Background
Hale was born in Granger, Utah (now West Valley City), and was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Ruth Hale
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With little success finding film roles, they founded the Glendale Centre Theater. Ruth Hale wrote many original plays for the venue including A Choice Land and How Near the Angels. Soon, they and their extended family had opened a number of theaters featuring a center stage (arena theaters or Theater in the round) throughout Utah and Arizona.
The Hales were also playwrights.
They wrote their first play together, Handcart Trails, to save on the budget of a ward play production in Granger in the 1930s. This play was published in the Master of International Affairs Book of Plays in 1940.
Their play, Melody Jones, was shown to a national audience by Kurt Television Theatre. Ruth Hale"s grandchildren include: Film director Kurt Hale Will Swenson Hale Centre Theatre Chief Executive Officer Mark Dietlein Illustrator Nathan Hale.
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United States