SIMON BENT   

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SIMON BENT

Accomplices

1st Produced:

Crucible Theatre, Sheffield >>>

2000

Company:

US representative Peregrine Whittlesey Agency

1st Published:

Oberon Books, London,

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

7

Female

1

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

Set on a Northern housin estate plagued by vandalism, threats of violence and thieving, the play shows how poverty of education, expression, expectation and fellow feeling leads to appalling violence.
Lyn Gardner, Guardian

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SIMON BENT

Associate, The

1st Produced:

Lytlelton Theatre, National Theatre, London >>>

2002

Company:

National Theatre Company Transformations Season

1st Published:

Oberon Books, London,

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

3

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

It's not safe, the world is not a safe place Have some more chicken' A pensioner has his council house redecorated by two self-employed chancers. But there are worse crimes than benefit fraud. A richly comic study of politics and wall-papering.

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SIMON BENT

Bad Company

1st Produced:

Bush Theatre, London >>>

1994

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Samuel French, London, 1994

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

6

Female

2

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

A group of twenty-something's hangs out on the sea-front of a northern resort at the end of the summer season, finding little to relieve the futility and boredom of their lives: they gamble in amusement arcades, bicker in cafes, lust on the beach . . . Casual sex, mindless violence and comic clashes of outlook permeate this entertaining, contemporary and humane play which paints a believable, touching portrait of modern youth.

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SIMON BENT

Blood Of Others, The

1st Produced:

Arcola Theatre, London >>>

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

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SIMON BENT

Chain Play, The

1st Produced:

Olivier Theatre, National Theatre, London >>>

2001

Company:

Conceived and commissioned by Angus Mackenchnie

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

8

Female

5

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Written By Terry Johnson, Philip Ridley, Charlotte Jones, Lee Hall, Sebastian Barry, Zinnie Harris, Kevin Elyot, Nick Dear, Tanika Gupta, Frank McGuinness, Nick Stafford, Stephen Sondheim, Colin Teevan, Patrick Marber, David Lan, Sarah Daniels, Martin She

Synopsis:

One off performance of chain writing to celebrate the National Theatre's 25th anniversary. A scene each from all the authors for a performance on one night

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SIMON BENT

Country Of The Blind, The

1st Produced:

Gate Theatre, Notting Hill, London >>>

2002

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

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SIMON BENT

Elling

1st Produced:

Bush Theatre, London, EUR >>>

2007

Company:

Trademark ATG

1st Published:

Oberon Books, London >>>, 2007

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

4

Female

1

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Axel Hellstenius (with Petter Naess) from the book by Ingvar Ambjornsen (literal translation by Nicholas Norris

Synopsis:

Based on the novel by Ingvar Ambjørnsen, in original stage adaptation by Axel Hellstenius in collaboration with Peter Naess, in a new version by Simon Bent. Mummy's boy Elling and his roommate, the uncouth, reluctant virgin Kjell Bjarne, are the Odd Couple of Oslo: a pair of confused souls taking their first steps in the outside world after years of isolated, institutional life. Given a flat in the city by social services, they must re-assimilate themselves into society or face a return to the asylum. So it's simply a question of convincing their social worker that they really are "normal" - even if it does feel safer sleeping in the wardrobe. . . Based on the award-winning cult film, Elling was first performed at the Bush Theatre in 2007 and transferred to Trafalgar Studios in the West End.

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SIMON BENT

Escapologist, The

1st Produced:

Tramway, Glasgow, UK >>>

2006

Company:

Suspect Culture Theatre Company, Scotland >>>

1st Published:

Oberon Books >>>, 2006

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Piece

Parts:

Male

3

Female

3

Parts other:

doubling

Notes:

Piece

Synopsis:

striking images and metaphors, linked maily to Harry houdini, whose story is reflected in 1920's film clips and images of America projected over the stage. The story revolves around a middle-aged psychotherapist with a bad marriage and two contasting patients.
Joyce Mcmillam, Scotsman
The Escapologist4 a Suspect Culture stage play written by Simon Bent'. That is what we finally agreed upon as the most accurate description of what we have done. It began over a year ago at the National Theatre Studio where Suspect Culture were invited to do a workshop. I was in the building and Graham Eatough asked me to drop in and take a look. And so the process began, the informal development of a play almost as if by osmosis. The Suspect Culture Method includes all of the elements that go into putting on a play, from inception to final draft, so that they are all firmly embedded in the play; nothing spare, nothing decorative, minimal, pointed, a style and an aesthetic arising from content. It has been a great pleasure for me working in this way and in particular unde the artistic sensibility of Graham, whose first response to the first draft of the first act was Gosh, I wonder what's going to happen next' - generous, open and imaginative. The end result, a play that I feel bears the authorship of both myself and Suspect Culture. - Simon Bent

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SIMON BENT

Goldhawk Road

1st Produced:

Bush Theatre, London >>>

1996

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Oberon Books, London, 1996

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

6

Female

2

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

filthy and funny exploration and picture of shapeless lives

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SIMON BENT

Prayer For Owen Meany, A

1st Produced:

Lytlelton Theatre, National Theatre, London >>>

2002

Company:

Transformation Season

1st Published:

Oberon Books, London,

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

30

Notes:

from John Irving

Synopsis:

A modern American epic - compelling and darkly comic. playing baseball, Owen Meany hits a foul ball and kills his best friends mother. Owen does not believe in accidents, rather that he is God's instrument. What happens after that game is both extrodinary and terrifying. . .

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SIMON BENT

Prick Up Your Ears

1st Produced:

Salford: The Lowry, England, EUR >>>

31 Aug 2009

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Oberon Books, London >>>

ISBN/ASIN:

978-1840029451

Music:

-

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

2

Female

1

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Inspired by the John Lahr biography of the late British playwright Joe orton and the diaries of Orton himself

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SIMON BENT

Shelter

1st Produced:

NT Studio, London

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

n/a

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SIMON BENT

Sugar Sugar

1st Produced:

Bush Theatre, London >>>

1998

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Oberon Books, London,

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Comedy

Parts:

Male

4

Female

2

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

the arrival of the enigmatic Mr Wilson brings a sexual charge that electrifies the household of Scarborough guest house and threatens to push it over the edge

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SIMON BENT

Trouble With Girls, The

1st Produced:

NT Studio, London

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

5

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

5 young men in London council housing on the verge of eviction

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SIMON BENT

Under The Black Flag

1st Produced:

Shakespeare's Globe, London

2006

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Oberon Books, London,

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

13

Female

3

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

Long John Silver is so well-defined a figure that you feel he must have emerged from the womb fully equipped with his crutch, his parrot and his catchphrase "AH, Jim Lad". But Simon Bent imagines the early (two legged) life and adventures of the world's most famous pirate.
Paul Taylor, Independent

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SIMON BENT

Wasted

1st Produced:

Old Red Lion Theatre, London >>>

1993

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Oberon Books, London, 1997

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

8 actors

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

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