Ben Power is a British
dramaturg
A dramaturge or dramaturg is a literary adviser or editor in a theatre, opera, or film company who researches, selects, adapts, edits, and interprets scripts, libretti, texts, and printed programmes (or helps others with these tasks), consults auth ...
and
playwright. Since 2010 he has been an associate director of the
National Theatre.
He studied English at
Cambridge University
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. He often collaborates with
Rupert Goold
Rupert Goold (born 18 February 1972) is an English director who works primarily in theatre. He is the artistic director of the Almeida Theatre, and was the artistic director of Headlong Theatre Company (2005–2013).
Early years
Goold was ...
and his Headlong company. He was dramaturg and Literary Associate on ''A Disappearing Number'' for
Complicite, which won the 2007
Evening Standard
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In October 2009, after be ...
, Critics’ Circle and Olivier awards for Best Play.
In 2011 he wrote the adaptation of
Henrik Ibsen's epic ''Emperor and Galiean'' for the National Theater. He also participated that year in the
Bush Theatre's project ''
Sixty Six Books'', for which he wrote a piece based on a book of the
King James Bible.
Since it opened in 2013 he has overseen the National Theatre's temporary space, The Shed. His new version of
Euripides' ''
Medea'', starring
Helen McCrory in the eponymous role, ran at the National Theatre from July to September 2014.
In 2015 he was appointed deputy artistic director of the
National Theatre; the role had not previously existed.
Since that appointment he has condensed three works by
D. H. Lawrence into a single play, presented as ''Husbands and Sons'' in the National's Dorfman theatre.
References
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
British dramatists and playwrights
British male dramatists and playwrights
Tony Award winners