peter Alexander, and Juliet Elizabeth, and two grandchildren. His home is in King's Sutton, in Northamptonshire. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Garry O'Connor (writer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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