Lionel Hale

Lionel Hale
Born26 October 1909 Edit this on Wikidata
Died1 January 1977
Spouse(s)
  • Betty Taylor (died 1952)
  • Crystal Pudney

Lionel Ramsay Hale (26 October 1909 – 1 January 1977) was an English critic, broadcaster and playwright.

Life

Hale was born in Beckenham, Kent.

In the 1940s, Hale presented the radio quiz Transatlantic Quiz[1] and an early television quiz show called Quiz with Hale. He made regular appearances on Panorama between 1953 and 1955 as a theatre critic,[2] and was featured as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 3 January 1958.[3] One of Hale's plays, These Two, ran for a short time (eight days) on Broadway in May, 1934. These Two was a three-act drama set in a flat in London.[4] He was also a frequent contributor to Punch, the British humour magazine.

His wife, Betty Taylor, died in 1952. Their son was the publisher and literary agent James Hale (1946-2003).[5] Lionel subsequently married Crystal Pudney, the daughter of A. P. Herbert.[5]

Bibliography

Fiction

  • A Fleece of Lambs. London: Jonathan Cape, 1961 (novel)

Plays

  • She Passed Through Lorraine: A comedy in three acts (1932)[6]
  • These Two: A play in three acts[7]
  • The Mocking Bird: An extravagance in three acts (1933)[8]
  • Festival Time: A comedy in three acts (1938)[9]
  • Gilt and Gingerbread: A comedy in three acts (1960)[10]

Nonfiction

  • The Old Vic 1949-50 (1950)[11]
  • Evans Plays: Evans catalogue of acting editions: With synopses (editor)(1956)[12]

References

  1. ^ "'Transatlantic Quiz' - Light Programme - 5 August 1945 - BBC Genome". Radio Times. 3 August 1945. p. 7. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  2. ^ Encyclopedia of Television, Horace Newcomb (ed.), p1718. Accessed 14 November 2014
  3. ^ "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Lionel Hale". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  4. ^ Internet Broadway database
  5. ^ a b "James Hale - Telegraph". The Daily Telegraph. 25 August 2003. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  6. ^ Hale, Lionel (1932), She passed through Lorraine : a comedy in three acts, H. F. W. Deane, The Year Book Press; Boston : The Baker International Play Bureau, retrieved 10 May 2019
  7. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1933. p. 118. These Two Lionel Hale.
  8. ^ Hale, Lionel (1933), The mocking bird : an extravagance in three acts, H.F.W. Deane; Boston : Walter H. Baker, retrieved 10 May 2019
  9. ^ Hale, Lionel (1938), Festival time : a comedy in three acts, H.F.W. Dean; Boston : Walter H. Baker, retrieved 10 May 2019
  10. ^ Hale, Lionel (1960), Gilt and gingerbread : a comedy in three acts, Evans Brothers, retrieved 10 May 2019
  11. ^ Hale, Lionel; Hope-Wallace, Philip, 1911-1979 (1950), The Old Vic 1949-50, Evans Brothers, retrieved 10 May 2019{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ Hale, Lionel, 1909-; Evans Brothers (London, England) (1956), Evans plays : Evans catalogue of acting editions : with synopses, Evans Brothers, retrieved 10 May 2019{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)


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