Stephen Beresford

Stephen Beresford trained at RADA and worked as an actor before writing for television and film, winning a BAFTA for his screenplay for the feature film Pride (2014).

His plays include: The Southbury Child (Chichester Festival Theatre & Bridge Theatre, London, 2022); Three Kings (Old Vic, London, 2020); Fanny & Alexander (Old Vic, London, 2018), a stage adaptation of the film by Ingmar Bergman; and The Last of the Haussmans (National Theatre, London, 2012).

A funny, touching and at times savage portrait of a family loosing its grip, examining the fate of the revolutionary...
Ingmar Bergman’s magical study of childhood, family and love.
A darkly comic play exploring family and community, the savage divisions of contemporary society and the rituals that...
A heartbreaking and hilarious play for a solo actor about fathers and sons, the gifts and burdens of inheritance, and...