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- Birth nameJohn Irving Wardle
- Irving Wardle was born on July 20, 1929 in Bolton, England, UK. He was a writer, known for ITV Playhouse (1967) and Release (1967). He was married to Elizabeth Grist, Fay Crowder and Joan Notkin. He died on February 23, 2023 in England, UK.
- SpousesElizabeth Grist(1975 - February 23, 2023) (his death, 2 children)Fay Crowder(1963 - ?) (divorced, 2 children)Joan Notkin(1958 - ?) (divorced)
- Graduated from Wadham College, Oxford.
- Theater critic and playwright.
- Friend of Harold Pinter and of critic Eric Bentley.
- Decade divisions are supposed to exist only for the convenience of historians, but there is nothing artificial in the contrast between the 1950s and the 1960s in the British theatre. Even at the time, you could feel the climate changing. An age of endeavour was giving way to an age of instant success. Art with an attitude subsided into random satire. Convictions dwindled into fashionable attitudes. Yesterday's rebels turned into today's beautiful people.
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