"Last Night in Soho" director Wright (5)

I believe the answer is:

edgar

(Other definitions for edgar that I've seen before include "10th-cent. English king" , "Fellow" , "- Wallace, Eng. thriller writer" , "character in King Lear" , "... Allan Poe, author" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times.

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