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'''Diana Devlin''' (born 1 April 1941, died 27 September 2020) was a London based teacher and theatre scholar who helped create the [[Shakespeare's Globe]] theatre with her associate [[Sam Wanamaker]].<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global/2020/oct/12/diana-devlin-obituary |title=Diana Devlin obituary |publisher=The Guardian |access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="TheTimes">{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/diana-devlin-obituary-dv0wnqzpb |title=Diana Devlin obituary |publisher=The Times |access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="Globe">{{cite web|url=https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/discover/blogs-and-features/2020/09/30/remembering-diana-devlin/ |title=Remembering Diana Devlin |publisher=Shakespeare's Globe |access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="GSMD">{{cite web|url=https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/about-guildhall/news/obituary-diana-devlin-1941-2020 |title=Obituary: Diana Devlin (1941-2020) |publisher=Guildhall School of Music and Drama |access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref>
'''Diana Devlin''' (1 April 1941 - 27 September 2020) was a London based teacher, author and theatre academic who helped to create the [[Shakespeare's Globe]] theatre with her associate [[Sam Wanamaker]].<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global/2020/oct/12/diana-devlin-obituary |title=Diana Devlin obituary |work=The Guardian |date=12 October 2020 |access-date=30 November 2022 |last1=Croall |first1=Jonathan }}</ref><ref name="TheTimes">{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/diana-devlin-obituary-dv0wnqzpb |title=Diana Devlin obituary |work=The Times |date=11 November 2020 |access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="Globe">{{cite web|url=https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/discover/blogs-and-features/2020/09/30/remembering-diana-devlin/ |title=Remembering Diana Devlin |publisher=Shakespeare's Globe |access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="GSMD">{{cite web|url=https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/about-guildhall/news/obituary-diana-devlin-1941-2020 |title=Obituary: Diana Devlin (1941-2020) |date=9 October 2020 |publisher=Guildhall School of Music and Drama |access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref>


==Life==
==Life==
Devlin was born in [[Porthmadog]], [[Wales]] on 1 April 1941.<ref name="Guardian"/> She attended Beaufort House primary school in Fulham, and Carlyle grammar school in [[Chelsea]], where she was head girl.<ref name="Guardian"/> In 1960, she attended [[Cambridge University]] and obtained a second-class degree in English Literature.<ref name="Guardian"/><ref name="TheTimes"/> During her time at Cambridge she became close friends with the actress [[Miriam Margolyes]].<ref name="TheTimes"/><ref name="Miriam">{{cite book |last=Margolyes |first=Miriam |date=2021 |title=This Much is True |publisher=John Murray |isbn=978-1529379884}}</ref> She married the actor Will Graham in 1968 but they would later divorce.<ref name="Guardian"/> At the end of the 1960s, she was awarded a [[Fulbright scholarship]] gaining a doctorate in theatre arts from the [[University of Minnesota]].<ref name="Guardian"/><ref name="TheTimes"/> Devlin was then appointed as a lecturer in drama at [[Goldsmiths, University of London]].<ref name="Guardian"/><ref name="TheTimes"/>
Devlin was born in [[Porthmadog]], [[Wales]] on 1 April 1941.<ref name="Guardian"/> She studied at Beaufort House primary school in [[Fulham]], and then at Carlyle grammar school in [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]], where she was head girl at the school.<ref name="Guardian"/> In 1960, she attended [[Cambridge University]] and obtained a second-class degree in English Literature.<ref name="Guardian"/><ref name="TheTimes"/> During her time at Cambridge she became close friends with the actress [[Miriam Margolyes]].<ref name="TheTimes"/><ref name="Miriam">{{cite book |last=Margolyes |first=Miriam |date=2021 |title=This Much is True |publisher=John Murray |isbn=978-1529379884}}</ref> She married the actor Will Graham in 1968 but they divorced a few years later.<ref name="Guardian"/> After attending Cambridge, she was awarded a [[Fulbright scholarship]] and subsequently gained a doctorate in theatre arts from the [[University of Minnesota]].<ref name="Guardian"/><ref name="TheTimes"/> After graduation, Devlin became a lecturer in drama at [[Goldsmiths, University of London]].<ref name="Guardian"/><ref name="TheTimes"/>


She was a key figure in the development of the Shakespeare's Globe theatre.<ref name="Guardian"/><ref name="TheTimes"/> This began with her running the theatre's first summer school in 1972.<ref name="Globe"/> In 1985, she became the theatre's administrator.<ref name="Guardian"/> In 1997, she became a trustee of the theatre and would later serve as deputy chair of the council from 2013.<ref name="Guardian"/><ref name="Globe"/>
Devlin was a key figure in the development of the Shakespeare's Globe theatre.<ref name="Guardian"/><ref name="TheTimes"/> This began with her running the theatre's first summer school, which took place in 1972.<ref name="Globe"/> In 1985, she became the administrator of the theatre.<ref name="Guardian"/> In 1997, Devlin was appointed as a trustee of the theatre and would later act as the deputy chair of the council from 2013.<ref name="Guardian"/><ref name="Globe"/>


In 1989, she married David Ogden but the marriage later ended in divorce.<ref name="Guardian"/>
In 1989, she married David Ogden but the marriage also ended in divorce.<ref name="Guardian"/>


Between 1993 and 2013 she was head of theatre studies at the [[Guildhall School of Music and Drama]] in London.<ref name="Guardian"/>
Between 1993 and 2013 she was the head of theatre studies at the [[Guildhall School of Music and Drama]] in London.<ref name="Guardian"/>


She died on 27 September 2020.<ref name="Guardian"/> The cause of death was [[pneumonia]].<ref name="TheTimes"/>
Devlin died on 27 September 2020.<ref name="Guardian"/> The cause of death was [[pneumonia]].<ref name="TheTimes"/>


==Awards==
==Awards==
In June 2019, she received the [[Sam Wanamaker Award]] in recognition of her pioneering support of the Globe for 47 years.<ref name="Guardian"/><ref name="TheatreNews">{{cite web|url=https://www.theatre-news.com/news/UK/65374/Shakespeare-s-Globe-celebrates-founder-Sam-Wanamaker-s-centenary-with-2019-Sam-Wanamaker-Award|title=Shakespeare's Globe celebrates founder Sam Wanamaker's centenary with 2019 Sam Wanamaker Award |publisher=Theatre News |access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref>
In June 2019, she received the [[Sam Wanamaker Award]].<ref name="Guardian"/>


==Publications==
==Publications==
* A Speaking Part: Lewis Casson and the Theatre of His Time (1982)<ref name="Guardian"/>
* A Speaking Part: Lewis Casson and the Theatre of His Time, Hodder & Stoughton, 1982.<ref name="Guardian"/>
* Mask and Scene: Introduction to a World View of Theatre (1989)<ref name="Guardian"/>
* Mask and Scene: Introduction to a World View of Theatre, Scarecrow Press, 1989.<ref name="Guardian"/>
* Sam Wanamaker: A Global Performer, Oberon Books (2019)<ref name="Globe"/><ref name="TheTimes"/><ref name="TLS">{{cite web|url=https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/only-begetter/e|title=Sam Wanamaker by Diana Devlin |publisher=[[The Times Literary Supplement]] |access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref>
* Sam Wanamaker: A Global Performer, Oberon Books, 2019.<ref name="Globe"/><ref name="TheTimes"/><ref name="TLS">{{cite web|url=https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/only-begetter/e|title=Sam Wanamaker by Diana Devlin |publisher=[[The Times Literary Supplement]] |access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref>
* The Casson Family in North Wales: A Story of Slate and More... (2019)<ref name="Guardian"/>
* The Casson Family in North Wales: A Story of Slate and More, Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2019.<ref name="Guardian"/>


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Latest revision as of 16:46, 21 December 2024

Diana Devlin (1 April 1941 - 27 September 2020) was a London based teacher, author and theatre academic who helped to create the Shakespeare's Globe theatre with her associate Sam Wanamaker.[1][2][3][4]

Life

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Devlin was born in Porthmadog, Wales on 1 April 1941.[1] She studied at Beaufort House primary school in Fulham, and then at Carlyle grammar school in Chelsea, where she was head girl at the school.[1] In 1960, she attended Cambridge University and obtained a second-class degree in English Literature.[1][2] During her time at Cambridge she became close friends with the actress Miriam Margolyes.[2][5] She married the actor Will Graham in 1968 but they divorced a few years later.[1] After attending Cambridge, she was awarded a Fulbright scholarship and subsequently gained a doctorate in theatre arts from the University of Minnesota.[1][2] After graduation, Devlin became a lecturer in drama at Goldsmiths, University of London.[1][2]

Devlin was a key figure in the development of the Shakespeare's Globe theatre.[1][2] This began with her running the theatre's first summer school, which took place in 1972.[3] In 1985, she became the administrator of the theatre.[1] In 1997, Devlin was appointed as a trustee of the theatre and would later act as the deputy chair of the council from 2013.[1][3]

In 1989, she married David Ogden but the marriage also ended in divorce.[1]

Between 1993 and 2013 she was the head of theatre studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.[1]

Devlin died on 27 September 2020.[1] The cause of death was pneumonia.[2]

Awards

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In June 2019, she received the Sam Wanamaker Award in recognition of her pioneering support of the Globe for 47 years.[1][6]

Publications

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  • A Speaking Part: Lewis Casson and the Theatre of His Time, Hodder & Stoughton, 1982.[1]
  • Mask and Scene: Introduction to a World View of Theatre, Scarecrow Press, 1989.[1]
  • Sam Wanamaker: A Global Performer, Oberon Books, 2019.[3][2][7]
  • The Casson Family in North Wales: A Story of Slate and More, Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2019.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Croall, Jonathan (12 October 2020). "Diana Devlin obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Diana Devlin obituary". The Times. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d "Remembering Diana Devlin". Shakespeare's Globe. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Obituary: Diana Devlin (1941-2020)". Guildhall School of Music and Drama. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  5. ^ Margolyes, Miriam (2021). This Much is True. John Murray. ISBN 978-1529379884.
  6. ^ "Shakespeare's Globe celebrates founder Sam Wanamaker's centenary with 2019 Sam Wanamaker Award". Theatre News. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Sam Wanamaker by Diana Devlin". The Times Literary Supplement. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
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