Richard Vincent is an English

England

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 playwright

Playwright

A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...

, theatre director and screenwriter

Screenwriter

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Life

Vincent trained as an actor at the Drama Centre

Drama Centre

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, London

London

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His first play, Off the Bone, was produced at the Courtyard Theatre

Courtyard Theatre, London

The Courtyard is a theatre housed in the former public library in Pitfield Street in Hoxton, London Borough of Hackney, England. It is a Grade II listed building....

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

International Playwriting Festival

The International Playwriting Festival was founded in 1986 by Steve Gooch and Ted Craig and is hosted by the new playwriting theatre, Warehouse Theatre, South London. It is held in two parts: the first is a competition with entries accepted from all over the world, which are judged by a panel of...

 at the Warehouse Theatre

Warehouse Theatre

The Warehouse Theatre is a professional producing theatre with one hundred seats in the centre of the London Borough of Croydon, south London, England based in an oak-beamed former cement Victorian warehouse...

, Croydon

Croydon

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 and was produced at the Teatro Colosseo, Rome

Rome

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 and developed into a screenplay

Screenplay

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 by Granada Film

Granada Productions

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Vincent enjoys 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

Croydon Youth Theatre Organisation

Croydon Youth Theatre Organisation, often referred to simply as CYTO, is a professionally led youth theatre group based at the Shoestring Theatre in South Norwood, Croydon in South London, England....

 (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.

Vincent's play The Lost was produced on BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4

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 starring Bob Peck

Bob Peck

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. He has also written for the BBC

BBC

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 drama, Casualty, and several screenplays for the UK Film Council

UK Film Council

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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 the 17th. May 2002.
It was directed by Ted Craig

Ted Craig

Ted Craig FRSA is an Australian-born theatre director who is best known as the artistic director of the Warehouse Theatre, South London, England.Craig was born and educated in Melbourne, Australia...

 and designed by Isla Shaw, with the following cast: Rae Baker

Rae Baker

Rae Baker , is an English actress.-Biography:Born to a carpenter father, her brother Kevin is an electronics engineer...

 [Chloe Smith], Frank Ellis [Sgt. Bill Cowgate], Colin Wells

Colin Wells

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 [Michael], Natasha Gordon [Dr. Amanda Holland], Simon Greiff [PC Gibbons/Simon Cairns], Penelope Woodman [Steph Cowgate].

Works

• Off the Bone (1994), first produced Courtyard Theatre, London
• Real Estate (1994)
  • translated into Italian
    Italian language
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     as Proprietà Privata (1995), first produced Teatro Colosseo, Rome
• These Things Stay (1996)
• Sole (1998), first produced Bridewell Theatre, London
• The Lost, first produced for BBC Radio 4
• Happy and Glorious (1999), first produced Warehouse Theatre, London
• Skin Deep (2002), first produced Warehouse Theatre, London
• Ruby (2005), first produced CYTO, Shoestring Theatre, London
• Shank (2008), first produced CYTO, Shoestring Theatre, London