E. Roger Boyle (1908-1993) was an American writer and scholar of

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. He taught playwriting at the

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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, a civil rights activist in Virginia. Boyle grew up in

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and attended the

Yale School of Drama The David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University is a graduate professional school of Yale University, located in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1924 as the Department of Drama in the School of Fine Arts, the school provides training in ...

.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 David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University alumni University of Virginia faculty {{US-academic-stub