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Kevin Elyot (18 July 1951 – 7 June 2014) was a British playwright, screenwriter and actor. Elyot built a successful career as a screenwriter, which included episodes of Agatha Christie's Poirot and Agatha Christie's Marple. His last stage play was a new version of Christie's And Then There Were None in 2005, which opened directly in the West End at the Gielgud Theatre. It was favourably ...
Feb 23, 2001 · At a homecoming party for Dennis and Laura's teenage son, the reappearance of an old family friend throws up secrets from the past and paves the way for fresh disaster. Kevin Elyot's play Mouth to Mouth pins down the pretension and self-centredness of his characters with unerring and hilarious accuracy. It was first staged at the Royal Court ...
Mar 20, 2023 · The Kevin Elyot Award is an annual award of £3,000 given to support a writer-in-residence based at the University of Bristol Theatre Collection.. Made in memory of Kevin Elyot (1951-2014) - an alumnus of the University Drama Department – and the influence he has had on writing and the Arts, the award is to enable a writer to be inspired by his work and help them develop their own practice.
A British playwrite, TV writer and sometime actor, Kevin Elyot’s best-known work was the Olivier Award-winning play My Night With Reg, which he adapted for the BBC in 1997. Alongside his theatre work he wrote scripts for Agatha Christie’s Poirot and Marple (2003-2013), as well as TV movies including Christopher and his Kind (2013). - Read Kevin Elyot's Guardian obituary here
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Jun 10, 2014 · Kevin Elyot (1951-2014) was a British playwright and screenwriter. I won't attempt to discuss his career in detail. For that, I refer to this well-written obituary. The Guardian's Michael Coveney summed up his subject (as a writer) as 'the longing for love and remembrance of loves lost'.
