Dusty Hughes (playwright)

For other people named Dusty Hughes, see Dusty Hughes (disambiguation).

Dusty Hughes (born 1947) is a British playwright and director, writing for both the theatre and television.

His Grrr (1968) was first performed in Edinburgh. In 1980 Hughes won the London Theatre Critics Award for 'Most Promising Playwright' for his play Commitments.

Successful plays

• Grrr Edinburgh, 1968
• In At The Death, Bush Theatre, London, 1978
• Commitments Bush Theatre, London, 1980
• Heaven and Hell Edinburgh, 1981
• Breach Of The Peace, Bush Theatre, London, 1982
• Moliere; or, The Union Of Hypocrites, Stratford-on-Avon, 1982
• Bad Language, Hampstead Theatre, London, 1983
• Philistines, Stratford-on-Avon, 1985
• Futurists Cottesloe Theatre, National Theatre, 1986, directed by Richard Eyre. Published script ISBN 0-571-13778-4
• Jenkin's Ear Royal Court Theatre, London. 1987, Published script ISBN 0-571-14565-5
• Metropolis Piccadilly Theatre, London, 1989, (a musical based on Fritz Lang's 1927 silent movie Metropolis) [1]
• A Slip of the Tongue Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago, 1992
• Helpless Donmar Warehouse Theatre, London, 2000, directed by Robin Lefevre.

For television

• Commitments (Play for Today, 1982)
• The Secret Agent (1992), an adaptation of Joseph Conrad's novel
• The Brief (2004)

Bibliography

• Futurists and commitments, Faber and Faber, 1986, ISBN 9780571137787

External links

• http://videos.mitrasites.com/dusty-hughes-(playwright).html
• John Stanley Bull, British and Irish dramatists since World War II.: Second series, Gale Group, 2001