Dramatic Approaches to Creative Fidelity: Study in the Theatre and Philosophy of Gabriel Marcel, 1889-1973

Katharine Rose Hanley holds a Ph.D. from the Higher Institute of Philosophy, Louvain University, Belgium, where she first met Gabriel Marcel in 1955. She has been a professor of philosophy at Le Moyne College since 1961. In 1975, she became the director of the Gabriel Marcel Institute of Existential Drama at Le Moyne. Hanley has authored books and numerous articles on metaphysical topics and on aspects of Marcel's thought. She has lectured to national and international audiences, such as the International Gabriel Marcel Society in Paris and the Société francaise de Philosophie at the Sorbonne. For several years, Hanley has been involved in translating and editing some of Marcel's thirty plays for English-speaking audiences and in producing some of these plays for stage and television.