KIT HESKETH-HARVEY

1957 – 2023

MUCH LOVED

Kit wasn’t a bad person, he just liked to make people cry. As a cathedral chorister at Canterbury, he realised that hard work made art, and art made people cry. He wrote from that moment, and has not only produced reams of award-winning scripts, but performed and directs too.

Kit wrote from the comfort of his bed, in a Barbara Cartland style, but believed in the power of hard graft. It’s a winning formula that has resulted in the Biennale award for Maurice, the Vivian Ellis for Orlando, a Grammy nomination for The Bartered Bride, Writer of the Year for IPC, the Prix Marulic for A la Villa Bab Azzoun and Olivier nominations for Kit and the Widow.

OBITUARIES

The Guardian
The Scotsman
The Telegraph
Operawire
The Times
The Stage

• FIVE O'CLOCK ANGEL
• WRITING ORLANDO
• YUSUPOV
• A LA VILLA BAB AZZOUN
• VICAR OF DIBLEY
• MAURICE

• Comedy Drama /
• Drama