Robert Kemp

:"not to be confused with the French literary critic Robert Kemp (1878-1959)"

The playwright Robert Kemp was born in Hoy in the Orkney Islands, where his father was the minister. He was educated in Aberdeen and lived in London and then in Edinburgh (in Warriston Crescent). In 1948, working with Tyrone Guthrie, he staged a revival of Scotland's first Scottish play, David Lyndsay’s "Ane Pleasant Satyre of the Thrie Estaitis" and, also in 1948, he coined the phrase “Edinburgh Festival Fringe”. His son, Arnold Kemp, achieved fame as a newspaper editor.

Published work

Robert Kemp's plays include

*Heart Is Highland, The
*Laird o' Grippy, The
*Let Wives Tak Tent
*Off A Duck's Back
*Other Dear Charmer, The
*Perfect Gent, The

External links

* [http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/STA/search/resultspd.cfm?NID=3430&EID=654&DID=&AID= Special Collection of Robert Kemp's work held by Glasgow University Library.]