Michael Clayton Hutton

British writer
Michael Clayton Hutton
Died21 August 1953
England, United Kingdom
OccupationPlaywright

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

  1. ^ Wearing p.94 & 194
  2. ^ Theatre World Annual: A Full Pictorial Review of the London Season, Issue 5. Iliffe Books, 1954. p.30
  3. ^ Braun p.53
  4. ^ Goble p.236
  5. ^ Wearing p.512

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.
  • Michael Clayton Hutton at IMDb
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