Ben Elton
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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 toon meer 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) toon minder
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Werken van Ben Elton
Upstart Crow [DVD] [2016] 5 exemplaren
Upstart Crow - Series 2 [DVD] 5 exemplaren
The Young Ones - Oil, Boring and Flood [DVD] 3 exemplaren
Blackadder: The Complete Collected Series 1-4 and Specials (BBC Radio Collection) (2009) 3 exemplaren
Three Summers [2017 film] — Redacteur — 2 exemplaren
The First Victim 2 exemplaren
Ben Elton Live 1989 1 exemplaar
Ben Elton / Popcorn First Edition 1996 1 exemplaar
Blast from the Past: Airport Special 1 exemplaar
Motorvation 1 exemplaar
Ben Elton: The Definitive Live Collection 1 exemplaar
Gerelateerde werken
Leopoldstadt : a new play by Tom Stoppard : Directed by Patrick Marber [programme] (2020) — Medewerker — 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Elton, Benjamin Charles
- Geboortedatum
- 1959-05-03
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
Australia - Land (voor op de kaart)
- England, UK
- Geboorteplaats
- Catford, London, England, UK
- Woonplaatsen
- Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Sussex, UK - Opleiding
- University of Manchester
- Beroepen
- comedian
playwright
novelist
film director
screenwriter - Relaties
- Elton, Lewis (father)
Elton, G. R. (uncle)
Ehrenberg, Victor (grandfather) - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Honorary Rose for lifetime achievement, Rose d'Or festival (2007)
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One worthy of your attention in Time Travel, Alternate Histories and Parallel Worlds (mei 2016)
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- #1,628
- Waardering
- 3.5
- Besprekingen
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- ISBNs
- 337
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- 19
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