Who was Robert Patrick? ‘Kennedy’s Children Playwright Dies at 85

Robert Patrick was an American playwright who was best known for his play Kennedy’s Children which was produced in 1972. It was later adapted into a film by Patrick in 1982.

It was focused on “a group of former 1960s activists reuniting and reminiscing in a Lower East side bar.

He retired in the ‘90s but kept on writing stage plays for several theaters. He also performed a solo show in 2013 and later created a website with loads of photographs from numerous productions in New York and across the world.

Patrick wrote one of the earliest modern gays (at that time) plays of the early Off Off Broadway era in 1964dubbed The Haunted Host, heavily inspired by his roommate, Lanford Wilson.

He became one of the most talented and prolific playwrights in the 1960s with over 300 productions of his plays.

Patrick also played a pivotal role in several productions at La Mama Experimental Theatre Club. He produced another show on PBS in 1969 titled Camera Obscura which starred Marge Champion.

He was named “New York’s Most-Produced Playwright” in 1972 by publishing company, Samuel French.