Richard Bean

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Richard Bean
Born (1956-06-11) 11 June 1956 (age 67)
Hull, England
Occupationplaywright, screenwriter
NationalityEnglish
GenreDrama

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

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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, [1] 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

Awards

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  8. ↑ Honeymoon Suite, Royal Court Theatre, 2004
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  12. ↑ In the Club, Hampstead Theatre, 2007, archived from the original on 23 April 2012
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  15. ↑ England People Very Nice, National Theatre, 2009, archived from the original on 2 December 2011
  16. ↑ House of Games, Almeida Theatre, 2010
  17. ↑ "The Big Fellah", Lyric Theatre, 2010, archived from the original on 7 June 2012
  18. ↑ The Heretic, Royal Court Theatre, 2011, archived from the original on 28 March 2014
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