Nick Dear
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Nick Dear | |
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| Born | 11 June 1955 Portsmouth, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Playwright, screenwriter |
Nick Dear (born 11 June 1955) is an English writer for stage, screen and radio. He received a
BAFTA for his first screenwriting credit, a film adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion
.
Education
Dear graduated with a degree in Comparative European Literature from the University of Essex in 1977.
Career
Dear's plays include libretti include The Palace in the Sky at Hackney Empire and Siren Song at the Almeida.
In 2005, Lunch in Venice appeared at the
Summerfolk (1999) both premiered at the same venue. Power deals with the intrigue and tension of the court of the young Louis XIV of France. It has been produced at theatres in Portugal, Poland and Hungary, as well as the Finnish National Theatre
(Kansallisteatteri).
His play The Art of Success premiered at the
Olivier Award. The plot revolves around William Hogarth and the political manipulation of art, the corruption of politics and treatment of women. It was subsequently produced at Manhattan Theatre Club in 1989, with Tim Curry playing Hogarth.[1]
Dear's adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein premiered at the Royal National Theatre in 2011, in a production directed by Danny Boyle.[2]
In November 2012 The Dark Earth and the Light Sky, his biographical play about Edward Thomas, opened at the Almeida Theatre, in a production directed by Richard Eyre.[3]
References
- ^ Rich, Frank (21 December 1989) "Review/Theater; 'Art of Success' Makes Hogarth The Warhol of the 18th Century" The New York Times
- ^ Details of Danny Boyle's production of Nick Dear's Frankenstein "Director Danny Boyle Returns with Frankenstein, Opening at London's National Theatre - Playbill.com". Archived from the original on 23 February 2011. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ^ "The Dark Earth and the Light Sky".
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