Nicholas Wright
Nicholas Wright is a leading British playwright. His plays include: 8 Hotels (Minerva Theatre, Chichester, 2019); an adaptation of Patrick Hamilton's novel The Slaves of Solitude (Hampstead Theatre, 2017); an adaptation of Pat Barker's novel Regeneration (Royal & Derngate, Northampton, 2014); Travelling Light (National Theatre, 2012); The Last of the Duchess (Hampstead Theatre, 2011); Rattigan's Nijinsky (Chichester Festival Theatre, 2011); The Reporter (National Theatre, 2007); a version of Emile Zola's Therese Raquin (National Theatre, 2006); an adaptation of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials (National Theatre, 2003-4); Vincent In Brixton (National Theatre, 2002; winner of the Olivier Award for Best New Play); a version of Luigi Pirandello's Naked (Almeida Theatre, 1998); and Mrs Klein (National Theatre & West End, 1988).
His writing about the theatre includes Changing Stages: A View of British Theatre in the Twentieth Century, co-written with Richard Eyre.
Cressida
A comedy drama set in the seedily glamorous world of 17th-century London theatre.
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A rich selection of work by leading playwright Nicholas Wright, introduced by the playwright.
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By Philip Pullman Adapted by Nicholas WrightA two-play dramatisation of Philip Pullman's extraordinary award-winning fantasy trilogy, first seen at the National Theatre.
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A moving portrait of the young Vincent van Gogh - a hit in the West End and on Broadway.
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By Anton Chekhov Translated by Nicholas WrightNicholas Wright's version of Chekhov's masterpiece, in which four young people are left stranded in a provincial backwater following the death of their father.
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Thérèse Raquin (National Theatre stage version)
By Émile Zola Adapted by Nicholas WrightA gripping psychological thriller adapted for the stage by Émile Zola himself from his own notorious novel, in a version by Nicholas Wright.
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Regeneration (stage version)
By Pat Barker Adapted by Nicholas WrightA powerful anthem for the youth of World War One that offers a compassionate look at war and its devastating effects. Adapted from Pat Barker's Booker Prize-nominated novel.
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Rattigan's Nijinsky
By Nicholas Wright and Terence RattiganThe extraordinary story of the relationship between the famous dancer Vaslav Nijinsky and the impresario Sergei Diaghilev, drawing on an unproduced screenplay by Terence Rattigan.
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The Last of the Duchess
A compelling study of the corruption of fame, the lure of money and the betrayal that lurks at the heart of portraying the people around us, or the people we love. Based on Caroline Blackwood's book of the same name.
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Travelling Light
A funny and fascinating tribute to the Eastern European immigrants who became major players in Hollywood's golden age.
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Lulu
By Frank Wedekind Adapted by Nicholas WrightThe first version of Wedekind's celebrated erotic masterpiece to be based on the author's original text, restoring the clarity, the daring and the sexual explicitness of a modern masterpiece written a hundred years before its time.
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The Slaves of Solitude (stage version)
By Patrick Hamilton Adapted by Nicholas WrightA fascinating blend of dark hilarity and melancholy, woven from Patrick Hamilton’s much-loved story about an improbable heroine in wartime Britain.
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