Richard Huggett (playwright)
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Richard Huggett (born 25 April 1929, London, England, died 15 April 2000 in Surrey, England) was an English actor, author, and playwright.[1]
He best-known plays are The First Night of Pygmalion (1968) and A Talent To Abuse (1981),[2] both originally written and performed by Huggett himself as one-man shows. The First Night of Pygmalion was later adapted for television in 1969 and again in 1975.[3][4] A Talent to Abuse, in which Huggett played writer Evelyn Waugh, met with criticism from Waugh's son, Auberon.[5][6] Huggett was also noted for his 1989 biography of British theatre producer Binkie Beaumont.
Works
Plays
- The Lupin-Blue Dress (1965)
- Good Egg (1967)
- The First Night of "Pygmalion" (1968)
- A Talent To Abuse (1981)
- A Weekend with Willie (BBC radio broadcast, 1981)[7][8]
Nonfiction
- The Truth About Pygmalion (1969)
- The Wit of the Catholics (1971)
- The Wit and Humour of Sex (1975)
- Supernatural on Stage: Ghosts and Superstitions of the Theatre (1975)
- The Curse of Macbeth (1981)
- The Wit of Publishing (1987)
- Binkie Beaumont – Éminence Grise of the West End Theatre, 1933–1973. (1989) Template:ISBN.
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External links
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- Profile at Doollee.com (archived)