Irving Wardle

John Irving Wardle (20 July 1929 - 23 February 2023) wakaŵa wakulemba mabuku wa ku England. Wakalemba vya maseŵero gha vyamuvipatala kwa The Observer kufuma mu 1959 mpaka 1963, kwa The Times kufuma mu 1963 mpaka 1989, na kwa The Independent pa Sabata kufuma mu 1989 mpaka 1995.

Umoyo Wakwambilira

Wardle wakababika pa 20 July 1929 ku Manchester, Lancashire, mwana wa John Wardle na muwoli wake Nellie (Partington). Adada ŵake ŵakaŵa ŵakwimba, ndipo ŵakamba kulemba nkhani mu nyuzipepara ya Bolton Evening News. Apo wakaŵa ku Oxford, Wardle wakachitanga maseŵero gha vyamaseŵero, wakachitanga mu filimu ya The Tempest pamoza na ŵakwimba Nigel Davenport na Jack May, John Schlesinger na Bill Gaskill, kweniso Mary Moore, uyo wakaŵa mulara wa St Hilda's College, Oxford.

Ntchito

Mu 1958, Wardle wakamba kulemba nkhani pa Bolton Evening News. Wakagwiranga nchito nga ni mulembi wa The Times Literary Supplement, nga ni mulembi wa theatre (kwa Kenneth Tynan) pa The Observer, kufuma mu 1959 mpaka mu 1963, nga ni mulembi wa drama wa The Times kufuma mu 1963 mpaka mu 1989, mulembi wa Gambit 1973 mpaka mu 1975, ndiposo nga ni mulembi wa theatre wa The Independent on Sunday kufuma mu 1990 mpaka mu 1995, apo udindo wake ukafumiskika cifukwa ca kucepa kwa ndalama. Kufuma apo, wakamba kugwira ntchito yakujiyimira payekha, ndipo ivyo wakalemba vikalembeka mu magazini nga ni Prospect na The Oldie.

Wakalemba mabuku ghaŵiri; buku la mbiri ya umoyo wake lakuti The Theatres of George Devine (Jonathan Cape, 1978) na Theatre Criticism (Routledge, 1992). Seŵero lake lakwamba, lakuti The Houseboy, likayowoyeka ku Open Space Theatre mu 1973. Seŵero ili lili na nkhani za mu umoyo wa munthu, ndipo likuyowoya ivyo vikachitikira Wardle apo wakagwiranga ntchito yakugeza mbale mu nyumba ya ŵalendo ku London. Mubali Charles Marowitz ndiyo wakapangiska filimu iyi. Mu nyengo ya ITV's Playhouse, ŵakajambura filimu ya pa TV pa Julayi 3, 1982, ndipo ŵakayilongora na Christopher Hodson. Mu filimu iyi mukaŵa Stephen Garlick, Geoffrey Palmer, Richard Pasco na Earl Rhodes.

Umoyo wa munthu

Nthengwa ziŵiri zakwambilira za Wardle, na Joan Notkin mu 1958 na Fay Crowder mu 1963, zose zikamara mu kupatana. Iyo na Crowder ŵakaŵa na ŵana ŵaŵiri. Mu 1975, Wardle wakatora Elizabeth Grist. Ŵakaŵa na ŵana ŵaŵiri ndipo ŵakakhalira lumoza m'paka apo wakafwira pa Febuluwale 23, 2023, apo wakaŵa na vyaka 93.

Wardle wakaŵa mubwezi wa Harold Pinter, ndipo wakalemba mazgu ghakuti "vyakusekeska vyakofya". Ŵanalume ŵaŵiri aŵa ŵakakumana pamanyuma pakuti Wardle waŵazga buku la Pinter lakuti The Birthday Party mu 1958, ndipo Pinter wakalemba kalata kuti wamulumbenge cifukwa ca mtima wake wa kususka.

Mphotho

Mu 2004, wakapokera ntchindi pa Cairo International Festival of Experimental Theatre.

External links

• Irving Wardle Collection at the Harry Ransom Center