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One Man, Two Guvnors is a play by Richard Bean, an English adaptation of The Servant of Two Masters (Italian: Il servitore di due padroni), a 1743 commedia dell'arte-style comedy play by the Italian playwright, Carlo Goldoni. The play replaces the Italian period setting of the original with Brighton in 1963. [1]
Critics' Circle Theatre Awards 2005: Best New Play: Harvest; TMA Awards 2006: Best New Play nomination for Up on Roof; Evening Standard Awards 2011: Best New Play The Heretic and One Man, Two Guvnors (both plays joint winners) Critics' Circle Theatre Awards 2011: Best New Play One Man, Two Guvnors
In One Man, Two Guvnors, he played Charlie Clench, a criminal, a part which was written by Bean specifically for Ridgeway to play. [8] [9] Ridgeway was part of the cast when the play opened in May 2011 in the South Bank and remained in the cast as the production toured the UK and travelled to Broadway. [1]
In April 2012, One Man, Two Guvnors transferred to Broadway, with Corden continuing to play the lead. In June 2012, he won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play for his performance. [4] In February 2012, Corden hosted the Brit Awards for the third time.
The following 17 productions, including two ballets and two operas, received multiple nominations: 9: Matilda; 5: Ghost, The Ladykillers and One Man, Two Guvnors; 4: Anna Christie, London Road, Shrek and Singin' in the Rain; 3: Betty Blue Eyes, Crazy for You, Frankenstein and South Pacific
No one saw it coming. Reworking Goldoni’s 18th-century comedy “A Servant of Two Masters” didn’t look like the recipe for a transatlantic comedy smash, but that was before Richard Bean ...
One of his best-known works is the comic play Servant of Two Masters, which has been translated and adapted internationally numerous times. In 1966 it was adapted into an opera buffa by the American composer Vittorio Giannini. In 2011, Richard Bean adapted the play for the National Theatre of Great Britain as One Man, Two Guvnors.
Owain Arthur (born 5 March 1983) is a Welsh actor, who rose to fame playing Francis Henshall in The National Theatre's production of One Man, Two Guvnors at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. [1] [2] His early years were spent in Bangor, Wales, filming the S4C series Rownd a Rownd, whilst attending the performing arts school, Ysgol Glanaethwy.