432:. Born at the dusk of the Victorian era, Bert Pinnegar, an awkward orphan child with one leg a tad longer than the other, rises from inauspicious schoolboy days spent picking wildflowers and dodging angry farmers to become the legendary head gardener "Old Herbaceous," the most esteemed flower-show judge in the county and a famed horticultural wizard capable of producing dazzling April strawberries from the greenhouse and the exact morning glories his Lady spies on the French Riviera, "so blue, so blue it positively hurts."
33:
85:(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
621:
611:
586:
541:
576:
616:
458:
626:
606:
111:
566:
601:
439:
is a witty comic portrait of the most archetypal—and crotchety—head gardener ever to plant a row of bulbs at a
British country house.
631:
561:
596:
591:
546:
496:
571:
211:
551:
110:
and trained as a journalist. He married actress
Elizabeth Evans in 1912. During the First World War he served with the
581:
556:
364:
459:"REGINALD ARKELL, AUTHOR., 76, DEAD; English Writer Best Known for'Novel 'Old Herbaceous' Also Was Playwright"
502:
374:
398:
536:
531:
342:
115:
424:
is a classic
British novel of the garden, with a title character as outsized and unforgettable as
492:
380:
514:
297:
Meet These People (1928, poetry with caricatures by Bert Thomas, published by
Herbert Jenkins)
284:
168:
87:
425:
93:
1066—and all that: A Musical Comedy based on that
Memorable History by Sellar and Yeatman
326:
314:
197:
172:
107:
525:
476:
265:
338:
310:
220:
123:
261:
32:
321:
127:
64:
333:
103:
49:
510:
429:
238:
280:(1934, A Harmless Handbook to the game, written in rhyme)
72:
57:
42:
23:
151:"Trumpets Over Merriford" (1955, American title:
612:20th-century English dramatists and playwrights
148:(1953, novel, published by Michael Joseph Ltd)
99:and the Green Fingers series of garden verse.
8:
622:King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry soldiers
435:Sprinkled with nuggets of gardening wisdom,
389:, published by Duckworth & Company, 1916
193:(1939, verse, illustrated by Edgar Norfield)
118:. He also scripted a propaganda comic book,
106:, Gloucestershire, England, was educated at
400:Colombine: A Fantasy : and Other Verse
31:
20:
587:British male dramatists and playwrights
542:Military personnel from Gloucestershire
447:
453:
451:
102:Arkell was born on 14 October 1881 at
577:British Army personnel of World War I
7:
406:"The Holidays" (Children's poem in
301:Columbine – A Fantasy of Summertime
112:King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
248:(1936, film of the musical comedy)
219:(1937, film musical which starred
14:
617:20th-century English male writers
373:(1922, musical comedy, music by
76:Script writer and comic novelist
627:Royal Norfolk Regiment soldiers
387:Actual Evidence I Have None ...
165:Come to the ball; or, Harlequin
126:. Arkell died on 1 May 1959 at
607:20th-century English novelists
363:(1922, musical play, music by
337:(1924, musical play, music by
233:Green fingers, and other poems
1:
303:(1928, adaptation for radio)
567:English non-fiction writers
648:
602:20th-century English poets
325:(1925, operetta, music by
52:, Gloucestershire, England
16:English writer (1881–1959)
385:(1916, contains the poem
309:(1927, musical, music by
30:
632:English male biographers
562:English male journalists
493:Works by Reginald Arkell
428:’s immortal manservant,
349:The tragedy of Mr. Punch
181:(1950, republished 2002)
153:The Miracle Of Merriford
97:A Cottage in the Country
313:, additional lyrics by
159:Collected Green Fingers
95:. He was the author of
597:British comics writers
592:English male novelists
547:British garden writers
108:Burford Grammar School
260:(1935, adaptation of
167:(1951, adaptation of
572:People from Lechlade
393:World War, 1914-1918
343:Harold Fraser-Simson
278:Bridge Without Sighs
217:Interval for Romance
116:The Norfolk Regiment
552:English biographers
258:A Kingdom for a Cow
185:Green fingers Again
582:British male poets
463:The New York Times
207:(1939, TV version)
557:English humorists
288:(1933, biography)
285:Richard Jefferies
272:Playing the Games
252:1066 And All That
212:The Street Singer
205:1066 And All That
201:(1939, TV series)
169:Johann Strauss II
122:, illustrated by
120:Bosch the soldier
88:1066 and All That
80:
79:
639:
481:
480:
473:
467:
466:
455:
410:, December 1910)
292:Winter Sportings
235:(1934, includes
35:
21:
647:
646:
642:
641:
640:
638:
637:
636:
522:
521:
511:Reginald Arkell
489:
484:
475:
474:
470:
457:
456:
449:
445:
426:P. G. Wodehouse
419:
140:The Round House
136:
83:Reginald Arkell
68:
62:
53:
47:
46:14 October 1881
38:
37:Arkell in 1956.
26:
25:Reginald Arkell
17:
12:
11:
5:
645:
643:
635:
634:
629:
624:
619:
614:
609:
604:
599:
594:
589:
584:
579:
574:
569:
564:
559:
554:
549:
544:
539:
534:
524:
523:
518:
517:
508:
505:Percy Ponsonby
500:
488:
487:External links
485:
483:
482:
477:"Alfred Leete"
468:
446:
444:
441:
437:Old Herbaceous
422:Old Herbaceous
418:
416:Old Herbaceous
413:
412:
411:
404:
396:
390:
382:All the Rumors
378:
371:The Last Waltz
368:
358:
352:
346:
330:
318:
315:Ivy St. Helier
307:The Blue Train
304:
298:
295:
289:
281:
275:
274:(1935, humour)
269:
255:
249:
246:The Last Waltz
243:
230:
227:Smash and Grab
224:
208:
202:
198:Percy Ponsonby
194:
188:
182:
179:Old Herbaceous
176:
173:Die Fledermaus
162:
156:
155:, 1956, novel)
149:
143:
135:
132:
78:
77:
74:
70:
69:
63:
59:
55:
54:
48:
44:
40:
39:
36:
28:
27:
24:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
644:
633:
630:
628:
625:
623:
620:
618:
615:
613:
610:
608:
605:
603:
600:
598:
595:
593:
590:
588:
585:
583:
580:
578:
575:
573:
570:
568:
565:
563:
560:
558:
555:
553:
550:
548:
545:
543:
540:
538:
535:
533:
530:
529:
527:
520:
516:
512:
509:
507:
506:
501:
498:
494:
491:
490:
486:
478:
472:
469:
465:. 2 May 1959.
464:
460:
454:
452:
448:
442:
440:
438:
433:
431:
427:
423:
417:
414:
409:
405:
402:
401:
397:
394:
391:
388:
384:
383:
379:
376:
372:
369:
366:
362:
359:
356:
353:
350:
347:
344:
340:
336:
335:
331:
328:
324:
323:
319:
316:
312:
308:
305:
302:
299:
296:
293:
290:
287:
286:
282:
279:
276:
273:
270:
267:
266:Der Kuhhandel
263:
259:
256:
254:(1935, revue)
253:
250:
247:
244:
241:
240:
234:
231:
228:
225:
222:
218:
214:
213:
209:
206:
203:
200:
199:
195:
192:
189:
187:(1942, poems)
186:
183:
180:
177:
174:
170:
166:
163:
161:(1956, poems)
160:
157:
154:
150:
147:
144:
142:(1958, novel)
141:
138:
137:
133:
131:
129:
125:
121:
117:
113:
109:
105:
100:
98:
94:
90:
89:
84:
75:
73:Occupation(s)
71:
66:
60:
56:
51:
45:
41:
34:
29:
22:
19:
519:
504:
503:BBC page on
471:
462:
436:
434:
421:
420:
415:
407:
399:
392:
386:
381:
375:Oscar Straus
370:
360:
357:(1922, play)
354:
351:(1923, play)
348:
339:Ivor Novello
332:
320:
311:Robert Stolz
306:
300:
291:
283:
277:
271:
264:'s operetta
257:
251:
245:
236:
232:
229:(1937, film)
226:
221:Arthur Tracy
216:
210:
204:
196:
190:
184:
178:
164:
158:
152:
146:Charley Moon
145:
139:
124:Alfred Leete
119:
101:
96:
92:
86:
82:
81:
18:
537:1959 deaths
532:1881 births
408:The Captain
365:Tchaikovsky
327:Franz Lehár
191:War Rumours
130:, England.
526:Categories
497:Faded Page
443:References
262:Kurt Weill
61:1 May 1959
361:Catherine
355:Columbine
322:Frasquita
237:Roses at
128:Cricklade
67:, England
65:Cricklade
499:(Canada)
395:(47 pp.)
334:Our Nell
104:Lechlade
50:Lechlade
430:Jeeves
403:, 1912
294:(1929)
239:Owlpen
134:Works
515:IMDb
341:and
114:and
58:Died
43:Born
513:at
495:at
215:or
171:'s
528::
461:.
450:^
91::
479:.
377:)
367:)
345:)
329:)
317:)
268:)
242:)
223:)
175:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
