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Richard Bean

{{Short description|English playwright (born 1956)}}

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| birth_place = Hull, England

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| occupation = playwright, screenwriter

| nationality = English

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Richard Anthony Bean (born 11 June 1956) is an English playwright.

Early years

Born in East Hull, Bean was educated at Hull Grammar School, and then studied social psychology at Loughborough University, graduating with a 2:1 BSc Hons. He then worked as an occupational psychologist,Aleks Sierz, [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2004/01/06/btbean06.xml "It's never too late to wow an audience Richard Bean has burst on the theatre scene with five acclaimed new plays in 18 months. But he's no bright young thing, the former punk, psychologist and stand-up comedian tells Aleks Sierz"]{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, Daily Telegraph, 6 January 2004. having previously worked in a bread plant for a year and a half after leaving school.

Career

Between 1989 and 1994, Bean also worked as a comedian and went on to be one of the writers and performers of the sketch show Control Group Six (BBC Radio) which was nominated for a Writers Guild Award.

In 1995 he wrote the libretto for Stephen McNeff's opera Paradise of Fools, which premiered at the Unicorn Theatre.

His first full-length play, Of Rats and Men, set in a psychology lab, was staged at the Canal Cafe Theatre in 1988 and went on to the Edinburgh Festival. He adapted it for BBC Radio, starring Anton Lesser, and it was nominated for a Sony Award.

Bean wrote the films Harvest (2009) and The Duke (2020).

Plays

| title = Toast

| publisher = Royal Court Theatre

| url = http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/toast

| year = 1999

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  • Mr England (2000) - premiered at the Crucible Theatre Sheffield, directed by Paul Miller{{citation

| title = Mr England

| author=Ian Shuttleworth

| work = The Financial Times

| url = http://www.cix.co.uk/~shutters/reviews/00157.htm

| year = 2000

}}

|title = The Mentalists

|publisher = National Theatre

|url = http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/1182/productions/the-mentalists.html

|year = 2002

}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

|title = The God Botherers

|publisher = Bush Theatre

|url = http://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/production/the_god_botherers/

|year = 2003

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120609193359/http://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/production/the_god_botherers/

|archive-date = 9 June 2012

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| title = Smack Family Robinson Review

| work = The Guardian

| url = https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2003/may/29/theatre.artsfeatures

| access-date =4 April 2020

| location=London

| author=Alfred Hickling

| date=29 May 2003}}

| title = Under the Whaleback

| work = Royal Court Theatre

| url = http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/under-the-whaleback

| year = 2003

}}

  • Honeymoon Suite (2004) - premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, directed by Paul Miller{{citation

| title = Honeymoon Suite

| publisher = Royal Court Theatre

| url = http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/honeymoon-suite

| year = 2004

}}

| title = Harvest

| publisher = Royal Court Theatre

| url = http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/harvest

| year = 2005

}}

|title = The Hypochondriac

|publisher = Almeida

|url = http://www.almeida.co.uk/event/the-hypochondriac

|year = 2005

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111213133850/http://www.almeida.co.uk/event/the-hypochondriac

|archive-date = 13 December 2011

}}

| title = Up on Roof Review

| work = The Guardian

| url = https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2006/mar/06/theatre1

| location=London

| author=Michael Billington

| date=6 March 2006}}

|title = In the Club

|publisher = Hampstead Theatre

|url = http://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/page/3031/In+The+Club/117#-Overview

|year = 2007

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120423181900/http://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/page/3031/In+The+Club/117#-Overview

|archive-date = 23 April 2012

|url-status = dead

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| title = The English Game Review

| work = The Guardian

| url = https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2008/may/14/theatre1

| location=London

| first=Michael

| last=Billington

| date=14 May 2008}}

  • Pub Quiz Is Life (2009) - premiered at the Hull Truck Theatre, directed by Gareth Tudor PriceAlfred Hickling, [https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/sep/14/pub-quiz-is-life-review "Pub Quiz Is Life"], The Guardian, 14 September 2009. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  • England People Very Nice (2009) - premiered at the National Theatre, directed by Nicholas Hytner{{citation

|title = England People Very Nice

|publisher = National Theatre

|url = http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/42665/productions/england-people-very-nice.html

|year = 2009

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111202185202/http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/42665/productions/england-people-very-nice.html

|archive-date = 2 December 2011

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| title = House of Games

| publisher = Almeida Theatre

| url = http://www.almeida.co.uk/event/house-of-games/creative-team

| year = 2010

}}

|title = The Big Fellah

|work = Lyric Theatre

|url = http://www.lyric.co.uk/production-archive/entry/the-big-fellah/

|year = 2010

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120607102924/http://www.lyric.co.uk/production-archive/entry/the-big-fellah/

|archive-date = 7 June 2012

|url-status = dead

}}

|title=The Heretic

|publisher=Royal Court Theatre

|url=http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/the-heretic

|year=2011

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328230302/http://royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/the-heretic

|archive-date=28 March 2014

}}

|title=One Man, Two Guvnors

|publisher=National Theatre

|url=http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/64476/productions/one-man-two-guvnors.html

|year=2011

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110301103619/http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/64476/productions/one-man-two-guvnors.html

|archive-date=1 March 2011

}}

|title = Great Britain

|publisher = National Theatre

|url = http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/great-britain

|year = 2014

|access-date = 7 January 2014

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140628040601/http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/great-britain

|archive-date = 28 June 2014

}}

| title = Gemma Arterton to star in Made in Dagenham musical

| work = BBC News

| url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26415664

| access-date = 4 April 2020

| date=3 March 2014}}

| title = Richard Bean's THE NAP, Starring Jack O'Connell, Begins Tonight at the Crucible

| work = Broadway World

| url = http://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/Jack-OConnell-to-Lead-Richard-Beans-THE-NAP-at-the-Crucible-This-Spring-20160309

| access-date = 4 April 2020

| date=13 March 2016}}

  • Kiss Me (2016) - premiered at the Hampstead Theatre, directed by Anna Ledwich[https://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/whats-on/2016/kiss-me/ "Kiss Me"], Hampstead Theatre website
  • The Hypocrite (2017) - premiered at Hull Truck Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company, directed by Phillip Breen{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatreworldim2.com/the-hypocrite-rsc-swan-theatre|title=THEATREWORLD INTERNET MAGAZINE 2|website=THEATREWORLD INTERNET MAGAZINE 2|access-date=6 April 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407055031/https://www.theatreworldim2.com/the-hypocrite-rsc-swan-theatre|archive-date=7 April 2017}}
  • Young Marx (2017) - with Clive Coleman, premiered at the Bridge Theatre, directed by Nicholas HytnerMark Brown, [https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/apr/19/karl-marx-comedy-first-season-new-london-bridge-theatre "Karl Marx comedy to kick off first season at new London theatre"], The Guardian, 19 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  • Jack Absolute Flies Again (2020) - with Oliver Chris, premiered at the National Theatre, directed by Emily Burns{{cite web | url=https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/jack-absolute-flies-again | title=Jack Absolute Flies Again | date=7 November 2019 }}
  • 71 Coltman Street (2022) - premiered at the Hull Truck Theatre, directed by Mark BabychSamuel Sims, [https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/71-coltman-street-hull-truck-theatre "KHull Truck marks its 50th anniversary with a lively, surreal show that is part history lesson and part love letter"], The Stage, 28 February 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  • To Have and to Hold (2023) - premiered at the Hampstead Theatre, directed by Richard Wilson and Terry JohnsonBrian Logan, [https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/nov/07/to-have-and-to-hold-review-fond-family-comedy-from-the-writer-of-one-man-two-guvnors "To Have and to Hold review – fond family comedy from the writer of One Man, Two Guvnors"], The Guardian, 7 November 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

Awards

References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|3360668}}
  • Theatre Record and its annual indexes
  • British Theatre Guide for reviews and background information
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080725050038/http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/otherresources/interviews/RichardBean.htm "Richard Bean: Hot new playwright"], British Theatre Guide interview 2001
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080511100850/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/05/10/btbean110.xml "Richard Bean: Blurred Boundaries"] (The English Game), The Daily Telegraph, 10 May 2008.

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Category:21st-century English dramatists and playwrights

Category:1956 births

Category:Living people

Category:Writers from Kingston upon Hull

Category:Alumni of Loughborough University

Category:English male screenwriters

Category:English male dramatists and playwrights