CWA KAA Gold Dagger
1回登壇
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第42回（1996年） Winner
Ben Elton
ベン・エルトン
Ben Eruton
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1959-05-03 （Fitzrovia, London, England）
- 国籍
- United Kingdom, Australia
- 言語
- English
- 宗教
- Atheist
- 居住地歴
- Catford, South London → Guildford, Surrey → North Fremantle, Perth, Western Australia → East Sussex, England
経歴
- 職業
- comedian, writer, actor, director, screenwriter
- 活動期間
- 1981年〜
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Manchester | Drama | Theatre Studies | upper second-class honours | 1977-1980 | United Kingdom |
| South Warwickshire College | — | Theatre | A-levels | — | United Kingdom |
| Godalming Grammar School | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
University of Manchester
Drama
/ Theatre Studies
学位:
upper second-class honours
期間:
1977-1980
卒業年:
1980
国:
United Kingdom
Met Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson
South Warwickshire College
Theatre
学位:
A-levels
国:
United Kingdom
Left home at 16 to study theatre
Godalming Grammar School
国:
United Kingdom
Surrey
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | BAFTA | The Young Ones | Best Comedy Series | British Academy of Film and Television Arts | 受賞 |
| 1988 | BAFTA | Blackadder the Third | Best Comedy Series | British Academy | 受賞 |
| 1990 | BAFTA | Blackadder Goes Forth | Best Comedy Series | British Academy | 受賞 |
| 1998 | Olivier Award | Popcorn | Best Comedy | — | 受賞 |
| 2002 | Olivier Award | We Will Rock You | Best New Musical | — | 受賞 |
| 2007 | Rose d'Or | — | Lifetime Achievement | — | 受賞 |
| 2023 | Member of the Order of Australia | — | — | Australian Government | AM |
BAFTA
1984
対象作品:
The Young Ones
部門:
Best Comedy Series
主催:
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
結果:
受賞
BAFTA
1988
対象作品:
Blackadder the Third
部門:
Best Comedy Series
主催:
British Academy
結果:
受賞
BAFTA
1990
対象作品:
Blackadder Goes Forth
部門:
Best Comedy Series
主催:
British Academy
結果:
受賞
Olivier Award
1998
対象作品:
Popcorn
部門:
Best Comedy
結果:
受賞
Olivier Award
2002
対象作品:
We Will Rock You
部門:
Best New Musical
結果:
受賞
Rose d'Or
2007
部門:
Lifetime Achievement
結果:
受賞
Member of the Order of Australia
2023
主催:
Australian Government
結果:
AM
受賞・候補エディション
-
第33回（2003年） Winner
作品
代表作
Stark
1989年 DystopianDystopian novel
dystopiapolitical satire
映像化・舞台化
- [TV miniseries] Stark / Nadia Tass (1993)
Gridlock
1991年 ComedyNovel about traffic gridlock
social satire
The Young Ones
1982年 SitcomIconic alternative comedy sitcom, co-written
youth cultureanarchy
Blackadder
1983年 Historical comedyPopular series co-written with Richard Curtis
historical satire
全著作
- Stark (1989), Gridlock (1991), This Other Eden (1993), Popcorn (1996), Blast from the Past (1998), Inconceivable (1999), Dead Famous (2001), High Society (2002), Past Mortem (2004), The First Casualty (2005), Chart Throb (2006), Blind Faith (2007), Meltdown (2010), Two Brothers (2012), Time and Time Again (2014), Identity Crisis (2019), What Have I Done? (2025)
作風・主題
- 文体
- political satirewitty dialoguesatirical comedy
- 頻出モチーフ
- left-wing politicsdystopian societiessocial critique
評価・遺産
Key figure in 1980s alternative comedy. Successful in TV, stage, and novels.
大衆文化への影響
- Distant cousin of Olivia Newton-John
引用
-
I loved the theatre and I knew I wanted to be involved in story telling and the public arts.
出典: Guildford event (2013年) -
The first hundred pages of any book about the world war are hilarious, then of course everybody dies.
出典: On Blackadder Goes Forth
豆知識
- Uncle is historian Sir Geoffrey Elton
- Father is physicist Lewis Elton
- Third cousin of Olivia Newton-John
- Atheist
- Holds Australian citizenship