N. C. Hunter

{{Short description|British playwright (1908–1971)}}

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{{Use British English|date=October 2015}}

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|name=N. C. Hunter

|image=Thumbnail of Hunter.jpg

|caption=N.C. Hunter from article "N C Hunter, The Elusive Playwright, by George Bullock" from Theatre World Magazine 1954

|birth_date={{birth date|1908|9|18|df=yes}}

|birth_place=Derbyshire, England

|death_date={{death date and age|1971|4|19|1908|9|18|df=yes}}

|death_place=London, England

|occupation=Playwright

}}

Norman Charles Hunter (18 September 1908 – 19 April 1971) was a British playwright whose plays attracted such notable actors to perform them as John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Sybil Thorndike, Ralph Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, Michael Redgrave, and Ingrid Bergman. His play A Picture of Autumn was revived off-Broadway by the Mint Theater Company in 2013.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323873904578571522834428536|title=Privilege in Decline|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=27 June 2013|last1=Teachout|first1=Terry}} Hunter's play A Day by the Sea was revived off-Broadway by the Mint Theater Company in 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/mint-theater-to-revive-a-day-by-the-sea|title = Revival of a Day by the Sea Opens Tonight|date = 25 August 2016}} It subsequently had its first major UK revival at London's Southwark Playhouse with John Sackville in the title role of Julian Anson.{{cite news |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/country-life-every-week/20171018/282776356768486 |newspaper=Country Life |date=18 October 2017 |title=It's theatre, but not as we know it, review: 'Michael Billington compares two plays written 64 years apart'}}