Ben Elton
Autor(a) de Dead Famous
About the Author
Born May 3, 1959 in Catford, South London, Ben Elton began life as a member of an upper-class academic family. During the war his family had been forced to flee Prague when Hitler invaded. In Godalming Grammar School young Elton participated in amateur dramatics and wrote his first play when he was mostrar mais fifteen years old. He later attended Manchester University and earned a degree in drama. He started his career as a stand-up comedian in 1980. Joining Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson in the Comedy Store in Leicester Square in London, Elton soon became one of the regular masters of ceremony. He continued to do stand-up in order to perform his own material. Soon, however, he branched out into plays, novels, and films. His first novel, Stark (1989), sold well in Britain and Australia. Popcorn, published in 1996, opened as a play in April 1997 and won the Laurence Olivier Award for best comedy in 1998. (Bowker Author Biography) Ben Elton is the author of four previous novels, Stark, Gridlock, This Other Eden, and Popcorn. He lives with his wife in London. (Bowker Author Biography) Ben Elton has written the British comedy series The Young Ones. His novels include Popcorn. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Séries
Obras de Ben Elton
Upstart Crow [DVD] [2016] 5 cópias
Upstart Crow - Series 2 [DVD] 5 cópias
Three Summers [2017 film] — Editor — 2 cópias
The First Victim 2 cópias
The Thin Blue Line ▶︎ ✓ (SERIES: THE THIN BLUE LINE: SERIES 001 EPISODE 003 OF 007: HONEY TRAP) (Online-Motion… 1 exemplar(es)
Ben Elton Live 1989 1 exemplar(es)
The Thin Blue Line ▶︎ ✓ (SERIES: THE THIN BLUE LINE: SERIES 001 EPISODE 007 OF 007: YULETIDE SPIRIT) (Running… 1 exemplar(es)
The Thin Blue Line ▶︎ ✓ (SERIES: THE THIN BLUE LINE: SERIES 001 EPISODE 006 OF 007: KIDS TODAY) (Online-Motion… 1 exemplar(es)
The Thin Blue Line ▶︎ ✓ (SERIES: THE THIN BLUE LINE: SERIES 001 EPISODE 005 OF 007: NIGHT SHIFT) (Online-Motion… 1 exemplar(es)
The Thin Blue Line ▶︎ ✓ (SERIES: THE THIN BLUE LINE: SERIES 001 EPISODE 004 OF 007: RAG WEEK) (Online-Motion… 1 exemplar(es)
The Thin Blue Line ▶︎ ✓ (SERIES: THE THIN BLUE LINE: SERIES 001 EPISODE 002 OF 007: FIRE AND TERROR) (Running… 1 exemplar(es)
The Thin Blue Line ▶︎ ✓ (SERIES: THE THIN BLUE LINE: SERIES 001 EPISODE 001 OF 007: THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY PRESENT)… 1 exemplar(es)
Ben Elton / Popcorn First Edition 1996 1 exemplar(es)
Blast from the Past: Airport Special 1 exemplar(es)
Motorvation 1 exemplar(es)
Ben Elton: The Definitive Live Collection 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Leopoldstadt : a new play by Tom Stoppard : Directed by Patrick Marber [programme] (2020) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome de batismo
- Elton, Benjamin Charles
- Data de nascimento
- 1959-05-03
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
Australia - País (para mapa)
- England, UK
- Local de nascimento
- Catford, London, England, UK
- Locais de residência
- Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Sussex, UK - Educação
- University of Manchester
- Ocupação
- comedian
playwright
novelist
film director
screenwriter - Relacionamentos
- Elton, Lewis (father)
Elton, G. R. (uncle)
Ehrenberg, Victor (grandfather) - Premiações
- Honorary Rose for lifetime achievement, Rose d'Or festival (2007)
Membros
Discussions
One worthy of your attention em Time Travel, Alternate Histories and Parallel Worlds (Maio 2016)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 76
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 14,185
- Popularidade
- #1,623
- Avaliação
- 3.5
- Resenhas
- 284
- ISBNs
- 337
- Idiomas
- 19
- Favorito
- 29