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

Lionel Hale
Born	26 October 1909
Died	1 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 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

• —— (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

External links

• Lionel Hale at IMDb 

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