Chloe Gibson(1899-1995)
- Producer
- Director
- Actress
Chloe Gibson discovered Dirk Bogarde and
cast him in "Power Without Glory", which she directed in 1947. The play
opened at the Linden Theatre and then transferred to the Fortune
Theatre in the west end of London. It was a huge success and Borgarde's
film career stemmed from this production.
Kenneth More and
Dandy Nichols were also in the cast. Chloe
went on to become the director general with RTE Irish Television, a
post she held for 25 years. Among the television productions she
directed were Micheál MacLiammóir's
The Importance of Being Oscar, based on the life and works of
Oscar Wilde and Jackie MacGowran's Beginning
to End from the works of Beckett. She directed a number of plays at the
Gate Theatre in Dublin and formed the New Dublin Shakespeare Company
with the then owner of the Oscar Theatre, Chris O'Neill. This company
toured extensively bringing Shakespeare and the classics to rural areas
and schools throughout Ireland.
