The introduction of a human spanner in a bakery's tuned works accelerates its disintegration.

From one of Britain's most prolific and acclaimed playwrights, Mr England was produced at the Sheffield Crucible, October 2000.

It's the worst job in the world and only those what is born to it, what has gorrit in the blood, can do it.
Three generations of Hull men struggle with the legacies left to them by their fathers. A powerful and moving story of fate, choices and men at work, Under the Whaleback opened at the Royal Court Theatre in August 2002

War, poverty, corruption, spiralling taxes, bad behaviour, inter-personal violence and over-population. Do these things worry you?
Middle-aged manager Ted, hits on a utopian plan to change the way we live in this darkly funny play.

A pure hit of darkly disturbing comedy.

-Confirms Richard Bean as a writer of beguiling originality with a gift for both laugh-out-loud dialogue and a sympathetic understanding of the darker recesses of the human heart.---The Daily Telegraph

Three acclaimed plays from a gifted playwright. Includes The Mentalists, Under the Whaleback and The God Botherers.

Argan is a man so obsessed by his own imaginary ailments that he can no longer control his household or the medics he employs. With doctors determined to gain from the profits of his condition, Argan's closest relatives battle to show him the truth of his situation. They strive to cure the real disease, managing to pile confusion upon hilarious confusion.

A new play from the author of Under the Whaleback

This is the new play by award-winning playwright Richard Bean. At once brilliantly funny, true, and touching, The English Game is a timely and revealing look at the political and social tensions that underpin modern society.

Four plays by Richard Bean with an introduction by Chris Campbell. Includes: Harvest, In the Club, The English Game, and Up on the Roof.