Ben Elton goes from We Will Rock You to Shakespeare as a surprise 'half Aussie'

By Elissa Blake
Updated May 13 2016 - 10:13am, first published May 1 2016 - 10:09am
Ben Elton says he does "most of my writing in Fremantle and have done for nearly 30 years".  Photo: Janie Barrett
Ben Elton says he does "most of my writing in Fremantle and have done for nearly 30 years". Photo: Janie Barrett
Cast in the Australian production of <i>We Wiil Rock You</i>.  Photo: Jeff Busby
Cast in the Australian production of <i>We Wiil Rock You</i>. Photo: Jeff Busby
Ben Elton on television in 2011.  Photo: GTV
Ben Elton on television in 2011. Photo: GTV
Elton was a screenwriter for <i>The Young Ones</i>. Photo: Supplied
Elton was a screenwriter for <i>The Young Ones</i>. Photo: Supplied

The annals of musical theatre bulge with shows critics have mauled. Only a few have recorded the savaging meted out to the Ben Elton-Queen collaboration We Will Rock You. Fewer still survived it.

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