Simon Bent
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Simon Bent | |
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| Occupation | Screenwriter, playwright |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | British |
Simon Bent is a British screenwriter and playwright, notable for work including BBC TV drama Beau Brummell: This Charming Man (2006), the screenplay for the feature film Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry (2000), and the Joe Orton biographical play Prick Up Your Ears based on John Lahr's book.[1][2]
Theatrical productions
He wrote the theatre adaptation of A Prayer for Owen Meany (2002), staged at the Royal National Theatre and in America in Washington, Boston, Philadelphia.[citation needed] Elling (2007) opened at the Bush Theatre with John Simm and Jonathan Cecil[3] and transferred to the Trafalgar Studios; later it was produced in Australia and on Broadway.[citation needed] Prick Up Your Ears was produced in 2009 at the Comedy Theatre with Matt Lucas.[4][5]
Plays
- "Goldhawk Road",(1996)
- "Wasted"
- "A Prayer for Owen Meany", (2002) Royal National Theatre
- "The Associate" (2002), Royal National Theatre[6]
- "The Escapologist"
- "Shelter"
- "Under the Black Flag", Globe Theatre
- "Elling", Bush Theatre, Trafalgar Studios, Ethel Barrymore Theatre,
- "Accomplicies"
- "Sugar, Sugar"
Television & Film
- "Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry" (2000)
- "Beau Brummel:This Charming Man" (2006)
- "The Yellow House" (2007)
- "Sex, The City and Me"(2007)
Awards
He was nominated for the Carl Foreman Award for the Most Promising Newcomer at the 2003 BAFTA Awards, for Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Kellaway, Kate (4 October 2009). "Prick Up Your Ears (Review)". The Guardian (UK).
- ^ Charlton, James Martin (10 November 2009). "British theatre is wrong about Joe Orton". The Guardian (UK).
- ^ Gardner, Lyn (1 May 2007). "Elling (Review)". The Guardian (UK).
- ^ Benedictus, Leo (5 October 2009). "What to say about ... Prick Up Your Ears". The Guardian (UK).
- ^ Billington, Michael (1 October 2009). "Prick Up Your Ears". The Guardian (UK).
- ^ Costa, Maddy (21 August 2002). "The Associate (Review)". The Guardian (UK).
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