Doug Lucie was born in Chessington, Surrey, in 1953. His plays include "Doing the Business"; "Fashion"; "Fear of the Dark"; "Force and Hypocrisy"; "Gaucho"; "Grace"; "The Green Man"; "Hard Feelings"; "Heroes"; J"ohn Clare's Mad, Nuncle"; "The Key to the World"; "Love You, Too"; "The New Garbo"; "Oh Well"; "Pass It On"; "Poison"; "Progress"; "Rough Trade"; "The Shallow End"; "Strangers In the Night" and "We Love You".