Hatcher Hughes

Harvey Hatcher Hughes (12 February 1881, Polkville, North Carolina – 19 October 1945, New York City) was an American playwright.

He was awarded the 1926 Pulitzer Prize for his 1923 play Hell-Bent Fer Heaven.

[2] The play starred multiple Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner George Abbott (author of The Pajama Game, Fiorello, and Damn Yankees) and Clara Blandick (who played Auntie Em in The Wizard of Oz).

[3] His detailed correspondence is kept in the University of North Carolina archives.

He and his family divided their time between their home in New York City and their farm in West Cornwall, Connecticut.