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Ben Power
Ben Power
Ben Power is a writer for theatre and the screen. For the last 12 years he has worked at the National Theatre as associate director and deputy artistic director and was responsible for the temporary theatre The Shed. Work for the screen includes Munich: The Edge of War and The Hollow Crown (BAFTA nominations for Best Single Drama and Best Mini-Series). Work for the stage includes adaptations of DH Lawrence’s Husbands & Sons, Euripides’ Medea and Ibsen’s Emperor & Galilean, all for the National; A Tender Thing for the RSC and Complicite’s A Disappearing Number (Olivier and Evening Standard Awards). He was associate director of Headlong where he adapted Pirandello’s Six Characters in Search of an Author and Marlowe’s Faustus. He is currently creating a television series for Working Title and is published by Faber & Faber.Perform Ben Power
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The Lehman Trilogy
Stefano Massini, Ben Power
Full-Length Play, DramaThe Lehman Trilogy
Full-Length Play, Drama / 3m
Weaving together nearly two centuries of family history, this epic theatrical event charts the humble beginnings, outrageous successes and devastating failure of the financial institution that would ultimately bring the global economy to its knees.
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The Lehman Trilogy
Stefano Massini, Ben Power
Full-Length Play, DramaThe Lehman Trilogy
Full-Length Play, Drama / 3m
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London Tide : based on Charles Dickens' Our Mutual Friend
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Medea (Euripides, adapted by Ben Power)
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Husbands and Sons
D.H. Lawrence, Ben Power