Travelling Light

About 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 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.