Neil Bartlett, O.B.E. (born 1958) is one of Britain's most renowned and innovative theatre artists. He is a director, performer, translator, and writer. His novels include Who Was That Man: A Present for Mr. Oscar Wilde (1988), Ready to Catch Him Should He Fall (1992), and Mr. Clive and Mr. Page (1996). Who Was That Man shows how the gay history of London in the 1890s affects Bartlett's life as a gay man in London in the 1980s. His new novel will be published in London by Serpent's Tail publishing in 2007. He also served as Artistic Director at the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith from 1994 until 2004. At the Lyric he directed productions of classic plays, which he translated or adapted. The following are some of the plays he directed and translated:
- The first English production of Jean Genet's Splendid's
- Kleist's Prince of Homburg and Marivaux's La Dispute
- His recent adaptation of Dickens' Oliver Twist
Many of his translations of classic plays have been performed throughout the world.
