He is best known as the writer of Proud, a play written to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Admiral Duncan bombing in Soho, London,[1][2] and as the screenwriter of the British thriller/horror feature film The Last Seven.
In 2000 Stanley became a script writer and storyline consultant on the channel 5 continuing drama Family Affairs.
[2][5] Proud was updated by Stanley and revived by The LOST Theatre, London in 2012 to coincide with the 2012 Olympic Games.
[10] Adjudicator Jeremy Kingston said, "A powerful one-woman piece by John Stanley in which Holly Elmes plays three generations of women all called Gabrielle."
The play won the award for 'Best Cast' with Holly Elmes and Jeremy Kingston went on to say "Elmes gives a most impressive, sharply distinguished range of performances, and Fana Cioban's gripping direction is admirably in tune with the writing."