Ben Elton Ben Elton Benjamin Charles Elton (born 3 May 1959) is an English comedian, author, playwright, actor and director. He was a part of London's alternative comedy movement of the 1980s and became a writer on series such as "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 15 novels and written the musicals "We Will Rock You" (2002) and "Love Never Dies" (2010), the sequel to "The Phantom of the Opera". His novels cover the dystopian, comedy, and
Ben Lewis (writer) to countries including the USA, China, Russia, Germany, Romania, Armenia, and most recently to Brits Off Broadway 2010. The company is currently developing its third show, "Mass Observation" (working title) with support from the Southbank Centre, the National Theatre Studio and the Almeida. Ben Lewis (writer) Ben Lewis is a writer for theatre, radio and television, theatre director and performer, who trained at LAMDA. He co-created and directed "My Name Is Sue" (Soho Theatre/touring, Total Theatre Award 2009) and "The Village Social" (2011) with Dafydd James. Ben has also written two plays for BBC Radio 4: "Blue Sky Thinking" (9