abstract:The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a 2003 mystery novel by British writer Mark Haddon. Its title quotes the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes in Arthur Conan Doyle's 1892 short story "Silver Blaze".
Author Mark Haddon, who penned TheCuriousIncidentoftheDoginthe Night-time, is shortlisted for the best adaptation writer category for BBC One's Fungus the Bogeyman.
Other awards went to The Bodyguard, which was named best new musical, and to the National Theatre's TheCuriousIncidentoftheDoginthe Night-time for best new play.
The National Theatre won the theatre award for its production ofTheCuriousIncidentoftheDoginthe Night-Time, while the dance prize went to the Scottish Ballet for A Streetcar Named Desire.