"Coronation Street" is a British soap opera, produced by ITV Studios.
 Created by writer Tony Warren, "Coronation Street" was first broadcast on ITV on 9 December 1960.
 It has been produced by Phil Collinson since 2010.
 The following is a list of characters introduced by Collinson in the show's fifty-first year, by order of first appearance.
 January saw three introductions; DC Moore (Pooja Shah), Marc Selby (Andrew Hall) and Frank Foster, played by former "The Bill" actor Andrew Lancel.
 Faye Butler (Ellie Leach), Jeff Cullen (Steven Houghton) and the soap's first Chinese character, Xin Chiang (Elizabeth Tan) arrived in February.
 Veteran actress Stephanie Cole joined as Sylvia Goodwin, the mother of established character Roy Cropper, in April.
The Lady in the Van is a 2015 British comedy-drama film directed by Nicholas Hytner, and starring Maggie Smith and Alex Jennings.
 It was written by Alan Bennett, and it tells the true story of his interactions with Mary Shepherd, an elderly woman who lived in a dilapidated van on his driveway in London for 15 years.
 He had previously published the story as a 1989 essay, 1990 book, 1999 stage play, and 2009 radio play on BBC Radio 4.
 Smith had previously portrayed Shepherd twice: in the 1999 stage play, which earned her a Best Actress nomination at the 2000 Olivier Awards and in the 2009 radio adaptation.
Leaves of Glass is the sixth adult stage play by Philip Ridley.
 It premiered at the Soho Theatre in London, England, on 3 May 2007.
 The play was commissioned and directed by Lisa Goldman after being greatly impressed by Ridley's previous adult stage play "Mercury Fur".
 The production was Lisa Goldman's first in her tenure as artistic director of the Soho Theatre.
 Like "Mercury Fur" the play starred Ben Whishaw in its premiere production.
Francis John "Frank" Foster is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street", played by Andrew Lancel.
 He made his debut appearance on 20 January 2011.
 Frank was introduced as a business associate of Carla Connor (Alison King).
 In December 2011, it was announced Frank would be leaving "Coronation Street" at the end of his storyline.
 Two months later, it was confirmed Frank would be murdered as part of a "whodunit" storyline.
 Five regular characters became suspects during the investigation, but his mother, Anne Foster (Gwen Taylor) eventually confessed to killing him.
 Frank made his last on-screen appearance on 8 March 2012.
Girl Crazy is a 1932 American pre-Code musical film adaptation of the stage play of the same name.
 The film was very unlike the stage play except for its score.
 It was tailored for the comic talents of Wheeler & Woolsey, a popular comedy team.
 Three songs written by George and Ira Gershwin for the play were retained: "Bidin' My Time", "I Got Rhythm", and "But Not For Me".
 According to RKO records the film lost $150,000.
Andrew Lancel (born Andrew Watkinson on 3 August 1970) is an English television and theatre actor, producer and director.
 He is best known for his appearance as Dr. Andrew Collin in "Cardiac Arrest", Frank Foster in the long-running ITV soap opera "Coronation Street", and in his role as DI Neil Manson in "The Bill" as well as his acclaimed portrayal of Brian Epstein in the stage play "Epstein - The Man Who Made The Beatles".
Brian Samuel Epstein ( ; 19 September 1934 – 27 August 1967) was an English music entrepreneur who managed the Beatles.
 Epstein first discovered the Beatles in November 1961 during a lunchtime performance at The Cavern Club.
 He was instantly impressed and saw great potential in the group.
 Epstein was rejected by nearly all major recording companies in London, until he secured a meeting with George Martin, head of EMI's Parlophone label.
 In May 1962, Martin agreed to sign the Beatles, partly because of Epstein's conviction that the group would become internationally famous.
Anne Foster is a fictional character from the ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street", played by Gwen Taylor.
 Anne is the mother of Frank Foster (Andrew Lancel) and wife of Sam Foster (Paul Clayton).
 The character and casting was announced on 4 August 2011.
 Taylor revealed she had found her first day on set "terrifying", but she quickly settled in.
 A reporter for the "Western Mail" branded Anne a "pompous matriarch".
 Taylor said that after being revealed as Frank's killer, she fears that she will be hated in real life.
 She also admitted that she only knew the identity of Frank's killer when Lancel revealed it to her during filming and added that she loved filming her scenes as Anne.
 Taylor made her first appearance as Anne on 4 September 2011.
 She was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 15 years in prison and made her last appearance on 19 March 2012.
Melvin Goes to Dinner is a 2003 American film adaptation of Michael Blieden's stage play "Phyro-Giants!"
, directed by Bob Odenkirk.
 Blieden wrote the screenplay from his stage play, and he also stars in the film (as he did in the Los Angeles stage production), along with Stephanie Courtney, Matt Price and Annabelle Gurwitch.
Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land (), also known as Secret Love for the Peach Blossom Spring or Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land, was the second stage play by the Performance Workshop (表演工作坊) in 1986, and also the first successful modern stage play in Taiwan.
 It combines two unrelated plays – a tragedy ("Secret Love") and a comedy ("The Peach Blossom Land") – on the same stage, mixing seriousness with banters.

Question: Who was the manager of the Beatles who was portrayed in a stage play by Andrew Lancel?
Answer: Brian Samuel Epstein