Radcliff Hall (other)
Radcliff Hall may refer to: People * Radclyffe Hall (1880–1943), an English poet and author Buildings * A fictional school in '' The Girls of Radcliff Hall'', a lesbian ''roman-a-clef'' by Lord Berners See also * Redcliffe Hall (other) Redcliffe Hall may refer to * Redcliffe Hall, Bristol * Redcliffe Hall, a former church hall in Redcliffe, Western Australia See also * Radcliff Hall (other) {{disambig Architectural disambiguation pages ...

Radclyffe Hall
Marguerite Antonia Radclyffe-Hall (12 August 1880 – 7 October 1943), more known under her pen name Radclyffe Hall, was an English poet and author, best known for the novel ''The Well of Loneliness'', a groundbreaking work in lesbian literature. In adulthood, she often called herself John, rather than Marguerite. Early life Marguerite Antonia Radclyffe-Hall was born in 1880 at "Sunny Lawn", Durley Road, Bournemouth, Hampshire (now Dorset), to Radclyffe ("Rat") Radclyffe-Hall (1846–1898) and Mary Jane Sager (née Diehl). Hall's father was a wealthy philanderer, educated at Eton and Oxford but seldom working, since he inherited a large amount of money from his father, an eminent physician who was head of the British Medical Association; her mother was an unstable American widow from Philadelphia.Vargo, Marc E"Scandal: Infamous Gay Controversies of the Twentieth Century"pp. 56-57 Radclyffe's father left in 1882, abandoning young Radclyffe and her mother. However, he did leav ...
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The Girls Of Radcliff Hall
''The Girls of Radcliff Hall'' is a ''roman à clef'' novel in the form of a lesbian girls' school story written in the 1930s by the British composer and bon-vivant Gerald Berners, the 14th Lord Berners, under the pseudonym "Adela Quebec", published and distributed privately in 1932. Berners depicts himself and his circle of friends, including Cecil Beaton and Oliver Messel, as lesbian schoolgirls at a school named "Radcliff Hall" (punning on the name of the famous lesbian writer).Mark Amory, ''Lord Berners: The Last Eccentric'', London, 1998 The indiscretions alluded to in the novel created an uproar among Berners's intimates and acquaintances. Cecil Beaton attempted to have all the copies destroyed. The novel subsequently disappeared from circulation, making it extremely rare. The story is not included in the Berners anthology ''Collected Tales and Fantasies'', but it was reprinted, with some additional explanatory material, in 2000 thanks to the efforts of Dorothy Lygon ...
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