Michael Clayton Hutton
Michael Clayton Hutton | |
|---|---|
| Died | 21 August 1953 |
| Occupation | Playwright |
Michael Clayton Hutton was a British author and playwright notable for several plays that appeared in the West End during the post-Second World War era.[1] He died in 1953 at the age of thirty three.[2] He was reportedly suffering from depression when he committed suicide.[3] Several of his plays were adapted for film and television including The Happy Family that was turned into a 1952 film of the same title.[4] He had a posthumous success in the West End with his comedy Silver Wedding in 1957.[5]
Selected works
- Power Without Glory (1947)
- The Happy Family (1951)
- Dead Secret (1952)
- Starlight (1956)
- Silver Wedding (1957)
References
Bibliography
- Braun, Eric. Frightening the Horses: Gay Icons of the Cinema. Reynolds & Hearn, 2007.
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Nelmes, Jill. The Screenwriter in British Cinema. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.
- Wearing, J.P. The London Stage 1950–1959: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.