Dusty Hughes (playwright)

Dusty Hughes (born 16 Sept 1947)^[1] is an English playwright and director, writing for both the theatre and television.

His Grrr (1968) was first performed in Edinburgh.^[2] 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)
• A Slip of the Tongue Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago, 1992
• Helpless Donmar Warehouse Theatre, London, 2000, directed by Robin Lefevre.^[3][4]

For television

• Commitments (Play for Today, 1982)
• The Secret Agent, 1992—an adaptation of Joseph Conrad's novel
• The Brief, 2004-2005

Bibliography

• Futurists and commitments, Faber and Faber, 1986, ISBN 978-0-571-13778-7

References

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