Arthur Hughes (British actor)

Arthur Hughes (born 1992) is a British actor known for his roles as Ryan McDaniel in television series The Innocents[1] and Ruairi Donovan in BBC Radio 4 series The Archers.[2][3] His stage appearances include the role of Laurent in La Cage aux Folles at the Park Theatre, London[4] and Phil in The Solid Life of Sugar Water with Graeae.[5]

Hughes attended Aylesbury Grammar School,[3] and graduated in 2013 from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.[6] He has radial dysplasia affecting his right arm.[1]

In 2022, Hughes played disability activist Alan Holdsworth in the BBC's Then Barbara Met Alan;[7] The Independent's reviewer said that "Hughes is excellent as the emotionally unstable and tense Holdsworth".[8] In the same year, he took the title role in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Richard III, being the first disabled actor to do so.[9][10][11] The Guardian's reviewer said that "Hughes's Richard is every bit the schemer, dead-eyed and unmoved by the body count he leaves on the way to the throne, but he also has a smarmy mischief about him, delivering news of another dispatched victim in a breezy tone of voice and eking comic asides out of his character's darkness.[12]

References
  1. Shefferd, Neil (10 September 2018). "The Innocents: Briton with rare disability, lands starring role". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  2. "Ruari Donovan". The Archers. BBC. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  3. "From Aylesbury Grammar to Ambridge: Arthur's delight at Archers role". www.bucksherald.co.uk. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  4. Clarendon, Emma (5 February 2020). "Interview With…Arthur Hughes". Love London Love Culture.
  5. "The Solid Life of Sugar Water". Graeae. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  6. "Arthur Hughes". ws-rwcmd.rwcmd.ac.uk. Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  7. "First look images released for BBC's Then Barbara Met Alan". Royal Television Society. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  8. O'Grady, Shaun (22 March 2022). "Then Barbara Met Alan is a moving love story within a revolution – review". The Independent. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  9. Sherwood, Harriet (8 February 2022). "'There's a truth to it': RSC casts disabled actor as Richard III". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  10. Sutherland, Gill (9 July 2022). "Villainy never felt so good". Stratford Herald. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  11. "Arthur Hughes: 'We can reclaim Richard III as the disabled man he was'". The Stage. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  12. Akbar, Arifa (1 July 2022). "Richard III review – Shakespeare's supervillain breezes through the bloodbath". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 July 2022.


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