Who co-wrote the sitcom Gavin and Stacey and starred in the original cast of the stage play One Man, Two Guvnors?
"live for the ""Top of the Pops 2009 Red Nose Day"" special. There have been two charity episodes depicted as a ""spin-off"" of ""Gavin & Stacey"" called ""Smithy"", starring James Corden as the title character. For Sport Relief 2010 on 19 March 2010, Corden appeared again as Smithy in a long sketch about coaching. Corden had previously recorded a live 9 minute segment during the December 2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards ceremony. It sees Smithy being presented with the Coach of the Year Award for his unsung coaching influence on several British sports stars. As he jokes"
"Two, due to success and partly to BBC Three's move to online only) and ""Lee Nelson's Well Good Show"". The channel aired various comedies and dramas; one of its most popular sitcoms was ""Gavin & Stacey"", which first aired in May 2007 and was written by and starring James Corden and Ruth Jones alongside Mathew Horne, Joanna Page, Alison Steadman and Rob Brydon. The sitcom was an instant hit, with subsequent series being moved to other BBC channels and the show being granted a Christmas special. Another example is ""Being Human"", a drama in which a ghost, a vampire and"
"One Man, Two Guvnors One Man, Two Guvnors is a play by Richard Bean, an English adaptation of ""Servant of Two Masters"" (), 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. The play opened at the National Theatre in 2011, toured in the UK and then opened in the West End in November 2011, with a subsequent Broadway opening in April 2012. The second tour was launched six months later, playing the UK, Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand. The second"
"""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. In February 2012, Corden hosted the Brit Awards for the third time. Corden starred as the Baker in the Disney film adaptation of the musical ""Into the Woods"" (2014). In 2016 he appeared in the animated comedy film ""Trolls"" as Biggie, a chubby friendly Troll. For his next project, Corden teamed with friend and fellow ""Gavin & Stacey"" star Mathew Baynton to create, write and"
"Mathew Horne Mathew Frazer Horne (born 6 September 1978) is an English actor, comedian, television presenter, and narrator. He is best known for appearing on several BBC sketch shows and sitcoms, most notably ""Gavin & Stacey"" (as Gavin Shipman), ""The Catherine Tate Show"", ""20 Things to do Before You're 30"", ""Teachers"", ""Horne and Corden"", and ""Bad Education"". Horne was born on 6 September 1978 in Burton Joyce, Nottingham, the son of Brian Horne and Glenis Reynolds. He grew up there. Horne has an elder brother, Daniel who has autism. He attended Burton Joyce Primary School. He studied A level performing"
"Friends"". Corden claims to have been inspired by the story of his own real life best friend Gavin, who met his wife over the phone at work, and arranged to meet. They presented it to the BBC as a one-off play, but the BBC instead asked for a full series. The roles of Gavin and Stacey were cast through an auditioning process, but were almost immediately given to Mathew Horne and Joanna Page on the strength of their chemistry together. The roles of Nessa and Smithy were written by Corden and Jones for themselves. Some roles were written with certain"
"London's ""Evening Standard"" as ""a surefire hit"". Blogging site ""Everything Theatre"" described it as ""one of the most side-splittingly hilarious productions ever to be staged in London"". The show won Best Play at the ""Evening Standard"" Theatre Awards for 2011. One Man, Two Guvnors One Man, Two Guvnors is a play by Richard Bean, an English adaptation of ""Servant of Two Masters"" (), 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. The play opened at the National Theatre in 2011, toured"
"the 2015 New Year Honours for services to drama. He received the honour from Princess Anne during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on 25 June 2015. James Corden James Kimberley Corden (born 22 August 1978) is an English actor, comedian, and television host. He hosts ""The Late Late Show with James Corden"", a late-night television talk show on CBS. Along with Welsh actress Ruth Jones, Corden co-created, co-wrote and starred in the critically acclaimed BBC sitcom ""Gavin & Stacey"" (2007–2010) for which he won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Comedy Performance. He was featured on the UK No.1 single"
"Garry Simpson Garry Chalmers Simpson (February 16, 1914 – November 19, 2011) was an American director, writer, and producer for more than 30 years. Simpson was the first stage manager for NBC Television. He was also known for having directing credits on ""The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre"", ""Four Star Revue"", ""Armstrong Circle Theatre"", and ""Mary Kay and Johnny"", the first sitcom to be broadcast on network television. Simpson was born Garry Chalmers Simpson on February 16, 1914 in Jackson, Mississippi. He was born to parents Robert Edwin and Edna Simpson (née Hall). His father was an optometrist and his mother was an"
"Gaby Dunn Gabrielle ""Gaby"" Teresa Dunn (born June 1, 1988) is an American writer, actor, journalist, comedian, activist, and podcaster. She was a writer and director for BuzzFeed Video, but has since left to focus on her YouTube comedy show ""Just Between Us"" with her best friend and fellow former Buzzfeed writer Allison Raskin. As a journalist, Dunn's writing has appeared in ""The New York Times"", ""The Boston Globe"", ""Playboy"", ""Vice"", ""The Huffington Post"", ""Cosmopolitan"", ""Salon"", and ""Slate"". Her and Raskin's joint novel, ""I Hate Everyone but You"", was released on September 5, 2017 through Wednesday Books. It reached the"
"the BBC soap opera ""Doctors"" and Benjamin having appeared in the films ""The New Adventures of Pinocchio"" and ""About a Boy"". Ridgeway was diagnosed with motor neurone disease prior to the five-month run of ""One Man, Two Guvnors"" in New York City. He continued in the play, missing only two performances, and tried to keep his illness hidden from most of his colleagues. Although his tiredness off-stage caused fellow cast members to suspect there was something wrong, they only became aware of his illness after the Broadway run of the play was completed. James Corden, who played the lead role,"
"Joanna Page Joanna Louise Page (born 23 March 1978) is a Welsh actress, model, and comedian, best known for her role as Stacey West Shipman in the BAFTA-winning television series ""Gavin & Stacey"". Page was born in Treboeth, Swansea, Wales, the only child of Susan Angela (née Foster) and Nigel Leslie Page. She attended Mynyddbach Comprehensive School, where she was head girl. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in 1998. On graduation from RADA, Page spent ten years in stage-based roles, mainly costume dramas for the Royal National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company. This led to"
"The Two of Us (play) The Two of Us is a 1970 play by British playwright Michael Frayn. It consists of four one-act plays for two actors and is Frayn's first published play. It was first performed at the Garrick Theatre by Richard Briers and Lynn Redgrave. The four plays that make up ""The Two of Us"" are: Lynn Redgrave and John Clark later optioned ""The Two of Us"" for a successful 1975 coast to coast United States tour. Unable to find one actor willing and able to play all the male parts, director Clark settled for three actors. For"
"Kit, on 1 April 2015 and, on 13 December 2016, a son, Noah. Page was nominated for ""Best Female Comedy Newcomer"" at the 2007 British Comedy Awards. Joanna Page Joanna Louise Page (born 23 March 1978) is a Welsh actress, model, and comedian, best known for her role as Stacey West Shipman in the BAFTA-winning television series ""Gavin & Stacey"". Page was born in Treboeth, Swansea, Wales, the only child of Susan Angela (née Foster) and Nigel Leslie Page. She attended Mynyddbach Comprehensive School, where she was head girl. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in"
"Ruth Jones Ruth Alexandra Elisabeth Jones, (born 22 September 1966) is a Welsh television actress, novelist and screenwriter. She co-starred in and co-wrote the award-winning British comedy ""Gavin & Stacey"" and has appeared in many television comedies and dramas, such as Jimmy McGovern ""The Street"" with Timothy Spall (2009), and starring as Hattie Jacques in ""Hattie"" for BBC Four. She takes the lead role in the comedy drama series ""Stella"" for Sky 1 produced by Tidy Productions, the company she co-founded in 2008 with her husband David Peet, who is managing director. Ruth Jones was born on 22 September 1966"
"Mathew Baynton Mathew John Baynton (born 18 November 1980) is an English actor, writer, comedian, singer, and musician. He is best known as the co-creator, writer and star of the sitcoms ""The Wrong Mans"" and ""Yonderland"", as well as a member of the starring troupe of children's sketch comedy ""Horrible Histories"". Other major television roles include Deano in ""Gavin & Stacey"", Chris Pitt-Goddard in ""Spy"", Simon in ""Peep Show"" and twin brothers Jamie Winton and Ariel Conroy in ""You, Me and the Apocalypse"". Baynton was born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, the youngest of three brothers. He was educated at Southend High"
"Gerald Savory Gerald Douglas Savory (17 November 1909 – 9 February 1996) was an English writer and television producer specialising in comedies. The son of Kenneth Douglas Savory and actress Grace Lane (1877–1956), he was educated at Bradfield College and worked as a stockbroker's clerk before turning to the stage (Hull Repertory Theatre Company 1931–33), first as an actor then a writer. His play ""George and Margaret"", written while out of work as an actor, ran for two years at Wyndham's Theatre and a year at the Piccadilly. It then transferred to Broadway, where it ran for 86 performances, and"
"Ray Galton Raymond Percy Galton, (17 July 1930 – 5 October 2018) was an English radio and television scriptwriter, best known for the Galton and Simpson comedy writing partnership with Alan Simpson. Together they devised and wrote many 1950s and 60s popular BBC sitcoms including ""Hancock's Half Hour"" (1954–1961), the first two seasons of ""Comedy Playhouse"" (1961–1963), and ""Steptoe and Son"" (1962–1974). Galton was born in Paddington, West London, and after leaving school he worked for the Transport and General Workers Union. He contracted tuberculosis aged 18 in 1948 and was admitted to Milford Sanatorium near Godalming in Surrey, where"
"he played the lead part in the comedy play ""One Man, Two Guvnors"", which transferred from the National Theatre to the West End and then to Broadway and was also cinecast worldwide via National Theatre Live. For his performance in the Broadway run of the play, Corden won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. In 2015 he received the BAFTA Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year. Corden was born in Hillingdon, Greater London, the son of Margaret and Malcolm Corden. His father was a musician in the Royal Air Force band and his mother was"
"Central and in India through Comedy Central (India). Two Guys and a Girl Two Guys and a Girl (titled Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place for the first two seasons) is an American sitcom created by Kenny Schwartz and Danny Jacobson. The series started as a short-run (13 episodes) mid-season replacement on March 10, 1998, on ABC. The series ran for four seasons, ending with a planned series finale, its eighty-first episode, on May 16, 2001. The series starred Ryan Reynolds, Richard Ruccolo, and Traylor Howard as the title characters. The second season saw the arrival of two"
"Two Guys and a Girl Two Guys and a Girl (titled Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place for the first two seasons) is an American sitcom created by Kenny Schwartz and Danny Jacobson. The series started as a short-run (13 episodes) mid-season replacement on March 10, 1998, on ABC. The series ran for four seasons, ending with a planned series finale, its eighty-first episode, on May 16, 2001. The series starred Ryan Reynolds, Richard Ruccolo, and Traylor Howard as the title characters. The second season saw the arrival of two additional recurring characters, Johnny Donnelly (Nathan Fillion) and"
"2013. In 2010, Jones took part in ""Channel 4's Comedy Gala"", a benefit show held in aid of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, filmed live at the O2 Arena in London on 30 March. Ruth Jones Ruth Alexandra Elisabeth Jones, (born 22 September 1966) is a Welsh television actress, novelist and screenwriter. She co-starred in and co-wrote the award-winning British comedy ""Gavin & Stacey"" and has appeared in many television comedies and dramas, such as Jimmy McGovern ""The Street"" with Timothy Spall (2009), and starring as Hattie Jacques in ""Hattie"" for BBC Four. She takes the lead role in the"
"by Lou Jacobi and Maureen Stapleton, come to terms with their son's life-style. The two-act play by Ron Clark and Sam Bobrick was first performed at the Lyceum Theatre in New York City. Huston died at the age of sixty of cancer in Manhattan, where he had long resided. Survivors included a daughter, Kimberly Koester of Tampa, Florida; two sons, Tracey Huston of Austin, Texas, and Trevor Huston, of New York City; two sisters, Gaye Gath of Beverly Hills, California, and Michael Beth Huston of New York City; a brother, Bradley Huston, of Westbrook, Connecticut; his mother and stepfather, Marcella"
"Gary Austin Gary Austin (born Gary Moore; October 18, 1941 – April 1, 2017) was an American improvisational theatre teacher, writer, and director. He wrote two solo shows, ""Church"" and ""Oil,"" and performed them coast to coast. His most recent show was ""Gary Austin in Word and Song"". He recorded an album of his songs with Wenndy MacKenzie and Matt Cartsonis. Austin grew up in the Nazarene Church and in Halliburton oil camps in Oklahoma, Texas and California. He graduated from Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe Springs, California, in 1960 and earned his BA in Theatre from San"
"Barrie Stavis Barrie Stavis (June 16, 1906 – February 2, 2007) was an American playwright. He has authored several plays about men struggling in the vortex of history. His subjects include scientist Galileo, abolitionist John Brown, and labor leader Joe Hill. His play, ""Lamp at Midnight"", about Galileo's struggle with the Catholic Church to get his ideas accepted, was performed and televised on the Hallmark Hall of Fame in 1966. Melvyn Douglas starred as Galileo. Stavis's plays can be done on a clean, simple stage. They have been translated into 28 languages and have been produced in dozens of major"
"its subject matter the 17th-century conflict between Galileo Galilei and the Vatican. Retitled ""Two Men of Florence"" (referring to Galileo and his adversary Pope Urban VIII, who as Cardinal Maffeo Barberini had once been Galileo's mentor), the play made its American debut at the Huntington Theatre in Boston in March 2009. Goodwin received the Public Leadership Award from the Aspen Institute and the Distinguished American Award from the John F. Kennedy Library. Goodwin was married to Sandra Leverant from 1958 until her death in 1972. They had one son, Richard. In 1975, he married writer and historian Doris Kearns, with"
"style, performed in-character as Coward. His theatrical, television and radio work has mainly revolved around comedy; and his most famous roles, impersonating comic actor Kenneth Williams, comedian Frankie Howerd, and playwright and composer Noël Coward, have featured his uncanny mimicry of well-known stars who share a common ""camp"" theme. David Benson appeared in the National Theatre production of ""One Man, Two Guvnors"", a comedy starring James Corden, adapted from Goldoni's ""Servant of Two Masters"", which was presented at the Lyttelton Theatre on London's South Bank from 17 May to 26 July 2011, and which garnered glowing reviews. He also toured"
"aneurysm. He was survived by his wife Jan and their two children Geoff McQueen Geoffrey ""Geoff"" McQueen (24 July 1947 – 6 July 1994) was a television screenwriter. He is best known for creating Thames Television's long-running police procedural ""The Bill"" and the popular comedy-dramas ""Give us a Break"", ""Big Deal"" and ""Stay Lucky"". A carpenter and joiner by trade he worked abroad for many years before he began writing in 1978. His first success was in 1982 when an episode of ""The Gentle Touch"" he had written was broadcast. He wrote for other shows, including ""Boon"", and two Jim"
"most of the books authored by Gladys Malvern had gone out of print, and could only be found in auctions and the rare book market. In 2011, several Malvern titles were re-issued by publisher ""Special Edition Books"". In 2012, many Malvern titles were re-issued as interactive ebooks by YA publisher Beebliome Books, including titles such as ""Stephanie and So Great a Love"". Gladys Malvern Gladys Malvern (July 17, 1897 – November 16, 1962) was an American vaudeville and Broadway actress, radio script writer, and author. As a child actress, she appeared in the 1908 Broadway production of ""The Man Who"
"Laurence Luckinbill Laurence George Luckinbill (born November 21, 1934) is an American actor, playwright and director. He has worked in television, film, and theatre, doing triple duty in the theatre by writing, directing, and starring in stage productions. He is probably best known for penning and starring in one-man shows based upon the lives of United States President Theodore Roosevelt, author Ernest Hemingway, and famous American defense attorney Clarence Darrow; starring in a one-man show based upon the life of US President Lyndon Baines Johnson; and for his portrayal of Spock's half-brother Sybok in the film """". Luckinbill was born"
"episode ""Divided We Stand"" in his memory. Alan Simpson (scriptwriter) Alan Francis Simpson, (27 November 1929 – 8 February 2017) was an English scriptwriter, best known for the Galton and Simpson comedy writing partnership with Ray Galton. Together they devised and wrote the BBC sitcom ""Hancock's Half Hour"" (1954–1961), the first two series of ""Comedy Playhouse"" (1961–1963), and ""Steptoe and Son"" (1962–1974). Simpson was born in Brixton, south London, and was educated at Mitcham County Grammar School for Boys. He was a football fan and supported Brentford. After leaving school he worked as a shipping clerk and was a member"
"Galton and Simpson Ray Galton OBE (17 July 1930 – 5 October 2018), and Alan Simpson OBE (27 November 1929 – 8 February 2017), were an English comedy scriptwriting partnership. They met in 1948 whilst recuperating from tuberculosis at the Milford Sanatorium, near Godalming in Surrey. The sitcom ""Get Well Soon"" (co-written by Galton) concerns their shared experiences at the facility. They are best known for their work with comedian Tony Hancock on radio and television between 1954 and 1961, and their long-running television situation comedy, ""Steptoe and Son"", eight series of which were aired between 1962 and 1974. The"
"Bernard Evslin Bernard Evslin (April 4, 1922 – June 4, 1993) was an American author best known for his adaptations of Greek mythology. Bernard Evslin was born in New Rochelle, New York, and went on to attend Rutgers University. Evslin spent the first part of his career as a playwright and screenwriter. His comedy, ""The Geranium Hat"", opened on Broadway in 1959 and was generally well received, although his later play, ""Step on a Crack"" only held one performance before closing at the Ethel Barrymore Theater, despite starring Rita Hayworth. Evslin also wrote the screenplay for A.k.a. Cassius Clay and"