The Mentalists

Play written by Richard Bean

For the American television show, see The Mentalist.

The Mentalists is a play by English playwright Richard Bean. The action takes place in a budget hotel room in Finsbury Park and consists of two long scenes between only two characters.

It premiered at Royal National Theatre in 2002, directed by Sean Holmes, starring Michael Feast as Ted and Duncan Preston as Morrie.[1]

In July 2015, it was revived at Wyndham's Theatre, produced by Old Vic Productions and Steven Harris directed by Abbey Wright, starring Stephen Merchant as Ted and Steffan Rhodri as Morrie.[2]

## References

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1. ^ Charles Spencer (10 July 2002). "Dark descent of a very odd couple". The Telegraph. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
2. ^ Ben Beaumont-Thomas (25 February 2015). "Stephen Merchant to make West End debut with The Mentalists". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 September 2016.

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Plays by Richard Bean

* Of Rats and Men (1996)
* Toast (1999)
* Mr England (2000)
* The Mentalists (2002)
* The God Botherers (2003)
* Smack Family Robinson (2003)
* Under the Whaleback (2003)
* Honeymoon Suite (2004)
* Harvest (2005)
* The Hypochondriac (2005)
* Up on Roof (2006)
* In the Club (play) (2007)
* The English Game (2008)
* England People Very Nice (2009)
* House of Games (2010)
* The Big Fellah (2010)
* The Heretic (2011)
* One Man, Two Guvnors (2011)
* Great Britain (2014)
* Pitcairn (2014)
* Made in Dagenham (2014)
* The Nap (2016)
* Kiss Me (2016)
* They Hypocrite (2017)
* Young Marx (2017)
* Jack Absolute Flies Again (2022)

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