Wills, WILLIAM GORMAN

Wills, WILLIAM GORMAN, play-writer, was born in Kilkenny county in 1828, studied at Trinity College, Dublin, and was pupil in the art school of the Royal Irish Academy. He became known as a playwright when The Man o' Airlie appeared (1866), and followed this up by a series of plays amongst which are Charles I. (1872), Jane Shore (1876), Olivia, Nell Gwynne, Sedgemoor, and Claudian (1885). He also painted portraits and wrote some novels. He died 14th December 1891.