Fagan, James Bernard (1873-1933)

Irish dramatist, producer, and actor, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Fagan's most successful plays were And So to Bed (1926) with Samuel Pepys, the diarist, as the chief character, and The Improper Duchess (1931).

As an actor, Fagan joined the companies of Frank Benson and Herbert Beerbohm Tree in London, and founded the Oxford Playhouse with Tyrone Guthrie in 1923. He was the producer of the British premiere of Seán O'Casey's Juno and the Paycock in 1924.

Some early plays by Fagan include The Rebels (1899), The Prayer of the Sword (1904), Under Which King (1905), and The Earth (1909).