Nicholas Wright is a leading British playwright. His plays include: 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 Pullman’s
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.