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Nick Dear (born 11 June 1955 in Portsmouth) is an English writer for stage, screen and radio. He received a BAFTA for his first screenwriting credit, a TV adaptation of Jane Austen's ''Persuasion''. Dear graduated with a degree in Comparative European Literature from the University of Essex in 1977. Dear’s plays include ''Power'' and ''The Villains’ Opera'' at the National Theatre; ''The Art of Success'', ''Zenobia'' and ''Pure Science'' for the RSC; ''In the Ruins'' at Bristol Old Vic and Royal Court, London (1990); and ''Food of Love'' at the Almeida. Adaptations include Gorky’s ''Summerfolk'' and Molière’s ''Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme'' at the National; Tirso de Molina’s ''The Last Days of Don Juan'' at the Royal Shakespeare Company; Arbuzov’s ''The Promise'' at the Tricycle; Henry James’ ''The Turn of the Screw'' at Bristol Old Vic; and Ostrovsky’s ''A Family Affair'' for Cheek by Jowl. Dear's screenplays include ''Persuasion'', ''The Gambler'', ''The Turn of the Screw'', ''Cinderella'', ''Byron'', ''Eroica'' and ''Agatha Christie’s Poirot''. Opera libretti include ''The Palace in the Sky'' at Hackney Empire and ''Siren Song'' at the Almeida. In 2005, ''Lunch in Venice'' appeared at the Shell Connections festival at the National Theatre. His plays ''Power'' (2003), and ''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 Royal Shakespeare Company in 1986 in a production starring Penny Downie and Michael Kitchen, and was nominated for an Olivier Award. It features William Hogarth and the political manipulation of art, the corruption of politics and treatment of women. His adaptation of Mary Shelley's ''Frankenstein'' premiered at the Royal National Theatre in 2011, in a production directed by Danny Boyle.〔Details of Danny Boyle's production of Nick Dear's ''Frankenstein'' http://www.playbill.com/news/article/147872-Director-Danny-Boyle-Returns-with-Frankenstein-Opening-at-Londons-National-Theatre〕 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.〔http://www.almeida.co.uk/event/darkearth〕 ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nick Dear」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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