Composers and their stage works 



John HALE

Born in Woolwich, Kent, 5 February 1926

Plays:

  1. The Black Swan Winter (as Smile Boys, That's the Style, produced 1968;
  2. It's All in the Mind (produced 1968).
  3. Spithead (produced 1969)
  4. Here Is the News (produced 1970).
  5. Lorna and Ted (produced 1970).
  6. Decibels (produced 1971).
  7. The Lion's Cub (televised 1971).
  8. In Memory of... Carmen Miranda (produced 1975)
  9. Love's Old Sweet Song (produced 1976).
  10. The Case of David Anderson, Q.C. (produced 1980)

Screenplays:

  1. The Mind of Mr. Soames, with Edward Simpson, 1969;
  2. Anne of the Thousand Days, with Bridget Boland, 1970;
  3. Mary Queen of Scots, 1972.

Radio

Television Plays:

  1. The Rules That Jack Made, 1965;
  2. The Noise Stopped, 1966;
  3. Light the Blue Touch Paper, 1966;
  4. Thirteen Against Fate series, 1966;
  5. Samson and Delilah, Strike Pay, and Her Turn, all from short stories by D.H. Lawrence, 1966-67;
  6. The Queen's Traitor (5 parts), 1967;
  7. Retreat, 1968;
  8. The Picnic, 1969;
  9. The Distracted Preacher, 1969;
  10. The Lion's Cub, in Elizabeth R series, 1971;
  11. The Bristol Entertainment, 1971;
  12. Anywhere But England, 1972;
  13. Ego Hugo: A Romantic Entertainment, 1973;
  14. Lorna and Ted, 1973;
  15. The Brotherhood, 1975;
  16. An Impeccable Elopement, 1975;
  17. Goodbye America, 1976;
  18. The Grudge Fight, from his own novel, 1981;
  19. Children of the North, 1991.

Novels:

  1. Kissed the Girls and Made Them Cry. 1963.
  2. The Grudge Fight. 1964.
  3. A Fool at the Feast. 1966.
  4. The Paradise Man. 1969.
  5. Mary, Queen of Scots (novelization of screenplay). 1972.
  6. The Fort. 1973.
  7. The Love School. 1974.
  8. Lovers and Heretics. 1976.
  9. The Whistle Blower. 1984.