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Nigel Wilton Triffitt (19 August 1949 – 20 July 2012)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nigel Wilton Triffitt Obituary: View Nigel Triffitt's Obituary by The Age )〕 was an Australian theatre director, actor, designer and writer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nigel Triffitt 1949 – 2012 | Performing Arts Collection )〕 Triffitt was born in Launceston, Tasmania. His parents were not married, and he was put up for adoption soon after his birth, being adopted by the Triffitt family in Hobart, where he was raised.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=THE AUTHOR | TRIFFITT )〕 He studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney and the Drama Centre in London - both of which he was asked to leave.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nigel Triffitt passes away, aged 62. | ArtsHub Australia )〕 In the 1970s he worked in Melbourne, as Director of Student Theatre at Monash University, Resident Director at St Martin's Theatre. He toured Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory directing the Yellow Brick Roadshows.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Five-night season of experimental theatre. (1975, March 12). The Canberra Times )〕 He gained prominence in 1978 as the creator of ''Momma's Little Horror Show'', a mixture of adult puppet theatre and visual theatre. Later works included ''Secrets'' (1983) and ''The Fall of Singapore'' (1987). Later he moved into directing dance, in collaboration with the Australian Dance Theatre, with ''Wildstars'' (1979) and ''High Flyers'' (1985). Triffitt also designed and directed operas for the Melbourne International Arts Festival: ''Metamorphosis'' (1984), ''Samson and Delilah'' (1984), and ''Moby Dick'' (1990), and revivals of the musicals ''Hair'' (1991) and ''The Rocky Horror Show'' (1992). He also prepared the libretto to Neil Clifton's 1984 unrealised opera based on Evelyn Waugh's novel ''The Loved One'', while Clifton Composer-in-residence with the Victoria State Opera.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Neil Clifton (Australian Music Centre) )〕 As an actor he appeared in films such as Howling V: The Rebirth (1989). Triffitt achieved commercial success with the tap dance show ''Tap Dogs'', which he designed (in collaboration with Dein Perry) and directed.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A brilliant and lateral mind – Tap Dogs remember Nigel Triffitt )〕 ''Tap Dogs'' premiered at the Sydney Festival in 1995 and continued to tour around the world until his death.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dance Informa Magazine | Tag Archive | Nigel Triffitt )〕 He devised, designed and directed part of the Opening Ceremony for the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000 and the Opening Ceremony of the Melbourne Commonwealth Games in 2006.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Triffitt, Nigel )〕 Triffitt had a reputation for being outspoken and opinionated. A journalist wrote in 1987: "Nigel Triffit enjoys criticism. He doesn't mind being called rude, enfant terrible or genius. It's bland reporting with no comment that bores him."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=23 Sep 1987 - He enjoys criticism, doesn't mind being called r... )〕 He was openly gay. In 1994 he published a gay-themed novel ''Cheap Thrills''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cheap thrills : a novel / by Nigel Triffitt. - Version details - Trove )〕 Despite not being a Triffitt by birth, he maintained a blog on the history of the Triffitt family.〔 He died of an AIDS-related illness in Melbourne. ==Dogster== Nigel, (alias Dogster), was an avid cruiser and traveller, and wrote many accounts of his sea and river journeys between 2008 and 2012. His quick wit and exciting storytelling, kept many Fodors and Cruise Critic members and readers on the edge of their seats, awaiting the next installment of his adventurous trip reports. 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「Nigel Triffitt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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