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Doug Wright (other)
Doug Wright (born 1962) is an American playwright, librettist, and screenwriter. Doug Wright may also refer to: * Doug Wright (cricketer) (1914–1998), English cricketer * Doug Wright (cartoonist) Douglas Austin Wright (August 11, 1917 – January 3, 1983) was a Canadian cartoonist, best known for his weekly comic strip ''Doug Wright's Family'' (1949–1980; also known as ''Nipper'') . The Doug Wright Awards are named after him to ho ... (1917–1983), Canadian cartoonist, best known for ''Nipper''/''Doug Wright's Family'' * Doug Wright (The Bill), husband of Sgt. Nikki Wright * Doug Wright (footballer) (1917–1992), English footballer See also * Douglas Wright (other) {{hndis, name=Wright, Doug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Wright
Douglas Wright (born December 20, 1962) is an American playwright, librettist, and screenwriter. Known for his extensive work in the American theatre in both plays and musicals, he has received numerous accolades including the Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award. Wright first earned acclaim earning the Obie Award for Best Playwright for his darkly satirical play '' Quills'' (1995), about the final days of the French sadist and author Marquis de Sade. He later adapted it into the 2000 film of the same name, earning a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay. He went on to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play for his debut Broadway play, '' I Am My Own Wife'' (2004). Wright earned a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical nomination for '' Grey Gardens'' (2006), based on the 1975 documentary of the same name. He continued writing for musical theatre, adapting the books for the Broadway musicals '' The Little Mermaid'' (2007), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Wright (cricketer)
Douglas Vivian Parson Wright (21 August 1914 – 13 November 1998) was an English cricketer. A leg-spinner for Kent and England from 1932 to 1957 he took a record seven hat-tricks in first-class cricket. He played for Kent for 19 seasons and was their first professional captain from late 1953 to 1956. Don Bradman said he was the best leg-spinner to tour Australia since Sydney Barnes, and Keith Miller thought he was the best leg-spinner he had seen apart from Bill O'Reilly. He toured Australia in 1946–47 and 1950–51, but was dogged by ill-luck and was considered to be the "unluckiest bowler in the world".Cary, p. 59Swanton, p. 63 ''Cutting a leg-break is always dangerous, and cutting Wright is a form of suicide. Why a bowler of his skill failed to get more test-match wickets always mystified me; there was of course the marked tendency to bowl no-balls, but he sent down so many good ones, and worried and beat the batsmen so often, that he should have had better results. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Wright (cartoonist)
Douglas Austin Wright (August 11, 1917 – January 3, 1983) was a Canadian cartoonist, best known for his weekly comic strip ''Doug Wright's Family'' (1949–1980; also known as ''Nipper'') . The Doug Wright Awards are named after him to honour excellence in Canadian cartooning. Biography After emigrating to Canada in 1938, Wright worked as an illustrator at an insurance company before serving in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War Two. It was here that his cartoons of fellow servicemen first drew the eye of a magazine editor. After freelancing in Montreal for a few years after the war, Wright took over ''Juniper Junction'' in 1948 after its creator, Jimmy Frise, died suddenly. Within a year, Wright launched a wordless and untitled gag strip about a little boy for the ''Montreal Standard'' (called ''The Weekend'' magazine after 1951). Eventually entitled ''Nipper'', the strip switched to ''The Canadian'', another national weekly newspaper supplement, in 1967 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Wright (The Bill)
''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, broadcast on ITV from 16 October 1984 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, " Woodentop" (part of the ''Storyboard'' series), broadcast on 16 August 1983. ITV were so impressed with the drama that a full series was commissioned. The title originates from "Old Bill", a slang term for the police and show creator Geoff McQueen's original title for the series. ''The Bill'' focuses on the lives and work of one shift of police officers of all ranks, and the storylines deal with situations faced by uniformed officers working on the beat, as well as plainclothes detectives. Producers initially wanted to replicate the "day in the life" feature of ''Woodentop'', and made sure a police officer was featured in every single scene. The series later adopted a much more serialised approach, and a revamp in 2002 led to more of a soap-opera feel to many of its stories. ''The Bill'' began with a reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Wright (footballer)
John Douglas Wright (29 April 1917 – 28 December 1992) was an English professional footballer who played as a left half in the Football League for Southend United, Newcastle United and Lincoln City, where he won the Football League Third Division North title in 1951–52 and became player-coach before returning north to manage Blyth Spartans. While with Newcastle (where he played two full seasons in the Football League Second Division either side of World War II), he also made one appearance for the England national team in a 4–0 victory over Norway in 1938, aged 21 with the match played at his home ground St James' Park. His career was jeopardised by a leg injury sustained at the Battle of Dunkirk during the war but he was able to make a recovery. His father, Scotsman Jocky Wright, was also a footballer who played for several clubs across Britain before settling in Southend-on-Sea; [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
