Ben Power is a writer and dramaturg . From 2006-2010 he was an Associate Director of Headlong and from 2010 has been an Associate Director of the National Theatre. His plays include: A Tender Thing (RSC), Elephantom (adapted from Ross Collin's book, National Theatre, West End) Ibsen's Emperor & Galilean (Adaptation for the National Theatre), Cinderella (Lyric Hammersmith), Paradise Lost (adaptation for Headlong, Northampton, Hackney Empire) and for Headlong with Rupert Goold Six Characters in Search of an Author (Headlong tour, West End, International Tour), and Faustus. Work for screen includes adaptations of Richard II and Henry V for BBC / NBC Universal as part of the Hollow Crown series. Richard II won the RTS Award for Best Single Drama.