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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.
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 (1849-1916) King Arthur : a drama in a personal prologue & four acts / by J. Comyns Carr. 1895. 23.0 x 1.0 cm (book measurement (inventory)) | RCIN 1058207. Description. [8], 67 p. Provenance. Presented by the author, 11th May 1895. People involved. Physical properties. Groupings.
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 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.
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).
The Project Gutenberg EBook of J. Comyns Carr, by Alice Vansittart Carr This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.
