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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]
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] The Tall Boy, 2019. [6]
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], ELLING, Winner Best Comedy, Whatsonstage Award 2008
https://www.jimmulligan.co.uk/interview/simon-bent-shelter
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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]
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] The Tall Boy, 2019. [6]
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], ELLING, Winner Best Comedy, Whatsonstage Award 2008
https://www.jimmulligan.co.uk/interview/simon-bent-shelter