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

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and

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from

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in London.

Life

Vincent trained as an actor at the Drama Centre, London. His first play, "Off the Bone", was produced at the

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in 1994. "Real Estate" was a selected play at the 1994 International Playwriting Festival at the

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and was produced at the

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, Rome and developed into a

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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 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

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and Actor

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, 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

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starring

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. He has also written for the

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drama, "

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", and several screenplays for the

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, 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 hloe Smith Frank Ellis gt. Bill Cowgate Colin Wells ichael Natasha Gordon r. Amanda Holland Simon Greiff C Gibbons/Simon Cairns Penelope Woodman teph Cowgate

Works

A small selection of Vincent's work.

References

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