Richard Vincent is an English playwright, theatre director and screenwriter.
Vincent trained as an actor at the Drama Centre, London. His first play, Off the Bone, was produced at the Courtyard Theatre in 1994. Real Estate was a selected play at the 1994 International Playwriting Festival at the Warehouse Theatre, Croydon and was produced at the Teatro Colosseo, Rome and developed into a screenplay by Granada Film.
Vincent enjoys an ongoing relationship with the Warehouse Theatre: his plays Skin Deep and Happy and Glorious have been produced there and he is Associate Director and head of their writers' workshop.[1][2] Vincent also has a close relationship with the Croydon Youth Theatre Organisation (CYTO), where he has been a tutor, director and artistic director.[3] Vincent met his wife, Kathryn, at CYTO. In 2005, CYTO celebrated its 40th birthday with a production of Vincent's specially written play, Ruby, which he also co-directed.
Vincent's play The Lost was produced on BBC Radio 4 starring Bob Peck. He has also written for the BBC drama, Casualty, and several screenplays for the UK Film Council, including a feature-length animated movie, Fizzle. His play "Skin Deep" was given its first performance at the Warehouse Theatre Croydon on the 17th. May 2002.[4] It was directed by Ted Craig and designed by Isla Shaw, with the following cast: Rae Baker [Chloe Smith], Frank Ellis [Sgt. Bill Cowgate], Colin Wells [Michael], Natasha Gordon [Dr. Amanda Holland], Simon Greiff [PC Gibbons/Simon Cairns], Penelope Woodman [Steph Cowgate].