About Richard Findlater
Lived 1921 – 1985 (aged 63). Richard Findlater was a journalist and biographer.
Richard Findlater (1921–1985) was a British theatre critic and biographer.
Early life He was born Kenneth Bruce Findlater Bain, but worked under the pen-name Richard Findlater.
Career Findlater was arts editor for The Observer, and became assistant editor in 1963.
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.
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Who was Richard Findlater?
British theatre critic and biographer
When was Richard Findlater born?
Richard Findlater was born on 23 December 1921.
When did Richard Findlater die?
Richard Findlater died on 5 January 1985.
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Richard Findlater was a journalist and biographer.
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