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Rodney Ackland (18 May 1908 in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex – 6 December 1991 in Richmond upon Thames, Surrey) was an English playwright, actor, theatre director and screenwriter. Born as Norman Ackland Bernstein in Southend, Essex, to a Jewish father from Warsaw and a non-Jewish mother, he was educated at Balham Grammar School in
Rodney Ackland. Writer. Director. Actor. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Ackland studied for the stage at the Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art in London, England. He made his stage debut in 1924 at the Gate Theatre. Spent several years acting before turning to the cinema.
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Rodney Ackland (1908–1991) was a playwright and film scriptwriter who started out as a jobbing actor before turning to writing. He was born Norman Ackland Bernstein [1] in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, the son of a Jewish businessman and Ada Rodney, a famous Principal Boy in late Victorian panto, and attended Balham Grammar School.
Apr 26, 2018 · Absolute Hell — an absolutely unmissable National Theatre production Rodney Ackland’s unsparing portrait of a Soho nightclub in 1945 is given a masterly revival Aaron Heffernan and Kate ...
Apr 26, 2018 · Rodney Ackland must be the most well-known forgotten man in postwar British theatre. His legend goes like this: Absolute Hell was originally titled The Pink Room, and first staged in 1952 at the Lyric Hammersmith, where it got a critical mauling.
Dec 6, 1991 · Rodney Ackland is known as an Writer, Screenplay, Actor, Director, Additional Dialogue, Scenario Writer, Dialogue, and Assistant Director. Some of his work includes Number Seventeen, 49th Parallel, The Queen of Spades, Wanted for Murder, Bank Holiday, Dangerous Moonlight, Love Story, and Young Man's Fancy.
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Apr 26, 2018 · Absolute Hell review – postwar Soho gets a Weimar makeover. Lyttelton, London. Joe Hill-Gibbins gives Rodney Ackland’s drama the full expressionist works in a production of visual bravura ...
