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| name = Karolyn Nelke |
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|30|08}} |
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| birth_place = [[Bronx, New York]] |
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| nationality = USA |
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| alma_mater = [[American University]] |
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| occupation = Author, playwright |
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| relations = [[Alexander Nelke]] |
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'''Karolyn A. Nelke''' (born 30 August 1948) was an American stage actor, playwright and author. She is best known for her 1982 play ''The Keeper: A Play About [[Lord Byron]]''. |
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==Education== |
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Nelke was born in the [[Bronx, New York]] and grew up in Wappingers Falls where she attended [[Roy C. Ketcham High School]]. After high school Nelke attended [[Russell Sage College]] in [[Troy, New York]] for a time, before studying speech arts at the [[American University]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], where she graduated in 1970.<ref>{{cite book |date=1970 |title=American Univeristy Talon (1970)|url=https://archive.org/details/talon1970amer |publisher=[[American University]] |page=282 |access-date= 4 December 2014}}</ref> She later received her Masters degree in English from [[State University College at New Paltz]] in 1973.<ref name=kdf>{{cite web |url=http://newspaperarchive.com/us/new-york/kingston/kingston-daily-freeman/1976/12-30/page-6|title=New Paltz Graduate Wins Playwrighting Award|page=6|date=30 December 1976|website=newspaperarchive.com: Kingston [[Daily Freeman]]|accessdate=7 December 2014}}</ref> |
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==Career== |
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After college, Nelke was a member of the Folger Theatre Group, now the [[Shakespeare Theatre Company]], in [[Washington, D.C.]]. She appeared in several productions with the Folger Group, including ''Natural and Unnatural Acts'' where she played the role of [[Lady Caroline Lamb]], best known for her affair with Lord Byron, and inspiration for Nelke's most notable play.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=d&d=HYA19701105.2.42|title=Tempestuous Byron At Folger|first=C.|last=Stevens|website=Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections: The Hoya|date=5 November 1970|page=9|accessdate=8 December 1970}}</ref> |
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In 1976, Nelke was the first playwright to be awarded the [[Lucy Donnelly|Lucy Martin Donnelly]] Fellowship Award from [[Bryn Mawr College]]<ref name=kdf/> for her play ''The Keeper: A Play About Lord Byron'' which was produced by the [[Philadelphia Theatre Company]] in their 1976-1977 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://philadelphiatheatrecompany.org/on-stage/history/|title=Production History|website=[[Philadelphia Theatre Company]]|accessdate=7 December 2014}}</ref> In 1982, ''The Keeper'' made it's professional debut and starred [[Dwight Schultz]] as Byron and [[Valerie Mahaffey]]. It was directed by [[Steven Schachter]]. The play was featured in The [[Burns Mantle]] Theater Yearbook: "The Best Plays of 1982-1983".<ref>{{cite book |last=Guernsey |first=Otis Jr. |date=1983 |title=The Best Plays of 1982-1983 |url=http://archive.org/stream/bestplaysof00newy/bestplaysof00newy_djvu.txt |location=New York |publisher=[[Dodd, Mead and Company]] |page=98 |access-date= 4 December 2014}}</ref> |
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Nelke's second play, ''Casualties'', a post [[World War I]] love story, made it's debut at the Old Vat Room in Washington D.C. during [[Arena Stage]]'s 1978-1979 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arenastage.org/about/history/1970s/1978-1979/|title=1978 – 1979 Season |website=[[Arena Stage]]|accessdate=5 December 2014}}</ref> It was directed by [[Norman René]], later opening in New York and Chicago as well. |
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In 1985, Nelke was commissioned by the Philadelphia Drama Guild to adapt [[Theodore Dreiser]] novel, ''[[Sister Carrie]]'' for the stage. It was to premiere in 1989 as the closing production, though it would later be scratched from production due to time concerns of a full-scale production.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.philly.com/1989-07-31/entertainment/26133016_1_rehearsal-blood-brothers-lloyd-richards|last=Nelson|first=Nels|title=6 Plays In Search Of A Theater Broadway's Getting So Busy That A Good Venue Is Hard To Find|website=[[Philadelphia Daily News]]|date=31 July 1989|accessdate=4 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.philly.com/1989-04-03/entertainment/26142929_1_zellerbach-wilma-theater-area-premiere|last=Nelson|first=Nels|title='Temptation' Move Creates Snit At Wilma|website=[[Philadelphia Daily News]]|date=3 April 1989|accessdate=4 December 2014}}</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
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Nelke also has had recipes featured in Richard Sax's ''Classic Home Deserts:A Treasury of Heirloom and Contemporary Recipes''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sax |first=Richard |date= 1994|title=Classic Home Desserts: A Treasury of Heirloom and Contemporary Recipes |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=fxKwLkFYz4cC&pg=PA10&dq=Classic+Home+Desserts&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DdeAVKraBJSeyATGvIKIBg&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Classic%20Home%20Desserts&f=false |location=New York |publisher= [[Houghton Mifflin Harcourt]]|page=325, 339 |isbn=9780547504803 |access-date= }}</ref> One of her paternal great-uncles, [[Alexander Nelke]] was a notable maritime painter, and another, [[Boris Nelke]], was the captain of the [[Estonia]]n ship ''[[:et:Eestirand|Eestirand]]'' who saved thousands of Estonian conscripts from almost certain death at the [[Siege of Leningrad|Battle of Leningrad]]. |
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==References== |
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{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]] --> |
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| NAME = Nelke, Karolyn A. |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American author and playwright |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = August 30, 1948 |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = Bronx, New York |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nelke, Karolyn}} |
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[[Category:1948 births]] |
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[[Category:American University alumni]] |
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[[Category:State University of New York at New Paltz alumni]] |
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[[Category:American people of Estonian descent]] |
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[[Category:American dramatists and playwrights]] |
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[[Category:Estonian painters]] |
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[[Category:Marine artists]] |
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[[Category:People from Manhattan]] |
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[[Category:People from Wappingers Falls, New York]] |
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