Plays
About
Patrick Marber was born in London in 1964. Plays: DEALER’S CHOICE, CLOSER, HOWARD KATZ, THE RED LION, THREE DAYS IN THE COUNTRY, AFTER MISS JULIE, DON JUAN IN SOHO, THE MUSICIANS, THE SCHOOL FILM, HOOP LANE. Stage adaptations include versions of HEDDA GABLER, THE BEAUX’ STRATAGEM, EXIT THE KING and TRELAWNEY OF THE ‘WELLS’. Screenplays: “Closer” (directed by Mike Nichols), “Notes on a Scandal” (directed by Richard Eyre), “Old Street” and “Love You More.” TV: co-writing credits include the comedy shows “The Day Today” and “Knowing Me, Knowing You With Alan Partridge.” His plays have won Evening Standard, Olivier, Time Out, New York and London Critics’ Circle and Writers’ Guild Awards. His TV work has received BAFTA, British Comedy and Royal Television Society Awards. His screenplays have been nominated for Golden Globe, BAFTA and Academy Awards. He received the British Independent Film Award for “Notes on a Scandal.”