Paul Shyre

Paul Shyre (March 8, 1926 – November 19, 1989) was an American director and playwright who received a Special Tony Award and won a Regional Emmy Award.^[1] He is noted for the plays Hizzoner, Will Rogers' USA and The President Is Dead.^[2]

Shyre graduated from the University of Florida and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He was a professor of theater arts at Cornell University.^[3]

Shyre adapted to the stage, directed and co-produced the Sean O'Casey novels, Pictures in the Hallway, I Knock at the Door and Drums Under the Windows. He also wrote and directed A Whitman Portrait and An Unpleasant Evening With H.L. Mencken.^[1]

Awards

• 1957 – Drama Desk Award for Pictures in the Hallway^[4]
• 1957 – Obie Award, special citation for bringing O'Casey to Off-Broadway; for his adaptations of I Knock at the Door, Pictures in the Hallway, and USA^[5]
• 1957 – Special Tony Award
• 1987 – New York Emmy Award shared with Robert H. Rines for the television and later Broadway play Hizzoner! about Mayor Fiorello La Guardia.