Richard Huggett (playwright)

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) ISBN   0340412690.

References

1. Steven, Alisdair (20 April 2000). "Richard Huggett (Obituary)". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 19 November 2018 – via HighBeam Research.
2. Amory, Mark (15 August 1981). "Theatre – War Games". The Spectator . p. 25.
3. "The First Night of 'Pygmalion' (1969)". IMDb.
4. "The First Night of 'Pygmalion' (1975)". IMDb.
5. Waugh, Auberon (1 August 1981). "Saturday Review: Aping Evelyn Waugh". The Times. London. p. 7.
6. Clarke, Anthony (11 February 1983). "Capitalising on a Talent to Abuse". The Age . Melbourne, Australia. p. 14.
7. "BBC Radio 4 FM - 26 September 1981 - BBC Genome". BBC Genome Project. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014.
8. "Sutro Papers". Bodleian Library . University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2017.

External links

• Richard Huggett at IMDb
• Profile at Doollee.com (archived)