Patrick Marber

Patrick Marber (born September 19, 1964) is a British Jewish writer, actor, and sometimes director associated with the kind of playwriting referred to as in-yer-face theatre. He lives in London, where he was born.

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September 19 - 1964 - British - Jewish - In-yer-face theatre - London

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Educated at Wadham College, Oxford, he was a cast member on the radio shows On The Hour and Knowing Me, Knowing You, and their television spinoffs The Day Today and Knowing Me, Knowing You...with Alan Partridge, after working for a few years as a stand-up comedian.

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Wadham College, Oxford - On The Hour - Knowing Me, Knowing You - The Day Today - Alan Partridge - Stand-up comedian

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His first play was Dealer's Choice, based on his own experiences with gambling addiction, which opened at the Royal National Theatre in February 1995, and won the 1995 Evening Standard Award for Best Comedy.

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Dealer's Choice - Royal National Theatre - Evening Standard

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Marber's After Miss Julie was an adaptation of the Strindberg play Miss Julie for television in 1995, and was performed in 2003-2004 at the Donmar Warehouse by Kelly Reilly, Richard Coyle and Helen Baxendale.

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After Miss Julie - Strindberg - Miss Julie - Donmar Warehouse - Kelly Reilly - Richard Coyle - Helen Baxendale

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He also wrote the play Closer, which opened at the Royal National Theatre in 1997, and which he adapted into a film in 2004; it was directed by Mike Nichols and starred Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Natalie Portman and Clive Owen.

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Closer - Royal National Theatre - Film - Mike Nichols - Julia Roberts - Jude Law - Natalie Portman - Clive Owen

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His most recent play was Howard Katz, again first performed at the Royal National Theatre in June 2001.

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Howard Katz - Royal National Theatre

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