Robert Hudson (novelist)

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Robert Hudson (born 1973) is a British novelist and comedy writer who has written journalism, particularly on sport and digital media, for many UK newspapers. [1] [2]

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Early life and education

Hudson was born in Zimbabwe, raised in Essex, and lives in Kilburn, London. [3] He was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he received a Ph.D. in intellectual history.

Career

In 2007, the comedy musical Sherlock Holmes (the early years), for which he co-wrote the book, won the Theater for the American Musical award at the New York Musical Theatre Festival. [4]

His novel The Kilburn Social Club, about a Premiership football club run on idealistic principles in an alternative version of modern London, was published by Vintage in 2009. [5] [6] [7]

His second novel The Dazzle, about big game fishing in 1930s, was published by Vintage in 2013. [8]

Since 2010, he has been curator and founder of the Kilburn-based comedy storytelling night Tall Tales, which has featured John Finnemore and Marie Phillips among others. [9]

His comedy series Warhorses of Letters, co-written with Marie Phillips, was recorded for BBC Radio 4 starring Stephen Fry, Daniel Rigby, and Tamsin Greig and was first broadcast in October 2011. [10] It ran for three series. [11] The book of the series was crowd-funded through the Unbound platform. [12]

His comedy series, Some Hay in a Manger, also co-written with Marie Phillips and starring Tamsin Greig, Joel Fry and Stephen Fry, was broadcast by Radio 4 over Christmas 2016. [13] [14]

He co-wrote a new version of the Gershwin/Wodehouse musical A Damsel in Distress with Jeremy Sams which was directed by Rob Ashford and first performed at Chichester Festival Theatre in June, 2015. [15]

He wrote a new script for Frank Wildhorn and Jack Murphy's Wonderland , which was premiered in Edinburgh in 2017. [16]

In 2020, BBC Radio 3 broadcast Magnitsky the Musical, which Hudson wrote with Johnny Flynn. The musical starred Flynn, Paul Chahidi, Fenella Woolgar and Ellie Kendrick, and was directed by Sasha Yevtushenko. [17] It won Best Original Single Drama at the 2021 BBC Audio Drama Awards.

in 2022, BBC Radio 3 broadcast Hall of Mirrors, a musical about John Maynard Keynes and the Peace Treaties which ended the two World Wars which Hudson wrote with Susannah Pearse. The musical starred Jamie Parker and Patsy Ferran and was directed by Sasha Yevtushenko. [18]

Also in 2022, BBC Radio 4 broadcast Rossum's Universal Robots, a new musical version of Karel Capek's R.U.R. which was again written with Pearse. The musical starred Paul Chahidi, Jasmine Hyde, Paul Hilton, Clare Foster, Annieka Rose and Matthew Durkan and was directed by Sasha Yevtushenko. [19]

In 2023, BBC Radio 4 Broadcast Plane Speaking, a dramatisation of the systemic failings which led to the Boeing 737 Max crashes of 2018 and 2019. This starred Clare Foster and Fenella Woolgar and was directed by Sasha Yevtushenko. [20]

Books

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References

  1. ↑ Hudson, Robert (18 September 2009). "How economists tackle sports injuries" . Financial Times . Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Hudson, Robert (4 February 2008). "Medical confessions". The Guardian . Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Hudson, Robert (2009). The Kilburn Social Club. London: Jonathan Cape.
  4. ↑ Hetrick, Adam (26 October 2007). "NYMF's Sherlock Holmes (The Early Years) named TAM Award winner". Playbill . Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  5. ↑ Neate, Patrick (3 October 2009). "The Kilburn Social Club by Robert Hudson". The Guardian (book review). Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  6. ↑ Turpin, Adrian (27 July 2009). "Sporting chance" . Financial Times . Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  7. ↑ East, Ben (5 August 2009). "Delve into the saga of The Kilburn Social Club". Metro News . Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  8. ↑ Massie, Alan. "The Scotsman".
  9. ↑ Berthoud, Lindsey (16 March 2010). "Tall Tales @ The Good Ship". Londonist (Lit preview). Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "Daniel Rigby to star alongside Stephen Fry in Warhorses of Letters for Radio 4" (Press release). PBJ and JBJ Management. 23 September 2011. Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
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  12. ↑ Shad, Bridgitte (17 October 2012). "Warhorses of Letters". Unbound. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  13. ↑ "Some Hay in a Manger". BBC.
  14. ↑ "British Comedy Guide". British Comedy Guide.
  15. ↑ Hemming, Sarah. "A Damsel in Distress, Chichester Festival Theatre". Financial Times.
  16. ↑ "Herald Scotland". Herald Scotland. 25 January 2017.
  17. ↑ O'Hagan, Simon (13 October 2023). "25 Best Audio Dramas to Download Now". The i.
  18. ↑ Nicol, Patricia. "Podcasts to Help You Understand Europe at War". The Times.
  19. ↑ "Rossum's Universal Robots". BBC.
  20. ↑ "Plane Speaking". BBC.
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