Dusty Hughes (playwright)

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

[edit] Successful plays

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 which was subsequently broadcast in 1981 as a Play for Today on the BBC.

[edit] Selected plays

• Grrr (1968)
• Commitments (1980) first produced at the Bush Theatre
• Heaven and Hell (1981)
• Bad Language (1983)
• Futurists (1986) first produced at the Cottesloe, National Theatre, directed by Richard Eyre. Published script ISBN 0-571-13778-4
• Jenkin's Ear (1987) first produced at the Royal Court Theatre. Published script ISBN 0-571-14565-5
• Metropolis (1989) (a musical based on Fritz Lang's 1927 silent movie Metropolis) [1]
• A Slip of the Tongue (1992)
• Helpless (2000) first produced at the Donmar Warehouse, directed by Robin Lefevre.

[edit] For Television

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