Reginald Arkell

Reginald Arkell
Arkell in 1956.
Born(1881-10-14)14 October 1881
Lechlade, Gloucestershire, England
Died1 May 1959(1959-05-01) (aged 77)
Cricklade, England
OccupationsScript writer and comic novelist

Reginald Arkell (14 October 1881 – 1 May 1959) was a British script writer and comic novelist who wrote many musical plays for the London theatre. The most popular of those was an adaptation of the spoof history book 1066 and All That: 1066—and all that: A Musical Comedy based on that Memorable History by Sellar and Yeatman. He was the author of A Cottage in the Country and the Green Fingers series of garden verse.

Arkell was born on 14 October 1881 at Lechlade, Gloucestershire, England, was educated at Burford Grammar School and trained as a journalist. He married actress Elizabeth Evans in 1912. During the First World War he served with the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and The Norfolk Regiment. He also scripted a propaganda comic book, Bosch the soldier, illustrated by Alfred Leete. Arkell died on 1 May 1959 at Cricklade, England.

Works

Old Herbaceous

Old Herbaceous is a British novel centered on a garden and its title character, Bert Pinnegar. An orphan child born near the end of the Victorian era who has one leg longer than the other, Pinnegar moves from picking wildflowers as a schoolboy to becoming the head gardener known as "Old Herbaceous." In this role, he serves as a county flower-show judge and cultivates greenhouse strawberries in April along with morning glories requested by his Lady.

Old Herbaceous is a novel about a head gardener at a British country house.

References

  1. 1 2 "REGINALD ARKELL, AUTHOR., 76, DEAD; English Writer Best Known for'Novel 'Old Herbaceous' Also Was Playwright". The New York Times. 2 May 1959.
  2. ↑ "Alfred Leete".