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Richard Findlater (1921–1985) was a British theatre critic and biographer.
Early life[edit]
He was born Kenneth Bruce Findlater Bain, but worked under the pen-name Richard Findlater.[1][2]
Career[edit]
Findlater was arts editor for The Observer, and became assistant editor in 1963.[2][3]
He wrote 18 books, including biographies of Michael Redgrave, Peggy Ashcroft, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Lillian Baylis and Joseph Grimaldi; a history of stage censorship, Banned; and an account of contemporary British theatre, The Unholy Trade.[2]
Publications[edit]
- Grimaldi: King of Clowns, 1955.
- Michael Redgrave, Mask or Face, 1958
- Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi, MacGibbon & Kee, 1968
- Comic Cuts: A Bedside Sampler Of Censorship In Action Richard Findlater (ed) (Andre Deutsch, 1970) (illustrated by Willie Rushton)
- At the Royal Court: 25 Years of the English Stage Company, Amber Lane Press (1981); ISBN 0-906399-22-X
Personal life[edit]
From 1948 to 1962, he was married to the journalist and showbusiness interviewer Romany Bain, with whom he had four children. One of their sons became an Anglican priest-clown known as Roly Bain or "Holy Roly".[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Romany Bain: Show-business interviewer who charmed Richard Burton and later worked for Larry Lamb at 'The Sun'". The Independent. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- ^ a b c "Richard Findlater". The Dan Leno Project. Retrieved 5 May 2016. [dead link]
- ^ "Obituary: Helen Osborne | Global | The Guardian". theguardian.com. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ "The Reverend Roly Bain, priest and clown – obituary". The Telegraph. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
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