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    Bean Plays One: The Mentalists; Under the Whaleback; The God Botherers

    By Richard Bean

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    ‘The Mentalists confirms Richard Bean as a writer of beguiling originality with a gift for both laugh-out-loud dialogue and a sympathetic understanding of the darker recesses of the human heart.’ Charles Spencer, The Daily Telegraph on The Mentalists


    ‘An instant modern classic.’ Kate Bassett, The Independent on Sunday on Under the Whaleback


    ‘Richard Bean must have had a hell of a life.’ Michael Billington, The Guardian on The God Botherers

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOberon Books
    Release dateMay 4, 2005
    ISBN9781849436533
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    Bean Plays One: The Mentalists; Under the Whaleback; The God Botherers
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    Richard Bean

    In 2011 Richard Bean became the first playwright to win the Evening Standard Award for Best Play for two plays, The Heretic and One Man, Two Guvnors. The New York production of One Man, Two Guvnors was awarded the 2012 Outer Critics’ Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Play. His recent credits include Kiss Me (Hampstead), The Nap (Sheffield Crucible), Great Britain (National Theatre), Made in Dagenham: The Musical (Adelphi Theatre) and Pitcairn (Chichester Minerva Theatre/Shakespeare’s Globe). Richard’s other work includes Under the Whaleback (Royal Court. George Devine Award 2002), The Heretic (The Royal Court. Evening Standard Best New Play 2011), Honeymoon Suite (Pearson Play of the Year), Harvest (Critic’s Circle Best New Play), The House of Games (from David Mamet’s film), a new version of Moliere’s The Hypochondriac, The Big Fellah (Out of Joint), England People Very Nice (National Theatre), The Mentalists (National Theatre), The English Game (Headlong), Up on Roof and Pub Quiz is Life (Hull Truck), In the Club (Hampstead), The God Botherers (Bush Theatre) and Mr England (Sheffield Crucible). His radio plays include Unsinkable, Robin Hood’s Revenge, Of Rats and Men.

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