Charles McEvoy

Charles McEvoy
Etching of Charles McEvoy by Augustus John
Born	30 June 1879 London
Died	16 February 1929 (aged 49) Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Occupation	Writer
Years active	1907–1929

Charles McEvoy (1879–1929) was a British playwright and stage director. He was originally a journalist before switching to creative writing in 1907, becoming known for his realism. His 1923 play The Likes of Her was adapted into a 1931 film Sally in Our Alley.^[1] His brother was the artist Ambrose McEvoy.

He died of cancer in 1929, aged 49.^[2]

Selected works

David Ballard (1907)
The Village Wedding (1910) – premiered at McEvoy's theatre in his home village of Aldbourne, Wiltshire with an amateur cast;^[2] taken to Manchester but failed in London^[3]
All That Matters (1911, West End)
The Likes of Her (1923, West End); the 1931 film Sally in Our Alley, starring Gracie Fields, is loosely based on the play

References

^ Goble p.317
^ ^a ^b "Charles McEvoy - Playwright, Producer and Director". Aldbourne Heritage Centre. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
^ Baggs, A. P.; Freeman, Jane; Stevenson, Janet H. (1983). "Parishes: Aldbourne". In Crowley, D. A. (ed.). A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 12. Victoria County History. University of London. pp. 67–86. Retrieved 5 April 2021 – via British History Online.

Bibliography

Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
Wearing, J.P. The London Stage 1920-1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.