Richard Vincent (born 3 September 1969) is an English actor,

playwright A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays. Etymology The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...

, theatre director and

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

from Croydon in London.

Life

Vincent trained as an actor at the

Drama Centre Drama Centre London (often abbreviated as Drama Centre) was a British drama school in King's Cross, London, where it moved in 2011 after a major reshaping of the University of the Arts London. It was part of Central Saint Martins, a constitu ...

, London. His first play, "Off the Bone", was produced at the Courtyard Theatre in 1994. "Real Estate" was a selected play at the 1994

International Playwriting Festival The International Play writing Festival was founded in 1986 by Steve Gooch and Ted Craig and was hosted by the new playwriting theatre, Warehouse Theatre until the Warehouse Theater Company Limited went into administration in May 2012. The Festiv ...

at the Warehouse Theatre, Croydon and was produced at the Teatro Colosseo, Rome and developed into a

screenplay ''ScreenPlay'' is a television drama anthology series broadcast on BBC2 between 9 July 1986 and 27 October 1993. Background After single-play anthology series went off the air, the BBC introduced several showcases for made-for-television, fe ...

by Granada Film.

Theatre

Vincent enjoyed an ongoing relationship with the Warehouse Theatre: his plays "Skin Deep" and "Happy and Glorious" have been produced there and he is Associate Director and head of their writers' workshop. Vincent also has a close relationship with the Croydon Youth Theatre Organisation (CYTO), where he has been a tutor, director and artistic director. Vincent met his wife, Kathryn, at CYTO. In 2005, CYTO celebrated its 40th birthday with a production of Vincent's specially written play, ''Ruby'', which he also co-directed. In 2014 Vincent wrote an adaptation of Cinderella entitled ''Sparkling Ashes''. The show was created again at CYTO and has since gone on tour with a professional cast. In December of 2015, Richard returned to mark 50 year of the organisation with another self-created production - ''Abi Understood''. This production attracted the likes of TV presenter

Matthew Wright Matthew may refer to: * Matthew (given name) * Matthew (surname) * ''Matthew'' (ship), the replica of the ship sailed by John Cabot in 1497 * ''Matthew'' (album), a 2000 album by rapper Kool Keith * Matthew (elm cultivar), a cultivar of the Chi ...

and Actor Paul Bazely, who came to watch the show and join the 50th proceedings. On the night Matthew Wright spoke very highly of Vincent’s work.

TV and radio

Vincent's play "The Lost" was produced on BBC Radio 4 starring Bob Peck. He has also written for the BBC drama, " Casualty", and several screenplays for the UK Film Council, including a feature-length animated movie, "Fizzle". His play "Skin Deep" was given its first performance at the Warehouse Theatre Croydon on 17 May 2002. It was directed by Ted Craig and designed by Isla Shaw, with the following cast:

Rae Baker Rachel Jane "Rae" Baker (born 19 November 1973) is an English actress most famous for playing Detective Constable Juliet Becker in the long running ITV drama ''The Bill.'' Career Born in Winchester, Hampshire, Baker joined the local Gilbert and ...

hloe Smith Frank Ellis gt. Bill Cowgate Colin Wells ichael

Natasha Gordon Natasha Delia Letitia Gordon (born 1976) is a British playwright of Jamaican heritage. In 2018, having previously been an actor, with her debut play '' Nine Night'' she became the first black British female playwright to have a play staged in th ...

r. Amanda Holland Simon Greiff C Gibbons/Simon Cairns Penelope Woodman teph Cowgate

Works

A small selection of Vincent´s work.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vincent, Richard English dramatists and playwrights Living people 1969 births English male dramatists and playwrights