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Casimir Dunin Markievicz

1874 - 1932

Count Casimir Markievicz was born in the Ukraine in 1874. He was a painter in Paris, where he met Constance Gore-Booth (also known as Countess Markievicz) whom he married in a Church of England ceremony on September 29, 1900, in London's Marylebone Church. He played a key role in the Arts Club and The Independent Dramatic Company. He was a playwright and director. He returned to Eastern Europe in 1914 and was injured in fighting at the Carpathian Front. He continued to work in theatre abroad, and rarely returned to ireland.

Stage Manager

Play Title Playwright
Eleanor's Enterprise George Birmingham

Produced by

Play Title Playwright
Grangecolman Edward Martyn