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Ben Elton is a renowned British comedian, author, and playwright who was part of the alternative comedy movement in the 1980s. He has written numerous successful novels and musicals, covering a range of genres from dystopian to comedy and crime.
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About the Ben Elton
Benjamin Charles Elton is a British comedian, actor, author, playwright, lyricist and director. He was a part of London’s alternative comedy movement of the 1980s and became a writer on the sitcoms The Young Ones and Blackadder, as well as continuing as a stand-up comedian on stage and television. His style in the 1980s was left-wing political satire. Since then he has published 17 novels and written the musicals The Beautiful Game (2000), We Will Rock You (2002), Tonight’s the Night (2003), and Love Never Dies (2010), the sequel to The Phantom of the Opera. His novels cover the dystopian, comedy, and crime genres.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ben Elton was born on May 3, 1959.
Ben Elton wrote for the sitcoms The Young Ones and Blackadder in the 1980s.
Ben Elton’s novels cover a variety of genres, including dystopian, comedy, and crime.
Ben Elton has written the musicals The Beautiful Game, We Will Rock You, Tonight’s the Night, and Love Never Dies, the sequel to The Phantom of the Opera.
In the 1980s, Ben Elton’s comedy style was left-wing political satire as part of the alternative comedy movement in London.
Ben Elton has published 17 novels since his early career in the 1980s.
In addition to being a comedian, Ben Elton is also an actor, author, playwright, lyricist, and director.
10 Quotes by Ben Elton
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No collection of people who are all waiting for the same thing are capable of holding a natural conversation. Even if the thing they are waiting for is only a taxi.
Ben EltonBritish comedian, author, playwright, actor and director
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People who get through life dependent on other people’s possessions are always the first to lecture you on how little possessions count.
Ben EltonBritish comedian, author, playwright, actor and director
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The earth only has so much bounty to offer and inventing ever larger and more notional prices for that bounty does not change its real value.
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I’m easy to work with, not a pushover, but I respond to criticism and find it inspiring.
Ben EltonBritish comedian, author, playwright, actor and director
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I try hard not to preach, but I get carried away, which is a mistake, but it’s a risk worth running.
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We’ve all got to look at ourselves, start with yourself, that’s all you can do. I believe that we can act responsibly as a group, it’s just that there are vested interests telling us not to bother.
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If only the strength of the love that people feel when it is reciprocated could be as intense and obsessive as the love we feel when it is not; then marriages would be truly made in heaven.
Ben EltonBritish comedian, author, playwright, actor and director
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My advice to anyone adapting a novel is that once they’ve read it and learnt to understand it, then they must throw it away and never look at it again!
Ben EltonBritish comedian, author, playwright, actor and director
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Sympathy for victims is always counter-balanced by an equal and opposite feeling of resentment towards them.
Ben EltonBritish comedian, author, playwright, actor and director
- 10.
Yes, OK, farty is a silly word. I wish I’d never used it. I’m 34. Perhaps it was a word for my 20s.
Ben EltonBritish comedian, author, playwright, actor and director