Nicholas Wright (1940, Cape Town, South Africa) is a British dramatist. He opened and ran the Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court Theatre, was joint artistic director of the Royal Court and is a former literary manager and associate director of the Royal National Theatre. Wright began acting as a child, and trained at The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). His publications include 99 Plays, a survey of drama from Aeschylus to the present day, and Changing Stages, co-written with Richard Eyre.
Theatre work [edit]
- 1978 Treetops
- 1979 The Gorky Brigade
- 1980 One Fine Day
- 1983 The Crimes of Vautrin
- 1983 The Custom of the Country
- 1984 The Desert Air
- 1988 Mrs. Klein (i.e. Melanie Klein)
- 1993 More Tales of the City (tv adaptation)
- 1996 John Gabriel Borkman (adaptation)
- 1998 Naked (adaptation)
- 2000 Cressida
- 2001 Lulu (adaptation)
- 2003 Vincent in Brixton
- 2003 Three Sisters (adaptation)
- 2003 His Dark Materials
- 2003 The Little Prince (adapted opera libretto)
- 2006 Man on the Moon (TV opera libretto with music by Jonathan Dove)
- 2006 Thérèse Raquin (adaptation)
- 2007 The Reporter
- 2008 He's Talking
- 2008 The Big Bonanza, Poison and The Boy with an African Heart for The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency (TV)
- 2011 Rattigan's Nijinsky
- 2011 The Last of the Duchess adapted from the book by Caroline Blackwood.
- 2012 Travelling Light
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Wright, Nicholas |
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British playwright |
| Date of birth |
1940 |
| Place of birth |
Cape Town, South Africa |
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