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Joseph William Comyns Carr (1 March 1849 – 12 December 1916), often referred to as J. Comyns Carr, was an English drama and art critic, gallery director, author, poet, playwright and theatre manager.
Sir Arthur Strettell Comyns Carr (19 September 1882 – 20 April 1965) was a British Liberal politician and lawyer. Family and education. Comyns Carr was the son of J. Comyns Carr, a dramatist and art critic. His mother, Alice Comyns Carr (1850–1927), was a costume designer for the theatre.
Joseph William Comyns Carr (1849 - 1916) RA Collection: People and Organisations. English drama and art critic, gallery director, author, poet, playwright and theatre manager. Carr was a vigorous advocate for Pre-Raphaelite art and a vocal critic of the “short-sighted” art establishment.
Barbara Irene Veronica Comyns Carr (born Barbara Irene Veronica Bayley; 27 December 1907 [1] [2] – 14 July 1992), known as Barbara Comyns, was an English writer and artist.
Address. 135-7 New Bond Street (Grosvenor Gallery) 134 New Bond Street (offices of the above) Biography. Art dealer, critic and dramatist. associated with avant-garde London art scene especially Edward Burne-Jones (q.v.) Ran the London office of L'Art. First director of the Grosvenor Gallery (qv), which he left to found the New Gallery in 1889.
Joseph Comyns Carr wrote the final script of the play King Arthur, which Henry Irving chose to produce in 1895. At the time that Irving had approached him about the job, Carr was specializing in Pre-Raphaelite art as the director of the Grosvenor Gallery (Goodman, 242).
Joseph Comyns Carr was a playwright, art and drama critic, and gallery director (he was particularly engaged with the Pre-Raphaelite movement). His wife, Alice, was Ellen Terry’s costume designer (she was responsible for the striking iridescent costume worn by her in the role of Lady Macbeth).
