Kingsley, Sidney

Japanese: キングズリー（英語表記）Kingsley， Sidney

Born: October 22, 1906, New York
[Died] March 20, 1995. Born in New Jersey. An American playwright. Known for his realistic portrayals of socially critical themes that idealize democracy. After graduating from Cornell University, he worked as an actor for a time. His debut work, Men in White, performed in 1933, depicts hospital life centering on a young doctor who is torn between his sense of medical mission and the real world, and won the Pulitzer Prize. His other works include Dead End (1935), which depicts boys from the slums; The Patriots (43), which deals with the history of early American democracy; Detective Story (49), a tragedy about a detective who has lost his humanity; and Darkness at Noon (51), a dramatization of A. Koestler's novel.

Kingsley
Kingsley, Charles

Born June 12, 1819 at Horne, Devonshire
[died] January 23, 1875. Eversley, Hampshire. British clergyman and novelist. In 1848, together with his friend FD Morris and others, he founded the Christian Socialist movement. He published Yeast (1848), a novel dealing with social and religious issues, and then wrote Alton Locke (50), whose protagonist is a young man who participates in the Chartist movement. He later became more conservative, writing historical novels such as Westward Ho! (55). In 1864, he had a debate with JH Newman, which led to the creation of Newman's Apologia.

Kingsley
Kingsley, Henry

[Born] 1830
[Died] 1876
British novelist. Brother of C. Kingsley. His works include The Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn (1859), a novel based on his five-year stay in Australia.

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[生]1906.10.22. ニューヨーク
[没]1995.3.20. ニュージャージー
アメリカの劇作家。民主主義を理想とする社会批判的なテーマを写実的に描く作家として知られる。コーネル大学卒業後，一時俳優をしていた。 1933年上演された処女作『白衣の人々』 Men in Whiteは，医学的使命感と現実の生活の間で悩む若き医師を中心に病院生活を描いた作品で，ピュリッツァー賞を受けた。そのほか，スラム街の少年たちを描いた『デッド・エンド』 Dead End (1935) ，アメリカの初期民主主義の歴史を題材にした『愛国者たち』 The Patriots (43) ，人間性を失った刑事の悲劇『探偵物語』 Detective Story (49) や，A.ケストラーの小説の劇化『真昼の暗黒』 Darkness at Noon (51) がある。

キングズリー
Kingsley， Charles

[生]1819.6.12. デボンシャー，ホーン
[没]1875.1.23. ハンプシャー，エバズリー
イギリスの牧師，小説家。 1848年友人の F.D.モリスらとともにキリスト教社会主義の運動を創始。社会・宗教問題を扱った小説『酵母』 Yeast (1848) を発表，次いでチャーティスト運動に参加する青年を主人公とする『オールトン・ロック』 Alton Locke (50) を書いた。その後保守的傾向を強め，歴史小説『西行きの船だよ』 Westward Ho! (55) などがある。 64年 J.H.ニューマンと論争を行い，ニューマンの『アポロギア』が生れる契機をつくった。