Richard Bean
Latest News on Richard Bean:
BRITS OFF BROADWAY Festival Lineup Announced At 59E59 Theaters (Feb 25, 2025)
Peggy Ramsay Reveals Announces Recipients Of 2025 Playwrights '73 Award (Feb 4, 2025)
HOUSE OF GAMES and More Set For Hampstead Theatre's Spring 2025 Season (Feb 3, 2025)
BRITS OFF BROADWAY Festival Lineup Announced At 59E59 Theaters (Feb 25, 2025)
Peggy Ramsay Reveals Announces Recipients Of 2025 Playwrights '73 Award (Feb 4, 2025)
HOUSE OF GAMES and More Set For Hampstead Theatre's Spring 2025 Season (Feb 3, 2025)
BIO
Richard Bean’s plays include England People Very Nice for the National, The Heretic, Harvest (winner of the 2006 Critics’ Circle Award for Best New Play), Honeymoon Suite, Under the Whaleback and Toast for the Royal Court and The Big Fellah for Out of Joint at the Lyric Hammersmith and on tour. He adapted David Mamet’s House of Games and wrote a new version of The Hypochondriac for the Almeida Theatre.
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Awards and Nominations
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Evening Standard Awards - 2011 - Best Play
Richard Bean, One Man, Two Guvnors
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Evening Standard Awards - 2011 - Best Play
Richard BeanThe Heretic
Olivier Awards - 2010 - Best New Comedy
Richard BeanEngland People Very Nice
Videos
Broadway Rewind: James Corden Returns to Broadway in ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS
by Nicole Rosky - 2020-08-31 17:25:20
VIDEO: National Theatre's ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS Starring James Corden, Streaming Now!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - 2020-04-02 14:21:00
TV: THE NAP Company Takes Its Shot! Go Inside Opening Night
by TV - Opening Night Special - 2018-09-29 13:00:47
TV: What is Richard Bean's THE NAP All About? The Broadway-Bound Company Explains!
by Nicole Rosky - 2018-08-05 13:00:47
STAGE TUBE: James Corden on Getting Engaged, David Beckham and More!
by Nicole Rosky - 2012-06-20 11:20:06
STAGE TUBE: ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS' James Corden Talks His NY Experience
by Stage Tube - 2012-06-01 16:48:12
News
BRITS OFF BROADWAY Festival Lineup Announced At 59E59 Theaters
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 25, 2025
59E59 Theaters has announced its Brits Off Broadway season (April 22-June 29), the beloved annual festival that celebrates the best of independent British theater.
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 25, 2025
59E59 Theaters has announced its Brits Off Broadway season (April 22-June 29), the beloved annual festival that celebrates the best of independent British theater.
Peggy Ramsay Reveals Announces Recipients Of 2025 Playwrights '73 Award
by Stephi Wild - Feb 4, 2025
The Peggy Ramsay Foundation will take primary responsibility for funding the Playwrights ‘73 Award, which places 4 playwrights with 4 theatres around the UK for 18 months and funds them to write a new play.
by Stephi Wild - Feb 4, 2025
The Peggy Ramsay Foundation will take primary responsibility for funding the Playwrights ‘73 Award, which places 4 playwrights with 4 theatres around the UK for 18 months and funds them to write a new play.
HOUSE OF GAMES and More Set For Hampstead Theatre's Spring 2025 Season
by Stephi Wild - Feb 3, 2025
Hampstead Theatre has announced details of its Spring 2025 season. The new programme, which runs from March to June, includes two world premieres and more.
by Stephi Wild - Feb 3, 2025
Hampstead Theatre has announced details of its Spring 2025 season. The new programme, which runs from March to June, includes two world premieres and more.
Kevin Kline Set to Play Broadway Actor in New MGM+ Series AMERICAN CLASSIC
by Josh Sharpe - Jan 28, 2025
MGM+ has announced an eight-episode series order for American Classic, a half-hour comedy series starring Tony-winner Kevin Kline as Broadway actor Richard Bean.
by Josh Sharpe - Jan 28, 2025
MGM+ has announced an eight-episode series order for American Classic, a half-hour comedy series starring Tony-winner Kevin Kline as Broadway actor Richard Bean.
Review Roundup: REYKJAVIK at Hampstead Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 28, 2024
See what the critics are saying about Reykjavík plays at Hampstead Theatre. Read the reviews for Richard Bean’s play and learn more about the production.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 28, 2024
See what the critics are saying about Reykjavík plays at Hampstead Theatre. Read the reviews for Richard Bean’s play and learn more about the production.
Review: REYKJAVIK, Hampstead Theatre
by Alexander Cohen - Oct 25, 2024
There’s a whiff of Jez Butterworth’s Jerusalem about Richard Bean’s Reykjavík. Come and raise a melancholic glass to the old world of superstition, mythic tales of magic and monsters, fated to be swallowed by the bloodless age of bureaucracy. It’s like spending an evening with that old man in the pub the light of whose eyes fades as he recounts tales of yonder realising that things ain’t what they used to be.
by Alexander Cohen - Oct 25, 2024
There’s a whiff of Jez Butterworth’s Jerusalem about Richard Bean’s Reykjavík. Come and raise a melancholic glass to the old world of superstition, mythic tales of magic and monsters, fated to be swallowed by the bloodless age of bureaucracy. It’s like spending an evening with that old man in the pub the light of whose eyes fades as he recounts tales of yonder realising that things ain’t what they used to be.
ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS Announced At Tacoma Little Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 12, 2024
Tacoma Little Theatre opens its 106th Season with the hilarious British comedy, One Man, Two Guvnors, directed by Brett Carr.
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 12, 2024
Tacoma Little Theatre opens its 106th Season with the hilarious British comedy, One Man, Two Guvnors, directed by Brett Carr.
Review: ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS at Shaw Festival
by Michael Rabice - Aug 7, 2024
Who doesn't love a good belly laugh, a groan and a perpetual smile on their face for 2-1/2 hours. That's exactly what you'll be in store for when attending the joyously silly production of ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS at the Shaw Festival in Niagara on the Lake.
by Michael Rabice - Aug 7, 2024
Who doesn't love a good belly laugh, a groan and a perpetual smile on their face for 2-1/2 hours. That's exactly what you'll be in store for when attending the joyously silly production of ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS at the Shaw Festival in Niagara on the Lake.
ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS To Have Shaw Festival Premiere
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 5, 2024
The Shaw Festival will present ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS, a comedy filled with mistaken identities and hilarious antics.
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 5, 2024
The Shaw Festival will present ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS, a comedy filled with mistaken identities and hilarious antics.
Oliver Chris Joins Tamsin Greig In THE DEEP BLUE SEA at Theatre Royal Bath, Further Cast Announced
by Stephi Wild - Apr 2, 2024
Oliver Chris will join the previously announced Olivier Award winner Tamsin Greig to play Freddy opposite her portrayal of Hester Collyer in Theatre Royal Bath's production of The Deep Blue Sea, Terence Rattigan's 1950's study of obsession and the destructive power of love.
by Stephi Wild - Apr 2, 2024
Oliver Chris will join the previously announced Olivier Award winner Tamsin Greig to play Freddy opposite her portrayal of Hester Collyer in Theatre Royal Bath's production of The Deep Blue Sea, Terence Rattigan's 1950's study of obsession and the destructive power of love.
London Theatre Week - See over 50 Award-Winning Musicals and Plays with Tickets from £15, £25 or £35
by Team BWW - Feb 20, 2024
London Theatre Week is the West End’s biggest promotion, giving you the chance to see over 50 amazing award-winning musicals and stunning plays with tickets from £15, £25 or £35
by Team BWW - Feb 20, 2024
London Theatre Week is the West End’s biggest promotion, giving you the chance to see over 50 amazing award-winning musicals and stunning plays with tickets from £15, £25 or £35
Peter Duncan Joins Pixie Lott and Bonnie Langford in MADE IN DAGENHAM Concert; Full Cast Revealed!
by Stephi Wild - Feb 15, 2024
Full casting has been announced for the 10th Anniversary Concert of MADE IN DAGENHAM at the London Palladium on Saturday 16 March 2024.
by Stephi Wild - Feb 15, 2024
Full casting has been announced for the 10th Anniversary Concert of MADE IN DAGENHAM at the London Palladium on Saturday 16 March 2024.
Bonnie Langford Joins MADE IN DAGENHAM Concert
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Jan 25, 2024
Stage and screen legend Bonnie Langford will play ‘Barbara Castle’ in the 10th Anniversary Concert of Made in Dagenham at the London Palladium on Saturday 16 March 2024. She joins the previously announced Pixie Lott and Killian Donnelly in this highly anticipated one-off show, directed by Shaun Kerrison. Further casting will be announced at a later date.
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Jan 25, 2024
Stage and screen legend Bonnie Langford will play ‘Barbara Castle’ in the 10th Anniversary Concert of Made in Dagenham at the London Palladium on Saturday 16 March 2024. She joins the previously announced Pixie Lott and Killian Donnelly in this highly anticipated one-off show, directed by Shaun Kerrison. Further casting will be announced at a later date.
Review: ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS at Good Theater
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - Jan 21, 2024
Portland’s Good Theater newest production is a side-splittingly funny, perfectly timed farce with ancient roots in Italy’s Commedia dell’Arte, Richard Bean’s ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS.
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - Jan 21, 2024
Portland’s Good Theater newest production is a side-splittingly funny, perfectly timed farce with ancient roots in Italy’s Commedia dell’Arte, Richard Bean’s ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS.
Good Theater Presents ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS This January
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 20, 2023
Good Theater will kick off the new year with the side-splitting comedy ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS by Richard Bean, starring local favorite Dustin Tucker in his Good Theater debut. We have all of the details on the production!
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 20, 2023
Good Theater will kick off the new year with the side-splitting comedy ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS by Richard Bean, starring local favorite Dustin Tucker in his Good Theater debut. We have all of the details on the production!
Pixie Lott and Killian Donnelly Will Lead 10th Anniversary Concert of MADE IN DAGENHAM
by Stephi Wild - Dec 12, 2023
Pixie Lott and Killian Donnelly will lead the cast of the 10th Anniversary Concert of MADE IN DAGENHAM at the London Palladium on Saturday 16 March 2024. Learn more about the concert and how to get tickets here!
by Stephi Wild - Dec 12, 2023
Pixie Lott and Killian Donnelly will lead the cast of the 10th Anniversary Concert of MADE IN DAGENHAM at the London Palladium on Saturday 16 March 2024. Learn more about the concert and how to get tickets here!
THE COMPANY OF WOLVES and More Come to the New Vic Theatre in 2024
by Stephi Wild - Dec 8, 2023
The New Vic Theatre has added three new plays to its 2024 programme including The Company of Wolves, The Haunting, and One Man, Two Guvnors.. The new plays join the previously announced productions A Leap In The Dark by Ron Hutchinson and Ladies Down Under by Amanda Whittington.
by Stephi Wild - Dec 8, 2023
The New Vic Theatre has added three new plays to its 2024 programme including The Company of Wolves, The Haunting, and One Man, Two Guvnors.. The new plays join the previously announced productions A Leap In The Dark by Ron Hutchinson and Ladies Down Under by Amanda Whittington.
The Shaw's 2024 Casts and Creative Teams Revealed
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 9, 2023
The cast and creative teams have been revealed for the Shaw Festival’s 62nd season.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 9, 2023
The cast and creative teams have been revealed for the Shaw Festival’s 62nd season.
Review: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, Hampstead Theatre
by Mica Blackwell - Nov 7, 2023
Riddled with cliched dialogue and unfunny gags, much of the play is spent watching a dysfunctional family bicker through meandering conversations with little structure or purpose.
by Mica Blackwell - Nov 7, 2023
Riddled with cliched dialogue and unfunny gags, much of the play is spent watching a dysfunctional family bicker through meandering conversations with little structure or purpose.
THE LEHMAN TRILOGY to Have Australian Premiere Next Year
by Blair Ingenthron - Oct 15, 2023
THE LEHMAN TRILOGY, winner of five 2022 Tony Awards including Best Play, is set to have its Australian premiere in Sydney in February 2024. This critically acclaimed production tells the story of a family and a company that changed the world, directed by Sam Mendes.
by Blair Ingenthron - Oct 15, 2023
THE LEHMAN TRILOGY, winner of five 2022 Tony Awards including Best Play, is set to have its Australian premiere in Sydney in February 2024. This critically acclaimed production tells the story of a family and a company that changed the world, directed by Sam Mendes.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How many shows has Richard Bean written?
Richard Bean has written 4 shows including One Man, Two Guvnors (Playwright), Toast (Playwright), Young Marx (Playwright), The Nap (Playwright).
What awards has Richard Bean been nominated for?
Best Play (Evening Standard Awards) for One Man, Two Guvnors, Best Play (Evening Standard Awards) for The Heretic and Best New Comedy (Olivier Awards) for England People Very Nice.
What awards has Richard Bean won?
Richard Bean has won the Best Play at the Evening Standard Awards for One Man, Two Guvnors and also for The Heretic.
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