Ernest Gébler

Ernest Gébler (31 December 1914[1] – 26 January 1998), sometimes credited as Ernie Gebler, was an Irish writer of Czech origin. He was a member of Aosdána.[2]

Early and personal life

Gébler was born in Dublin, one of five children of Adolf (or Adolphe) Gébler, a shopkeeper and musician of Czech Jewish origin who had married a Dublin theatre usherette.[3][4] The family moved to Wolverhampton in 1925.[1][3] In 1930 Adolf got a job with a Dublin light opera company and Ernest followed the rest of the family there in 1931.[3] Ernest worked backstage in the Gate Theatre in the 1930s.[2] He was first married to Leatrice Gilbert, daughter of the actors John Gilbert and Leatrice Joy, whom he met on a trip to Hollywood. The couple moved to Ireland, got married and had a son John Karl (called Karl by Ernest but John by his mother). They were divorced in 1952,[3] and mother and baby returned to America. In Dublin in 1952 Gébler met future novelist Edna O'Brien, then working in a pharmacist's shop.[5] After opposition from O'Brien's family, they moved to England, married in 1954, and had two sons, Karl (later Carlo) and Sasha, who became respectively a writer and an architect.[5] O'Brien's literary career eclipsed Gébler's after her debut novel The Country Girls in 1960. The couple separated in 1964 and divorced in 1968,[6] with O'Brien eventually getting sole custody of the children.[4] Both O'Brien and Carlo Gébler later wrote about Ernest's cruelty to the family. Gébler returned to Dublin in 1970, and died there in 1998 of a bronchial infection, after several years with Alzheimer's disease.[3]

Works

Works by Ernest Gébler
TitleTypeYearNotesRefs
He Had My Heart Scaldednovel1946[n 1][2][7]
The Voyage of the Mayflowernovel1950Historical novel based on the 1620 Mayflower voyage. Sold five million copies. Filmed in 1952 as Plymouth Adventure starring Spencer Tracy[2][9]
She Sits Smilingplay1954Premièred at the Pike Theatre[2][10]
A Week in the Countrynovel1957[2][11]
The Love Investigatornovel1960[2][12]
Eileen O'Roonplay[2]
Why Aren't You Famous?teleplay1966For the BBC. Adapted from his play Eileen O'Roon. A German version was broadcast in 1969.[2][13][14]
Where Will I find what will Change my Life?teleplay1966[2][15][16]
Call Me Daddyteleplay1967"Armchair Theatre" episode on ABC broadcast 8 April 1967. Edited by Terence Feely and directed by Alvin Rakoff. Won the 1968 International Emmy for Entertainment. Expanded into his novel Shall I Eat You Now?. A German version was broadcast in 1970. Staged at the Project Arts Centre in 1975.[2][17][18][19][20][21][22]
The Old Man and the Girlnovel1968[2][23]
A Little Milk of Human Kindnessteleplay1968For London Weekend Television[2][24]
Women Can be Monstersteleplay1968"The Wednesday Play" on BBC One, 27 November 1968. Produced by Thames Television[2][25][26]
Shall I Eat You Now?novel1969Based on his teleplay Call Me Daddy. Released in the USA as Hoffman, and filmed in 1970 also as Hoffman.[2][18][27]
Hoffmanscreenplay1970Based on his novel Shall I Eat You Now?[2]
A Cry for Helpplay1975Premièred at the Peacock Theatre, Dublin[2][28]
The Spaniards in Galwayplay[2]

References

Footnotes

  1. ↑ WorldCat[7] and Carlo Gebler[8] say 1946; Donnelly incorrectly says 1944.[3]

Sources

  • Gebler, Carlo (2 May 2013). Father And I: A Memoir. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 9781405529341. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  • Kersnowski, Alice Hughes (2 December 2013). "Chronology". Conversations with Edna O'Brien. Univ. Press of Mississippi. pp. xvii–xviii. ISBN 9781617038730. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  • O'Brien, Edna (24 September 2012). Country Girl: A memoir. Faber & Faber. ISBN 9780571270941. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  • Woods, Michelle (2006). "Ernest Gebler and Edna O'Brien". In Laing, Kathryn; Mooney, Sinéad; O'Connor, Maureen. Edna O'Brien: New Critical Perspectives. Peter Lang. pp. 54–67. ISBN 9781904505204. Retrieved 7 August 2015.

Citations

  1. 1 2 Gebler 2013 p.21
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Ernest Gébler(1915–1998)". Former members. Aosdána. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Donnelly, Rachel (3 February 1998). "Ernest Gebler: an emotional Dubliner". The Irish Times. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  4. 1 2 MacLeish, William H. (2 December 2001). "The Tyrant (review of Father & I: A Memoir by Carlo Gébler)". The New York Times.
  5. 1 2 Kersnowski p.xvii
  6. ↑ Woods 2006, p.55
  7. 1 2 OCLC 559611125
  8. ↑ Gebler 2013 p.24
  9. ↑ OCLC 290861
  10. ↑ "She Sits Smiling". Playography Ireland. Irish Theatre Institute. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  11. ↑ OCLC 1658836
  12. ↑ OCLC 1015215
  13. ↑ "Why Aren't You Famous? (1966)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  14. ↑ "Warum bist du nicht berühmt? (TV Movie 1969)". IMDb. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  15. ↑ "Recent Television". Spotlight (118, part 2): 1931. 1966.
  16. ↑ "Where Shall I Find What Will Change My Life (1966)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  17. ↑ White, Leonard (2003). Armchair Theatre: The Lost Years. Kelly Publications. pp. 19–20, 191–192, 212–214, 275. ISBN 9781903053188. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  18. 1 2 Woods 2006, p.61
  19. ↑ "Early Television". Alvin Rakoff. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  20. ↑ O'Mahony, Andy (21 April 1975). "Call Me Daddy at the Project". Over the Barricades. RTÉ Television. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  21. ↑ "Call Me Daddy (1967)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  22. ↑ "Zum Diktat, Miss Smith (TV Movie 1970)". IMDb. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  23. ↑ OCLC 438268
  24. ↑ "A Little Milk of Human Kindness (1968)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  25. ↑ The Stage Year Book. Carson & Comerford Ltd. 1969. p. 124.
  26. ↑ "Women Can Be Monsters (1968)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  27. ↑ OCLC 37694
  28. ↑ "Cry For Help". Playography Ireland. Irish Theatre Institute. Retrieved 7 August 2015.

Further reading

  • Carlo Gébler: **The projectionist : the story of Ernest Gébler, Stillorgan, County Dublin, Republic of Ireland : New Island Books, 2015, ISBN 978-1-84840-457-1
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