Ronald Hayman was born on May 4, 1932 in East Cliff Hotel in Bournemouth, England, a Jewish hotel which had been founded by his grandmother, Anne Morris. His mother, Sadie, was an administrator at the hotel while his father, John, was in a partnership running an antiques and jewellery business.[1] He was educated at St Paul's School in London and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he earned a B.A. in 1954 and an M.A. in 1963. He served in the Royal Air Force for a one-year duty, from 1950-1951.
After reading English at Cambridge in 1954, Hayman lived in Germany for two years, mainly to write. He became involved in professional theatre after playing the lead in Love's Labour's Lost with English amateurs in Berlin. He then attended drama school and acted for three years in rep and on television.
He was a regular contributor to the Arts page of The Times and to the New Review. He broadcast on arts programmes and lectured for the University of London Department of English Literature. In the 1970s, he lectured on Shakespeare and the traditions of English acting for the Tufts University of London program.[3]
Arguing with Walt Whitman: An Essay on His Influence on Twentieth-Century American Verse (1971)
Arthur Miller (1972)
Playback (1973)
The Set-up: An Anatomy of the English Theatre Today (1973)
Playback II (1973)
The First Thrust: the Chichester Festival Theatre (1975)
Leavis (1976)
Eugène Ionesco (1976)
The Novel Today, 1967-1975 (1976)
Tom Stoppard (1977)
How to Read a Play (1977)
Artaud and After (1977)
De Sade: A Critical Biography (1978)
British Theatre since 1955: A Reassessment (1979)
Theatre and Anti-Theatre: New Movements Since Beckett (1979)
Nietzsche: A Critical Life (1980)
Franz Kafka (1982)
Brecht (1983)
Bertolt Brecht: The Plays (1984)
Fassbinder: Film Maker (1984)
Gunter Grass (1985)
Secrets: Boyhood in a Jewish Hotel, 1932-1954 (1985)
Writing Against: A Biography Of Sartre (1986)
My Cambridge (1986) editor
Sartre : A Life (1987)
Proust – A Biography (1990)
The Death and Life of Sylvia Plath (1992)
Tennessee Williams: Everyone Else is an Audience (1993)
Thomas Mann (1995)
Nietzsche (1997)
Hitler and Geli (1998)
A Life of Jung (2001)
Marquis De Sade: The Genius of Passion (2003)
References
^"Ronald Hayman obituary". The Times. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019. (subscription required)
^The Tufts in London 9 Faculty, handout, Tufts University, 1973.
^Concise Encyclopedia of Tufts History, Document ID tufts:central:dca:UA069:UA069.005.DO.00001, 2004.
May 05, 2023
ronald, hayman, higham, 1932, january, 2019, british, critic, dramatist, writer, best, known, biographer, born, 1932, 1932bournemouth, englanddied20, january, 2019, 2019, aged, occupationdramatist, biographer, critic, writer, directornationalitybritish, conten. Higham Ronald Hayman 4 May 1932 20 January 2019 was a British critic dramatist and writer who was best known as a biographer Ronald HaymanBorn 1932 05 04 4 May 1932Bournemouth EnglandDied20 January 2019 2019 01 20 aged 86 OccupationDramatist biographer critic writer directorNationalityBritish Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Early life 1 2 Writing career 2 Works 3 ReferencesBiography EditEarly life Edit Ronald Hayman was born on May 4 1932 in East Cliff Hotel in Bournemouth England a Jewish hotel which had been founded by his grandmother Anne Morris His mother Sadie was an administrator at the hotel while his father John was in a partnership running an antiques and jewellery business 1 He was educated at St Paul s School in London and at Trinity Hall Cambridge where he earned a B A in 1954 and an M A in 1963 He served in the Royal Air Force for a one year duty from 1950 1951 After reading English at Cambridge in 1954 Hayman lived in Germany for two years mainly to write He became involved in professional theatre after playing the lead in Love s Labour s Lost with English amateurs in Berlin He then attended drama school and acted for three years in rep and on television Writing career Edit His first play The End of an Uncle was staged at Wimbledon in 1959 He made his debut as a director with Jean Genet s Deathwatch at the Arts Theatre in 1960 and in 1961 was awarded an ABC Television traineeship which took him to Northampton for a year as assistant producer He also directed Bertolt Brecht s In the Jungle of Cities and a stage adaptation of Robin Maugham s The Servant Hayman directed at Theatre Royal Stratford East Farnham the Edinburgh Festival Yvonne Arnaud Theatre and Guildford and for Open Space His one man show with Max Adrian as George Bernard Shaw transferred to the West End and went on a world tour 2 He was a regular contributor to the Arts page of The Times and to the New Review He broadcast on arts programmes and lectured for the University of London Department of English Literature In the 1970s he lectured on Shakespeare and the traditions of English acting for the Tufts University of London program 3 His 1995 play Playing the Wife is based on August Strindberg s second marriage to the Austrian Frida Uhl Works EditJohn Arden 1968 John Osborne 1968 Techniques of Acting 1969 Robert Bolt 1969 Arnold Wesker 1970 Harold Pinter 1970 Samuel Beckett 1970 John Whiting 1970 Tolstoy 1970 John Gielgud 1971 Edward Albee 1971 Arguing with Walt Whitman An Essay on His Influence on Twentieth Century American Verse 1971 Arthur Miller 1972 Playback 1973 The Set up An Anatomy of the English Theatre Today 1973 Playback II 1973 The First Thrust the Chichester Festival Theatre 1975 Leavis 1976 Eugene Ionesco 1976 The Novel Today 1967 1975 1976 Tom Stoppard 1977 How to Read a Play 1977 Artaud and After 1977 De Sade A Critical Biography 1978 British Theatre since 1955 A Reassessment 1979 Theatre and Anti Theatre New Movements Since Beckett 1979 Nietzsche A Critical Life 1980 Franz Kafka 1982 Brecht 1983 Bertolt Brecht The Plays 1984 Fassbinder Film Maker 1984 Gunter Grass 1985 Secrets Boyhood in a Jewish Hotel 1932 1954 1985 Writing Against A Biography Of Sartre 1986 My Cambridge 1986 editor Sartre A Life 1987 Proust A Biography 1990 The Death and Life of Sylvia Plath 1992 Tennessee Williams Everyone Else is an Audience 1993 Thomas Mann 1995 Nietzsche 1997 Hitler and Geli 1998 A Life of Jung 2001 Marquis De Sade The Genius of Passion 2003 References Edit Ronald Hayman obituary The Times 1 March 2019 Retrieved 1 March 2019 subscription required The Tufts in London 9 Faculty handout Tufts University 1973 Concise Encyclopedia of Tufts History Document ID tufts central dca UA069 UA069 005 DO 00001 2004 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ronald Hayman amp oldid 1110717600, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
