Rattigan''s Nijinsky

About Nicholas WrightTerence Rattigan

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 Pullmans 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. Sir Terence Rattigan was one of the most popular English 20th-century dramatists. His first play First Episode was produced in 1934; his best-known later works include After the Dance Flare Path The Browning Version and The Deep Blue Sea. Many of his plays have been adapted for film and are frequently revived. He also served as an RAF tail gunner in WWII.