Biography ben elton

British comedian, author, playwright, actor, and director

Benjamin Charles EltonAM is a British comedian, actor, author, playwright, lyricist and director.

Biography ben elton

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-wingpolitical satire.

He has published many novels in dystopian, comedy, and crime genres, as well as written the musicals The Beautiful Game (2000), We Will Rock You (2002), Tonight's the Night (2003), and Love Never Dies (2010).

Early life and education

Benjamin Charles Elton^[1] was born at University College Hospital in Fitzrovia, London,^[2][3] the son of Mary (née Foster), an English teacher from Cheshire,^[4] and physicist and educational researcher Professor Lewis Elton.

He is a nephew of the historian Sir Geoffrey Elton a