Richard Huggett (playwright) explained

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) .

External links

• • Profile at Doollee.com (archived)

Notes and References

1. News: Steven. Alisdair. Richard Huggett (Obituary). https://web.archive.org/web/20181119100149/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-18735593.html. dead. 19 November 2018. The Scotsman. 20 April 2000. Highbeam.com.
2. Web site: Amory. Mark. Theatre - War Games. The Spectator. 25. 15 August 1981.
3. Web site: The First Night of 'Pygmalion' (1969). Internet Movie Database.
4. Web site: The First Night of 'Pygmalion' (1975). Internet Movie Database.
5. News: Waugh. Auberon. Auberon Waugh. Saturday Review: Aping Evelyn Waugh. The Times. 1 August 1981. London, England. 7.
6. News: Clarke. Anthony. Capitalising on a Talent to Abuse. The Age. 11 February 1983. Melbourne, Australia. 14.
7. Web site: BBC Radio 4 FM - 26 September 1981 - BBC Genome. BBC. https://web.archive.org/web/20141017074938/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/radio4/fm/1981-09-26. 17 October 2014.
8. Web site: Sutro Papers. Bodleian Library. University of Oxford. 19 May 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20160804225652/http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/online/modern/sutro/sutro.html. 4 August 2016. dead. dmy-all.