Spencer, Charles (25 May 2011). "James Corden stars in the feelgood hit of the summer at the National Theatre". The Daily Telegraph.

On 15 September 2011, the production was broadcast to cinemas around the world as a part of the British National Theatre Live program. [17] The play features original songs performed by “The Craze” in a jazzy “skiffle” style with improvised instruments, including washboard and spoons. The band was led by Grant Olding, who also composed the music and plays guitar in the show. Lucy Punch in Great Britain by Richard Bean at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London, which was produced and rehearsed in secret. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/Guardian Original director Nicholas Hytner revealed in a 2023 interview that he and James Corden were planning a revival of the play following Corden's return to the UK after hosting The Late Late Show. According to Hytner, the revival will take place either at the Bridge Theatre, where Hytner serves as artistic director, or on the West End in late 2023 or early 2024. [16] Casts (Original National Theatre production) [ edit ] Character On Tour". One Man, Two Guvnors. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014 . Retrieved 11 February 2014.The play, a Carlo Goldoni adaptation directed by Nicholas Hytner and written by Richard Bean, starred James Corden, then best known for writing and acting in the BBC comedy Gavin and Stacey. It first ran at the National in 2011, before transferring to the West End.

Gans, Andrew (23 April 2012). "62nd Annual Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations Announced; Nice Work Receives Nine Nods". Playbill. This recording was made available on YouTube for one week starting 2 April 2020, as the opening production of National Theatre at Home – a series of free broadcasts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. [18] It was watched by around 2.5 million viewers. [19] Taylor, Paul (26 May 2011). " 'One Man, Two Guvnors', National Theatre: Lyttelton, London". The Independent. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. I accept that it is a huge question whether or not you can write outside of your own culture’ … Richard Bean talking about his play Pitcairn, pictured. Photograph: Alastair Muir/Rex Broadcast information. " One Man, Two Guvnors". Archived from the original on 1 September 2011 . Retrieved 18 August 2011.I tell him this is all fat. But I need a wage, I haven’t eaten since last night. But I don’t get paid until the end of the week, and I can’t stop thinking about CHIPS. Girvan, Andrew (12 July 2011). "James Corden's One Man Moves to West End's Adelphi". What's on Stage.

If you do nothing, you will be auto-enrolled in our premium digital monthly subscription plan and retain complete access for 65 € per month. Spencer, Charles (25 May 2011). " two Man, one ≤≥ Guvnors – Productions". The Telegraph. London . Retrieved 19 June 2011. Between rewrites, Bean has been contemplating his next plays: first a comedy about snooker that will immediately follow the 2016 World Championship on to the stage of the Sheffield Crucible; and then two scripts for Hull’s celebrations as City of Culture in 2017. The Hypocrite is a serious farce set during the English civil war, when the city was the first place to close its gates on Charles I; and there will be a “response play” to a 1970s script by a well-known northern dramatist, which Bean asks me to keep vague “because I haven’t written to ask his permission yet”.

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There might be a discarded bag of chips in here. No! I can’t go through the bins! Must stop thinking about CHIPS.