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Roy Smiles was born on 1966 in London, England, is a British playwright. Discover Roy Smiles's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 58 years old?
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Roy Smiles Net Worth
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Roy Smiles (born 1966) is a singer-songwriter & playwright from Ealing, London.
He is also an occasional actor.
Year Of The Rat - his play about George Orwell's attempt to woo wife-to-be Sonia Brownell whilst writing 1984 was staged at West Yorkshire Playhouse in 2007, with Hugo Speer as Orwell.
His first play staged in 1992 at the Battersea Arts Centre, Schmucks was about a fictitious meeting between Groucho Marx and Lenny Bruce.
The Promised Land, a play commissioned to commemorate the 40th anniversary of V.E Night and set on the same night, was staged at the Kings Head Theatre in 1995.
Smiles' stage plays focus largely on biographical subjects such as Albert Camus (The Weight Of Days), Evelyn Waugh (Waugh In Winter), Marilyn Monroe/Arthur Miller (Reno), George Orwell (Year of the Rat), Tony Hancock (The Lad Himself) & Robert F. Kennedy (The Last Pilgrim).
The Boys Of Summer - his play set in a HIV ward was staged at the Old Red Lion in 1995, with Ian Bartholomew.
Stand Up - his play about the London stand-up comedy scene was staged at the Old Red Lion in 1999, with Lucy Davies.
Bombing People - a farce about the Enola Gay, was staged at the Jermyn Street Theatre in 2000, with Michael Fitzgerald.
Sick Dictators - a farce about Chilean dictator General Pinochet, was staged at the Jermyn Street Theatre in 2001, directed by James Bolam.
In 2002 he played the role of Itzak Heller, a Jewish collaborator, in Roman Polanski's Oscar winning Best Picture The Pianist.
Ying Tong - A Walk with the Goons, the story of Spike Milligan's nervous breakdown whilst writing The Goon Show, was staged at West Yorkshire Playhouse in 2004, transferring the following year to the New Ambassadors Theatre in London's West End before touring the US, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
It was revived at The Kings Head Theatre in 2006 under the title The Ho-Ho Club directed by Karl Howman and starring Sally Lindsay.
A number of his plays have debuted or transferred to theatres around the world, such as Pythonesque, the story of the Monty Python team, which opened in South Africa in 2008 before moving to Edinburgh as part of the Fringe Festival in 2009.
Good Evening - about the Beyond The Fringe team was broadcast on Radio 4 in 2008, with Benedict Cumberbatch as Dudley Moore.
Smiles has written 27 theatre plays, the best known of which is Kurt and Sid, a 2009 London West End production about the fictional meeting of Sid Vicious and Kurt Cobain, starring Danny Dyer & Sean Evans.
He has released ten albums of songs: Drunks & Dreamers, Time's Moving On, Seize The Day, Autumn Song, Bremen, The Trains & The Rain, Northern Angels, Lost Souls, November's Child, and Tales Of The Oceans.
He has also released ten compilations of his songs: London Hymns, Winter's Child, Clancy's Song, If Summer Comes, Ballads Of The Thames, Child Of Two Rivers, Go Gently (Best Of), A Land Called Home (Best Of II), Forty Big Hits and 40 More Big Hits.
The Last Pilgrim - about Senator Robert F. Kennedy's doomed campaign for the American Presidency was staged in London in 2010.
Ying Tong, Pythonesque and Good Evening were broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
As were his plays: Dear Arthur Love John, Goodnight From Him and Memories Of A Cad.
The Funny Girls - his play about Barbra Streisand & Joan Rivers rivalry/friendship, was first staged at The Wimbledon Theatre in September 2021.
A Sober October - his biographical memoir on surviving bowel cancer, was published on Amazon Books in 2022.
The Lad Himself - his play about Tony Hancock, had its London premiere at Upstairs At The Gate in Highgate in April 2022.
Forty three of his plays are self-published on Amazon Books.
Lyrics - his book of the lyrics of his one hundred & forty songs, was published on Amazon Books in November 2023.
The Lad Himself - his play about self loathing radio & TV comedian Tony Hancock was staged at the Edinburgh Festival in 2013.
Reno - his play about Marilyn Monroe & Arthur Miller's marriage imploding during the making of The Misfits had its world premiere at the Brighton Festival in 2014.
Plum - his play about writer PG Wodehouse's infamous broadcasts from Berlin in WW2 was staged at The Court Theatre in Christchurch in 2014.
Year of the Rat, Ying Tong , Pythonesque and Kurt & Sid are published by Oberon Books.
Funny People, his book on his comedy heroes, was published by Oberon Books in 2016.
Ten Plays by Roy Smiles was published by Oberon Books in 2018.