Patrick Marber
- Writer
- Actor
- Director
Patrick Marber grew up in Wimbledon and studied English at Wadham
College, Oxford. He began his career as a stand up comedian and
performer in radio comedies.
Marber wrote his first play "Dealer's Choice" in 1995. It opened at the
Royal National Theatre in London in February 1995 in a production
directed by the playwright. Marber had workshopped the show at the NT
studio but now describes the decision to direct the production as
"stupid" - his sole directorial experience at the time was directing a
Steve Coogan show at the Edinburgh
Festival. The play however was a success - it transferred to the West
End and has won numerous awards including the 1995 Writer's Guild Award
(Best West End Play) and the 1995 Evening Standard Award for Best
Comedy of the Year. "Dealer's Choice" has been produced in many cities
throughout the world including Melbourne, New York, Berlin, Chicago and
Vienna.
He has since directed both his original plays at the same venue:
"Closer" in 1997 and "Howard Katz" in 2001.
"Closer", was awarded the 1998
Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best
New Play of 1997 and the 1997 London Critics Circle Theatre Award
(Drama) for Best New Play.. It transferred from the National Theatre to
the West End, and has also played on Broadway (where he was nominated
for the best new play Tony Award), toured the UK and been produced all
over the world. In 2004 it was adapted for the screen by
Mike Nichols. It's Swedish premiere
was at The Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, starring
Gunnel Fred,
Jakob Eklund,
Dan Ekborg and
Melinda Kinnaman in 1998.
"Dealer's Choice" had it's first major UK revival in 2007 at London's
Menier Chocolate Factory Theatre.
College, Oxford. He began his career as a stand up comedian and
performer in radio comedies.
Marber wrote his first play "Dealer's Choice" in 1995. It opened at the
Royal National Theatre in London in February 1995 in a production
directed by the playwright. Marber had workshopped the show at the NT
studio but now describes the decision to direct the production as
"stupid" - his sole directorial experience at the time was directing a
Steve Coogan show at the Edinburgh
Festival. The play however was a success - it transferred to the West
End and has won numerous awards including the 1995 Writer's Guild Award
(Best West End Play) and the 1995 Evening Standard Award for Best
Comedy of the Year. "Dealer's Choice" has been produced in many cities
throughout the world including Melbourne, New York, Berlin, Chicago and
Vienna.
He has since directed both his original plays at the same venue:
"Closer" in 1997 and "Howard Katz" in 2001.
"Closer", was awarded the 1998
Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best
New Play of 1997 and the 1997 London Critics Circle Theatre Award
(Drama) for Best New Play.. It transferred from the National Theatre to
the West End, and has also played on Broadway (where he was nominated
for the best new play Tony Award), toured the UK and been produced all
over the world. In 2004 it was adapted for the screen by
Mike Nichols. It's Swedish premiere
was at The Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, starring
Gunnel Fred,
Jakob Eklund,
Dan Ekborg and
Melinda Kinnaman in 1998.
"Dealer's Choice" had it's first major UK revival in 2007 at London's
Menier Chocolate Factory Theatre.