Rodney Ackland
Playwright, Author
1908 – 1991
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Who was Rodney Ackland?
Rodney Ackland was an English playwright, actor, theatre director and screenwriter.
He was educated at Balham Grammar School in London. In his 16th year he made his first stage appearance at the Gate Theatre Studio, playing Medvedieff in Gorky's The Lower Depths and later studied acting at the Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art. He married Mab Lonsdale, daughter of the playwright Frederick Lonsdale, in 1952; she died in 1972.
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- Born
- May 18, 1908
Westcliff-on-Sea - Also known as
- Norman Ackland Bernstein
- Spouses
- Mab Lonsdale
(1952 - 1972)
- Mab Lonsdale
- Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Education
- Central School of Speech and Drama
- Died
- Dec 6, 1991
Richmond, London
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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