Phillip Hayes Dean
Phillip Hayes Dean | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 17, 1931 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | April 14, 2014 (aged 83) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupations | Actor and playwright |
Phillip Hayes Dean (January 17, 1931 – April 14, 2014) was an American stage actor and playwright.
Career
Dean won the Drama Desk Award for most promising playwright in the 1971-72 season for his play The Sty of the Blind Pig.[1] A 1971 New York Times review of the same play, by Clive Barnes, after a performance at St Mark's Playhouse, described it as not a "perfect play" but "yet nags with its truth."[2]
His later play, Paul Robeson, aroused controversy upon its premiere in 1977. This was due to its depiction of Paul Robeson garnering criticism from Robeson’s family and other prominent intellectuals, who claimed that the play's portrait of the singer was historically inaccurate.[3]
Death
Hayes died on April 14, 2014, aged 83, in Los Angeles, California from an aortic aneurysm.[3]
References
- ↑ "The Sty of the Blind Pig - 1971 Off-Broadway History , Info & More". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
- ↑ Barnes, Clive (1971-11-24). "Theater: 'The Sty of the Blind Pig'". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2023-04-07. Retrieved 2026-02-12.
- 1 2 Weber, Bruce (2014-04-22). "Phillip Hayes Dean, the Playwright of Divisive 'Paul Robeson', Dies at 83". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
External links
- Phillip Hayes Dean at IMDb
- Biography at Classix
- 1931 births
- 2014 deaths
- Male actors from Chicago
- American male stage actors
- Deaths from aortic aneurysm
- 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
- Dramatists and playwrights from Chicago
- 20th-century American male dramatists and playwrights
- American theatre actor, 20th-century birth stubs
- American dramatist and playwright stubs