Irving Wardle

Irving Wardle
Wardle in 2010
Wardle in 2010
BornJohn Irving Wardle
(1929-07-20)20 July 1929
Manchester, England
Died23 February 2023(2023-02-23) (aged 93)
OccupationTheatre critic
Alma mater
Spouse
  • Joan Notkin
    (m. 1958, divorced)
  • Fay Vivian Crowder
    (m. 1963, divorced)
  • Elizabeth Grist
    (m. 1975)
Children4

John Irving Wardle (20 July 1929 – 23 February 2023) was an English theatre critic and author. He wrote about theatre for The Observer from 1959 to 1963, for The Times from 1963 to 1989, and for The Independent on Sunday from 1989 to 1995.