Lionel Hale

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

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

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 play, 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 humor 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
  • —— (1961). A Fleece of Lambs. Jonathan Cape. (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. Horace Newcomb (ed.), Encyclopedia of Television p1718. Accessed 14 November 2014
  3. "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Lionel Hale". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  4. Internet Broadway database
  5. "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 2019CS1 maint: multiple 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 2019CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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