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Richmond Crinkley Biography (1940-1989)

Full name, Richmond Dillard Crinkley; born January 20, 1940, in Blackstone, VA; died of cancer, January 29, 1989, in Richmond, VA; son of James Epes and Sarah Elizabeth (Beck) Crinkley.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Birth Details

January 20, 1940

Blackstone, Virginia, United States

Death Details

January 29, 1989

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Famous Works

• Credits; STAGE WORK; PRODUCER
• Total Eclipse, Happy Days, and Subject to Fits, all Folger Theatre Group,Washington, DC, 1969-73.
• (with Roger L. Stevens) The Freedom of the City, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, 1973, then (also with Konrad Matthaei and Hale Matthews) Alvin Theatre, New York City, 1974.
• (with Stevens) The Skin of Our Teeth, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, then (also with Ken Marsolais) Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, both 1975.
• (with Stevens) Summer Brave, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, then(also with Barry M. Brown, Burry Fredrik, Fritz Holt, Sally Sears, and Robert V. Straus) American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA) Theatre, New York City, both 1975.
• (with Stevens) The Royal Family, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,then (also with Brown, Fredrik, Holt, and Sears) Helen Hayes Theatre, New York City, both 1975.
• (with Stevens) The Scarecrow, Sweet Bird of Youth, Long Day's Journey into Night, Rip Van Winkle, and A Texas Trilogy, all Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 1975-76.
• (with Stevens) The Heiress, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, then(also with Steven Beckler and Thomas C. Smith) Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, both 1976.
• Out of Our Father's House, ANTA Theatre, 1978.
• (with Elizabeth I. McCann and Nelle Nugent) The Elephant Man, ANTA, BoothTheatre, New York City, 1979.
• Ladyhouse Blues, ANTA, Theatre at St. Peter's Church, New York City, 1979.
• Tintypes, ANTA, Theatre at St. Peter's Church, then John Golden Theatre,New York City, both 1980.
• Judgement, ANTA, Theatre at St. Peter's Church, 1980.
• The Philadelphia Story, Lincoln Center Theatre Company, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1980.
• The Floating Light Bulb and Macbeth, both Lincoln Center Theatre Company,Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 1981.
• "Stops Along the Way," "In Fireworks Lie Secret Codes," and "Vivien," inThe One Act Play Festival, Lincoln Center Theatre Company, Mitzi E. NewhouseTheatre, New York City, 1981.
• Poor Little Lambs, Theatre at St. Peter's Church, 1982.
• (with Eve Skina, Tina Chen, Martin Markinson, Mike Merrick, and John Roach) Passion, Longacre Theatre, New York City, 1983.
• Credits; MAJOR TOURS
• Producer (with Elizabeth I. McCann and Nelle Nugent), The Elephant Man, U.S. cities, 1979-81.
• Credits; TELEVISION WORK
• All as producer.
• Credits; SPECIALS
• Out of Our Father's House, PBS, 1978.
• The Elephant Man, ABC, 1979.
• Macbeth, ABC, 1983.
• Also Diary of a Madman.
• Writings
• Walter Pater: Humanist, University Press of Kentucky, 1971.

Further Reference

OBITUARIES AND OTHER SOURCES:

• New York Times, January 31, 1989.