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Stephen Brown | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Playwright |
| Nationality | British |
Stephen Brown is an English dramatist.
Life and career
[edit]Brown attended Eton College, Jesus College, Cambridge and the University of Sussex.
He was Publisher of Prospect (Magazine)⎮Prospect Magazine and reviewed theatre for Radio 4, the TLS and the Guardian.[1]
In 2003, he wrote the script for Filter Theatre's Faster, based on the James Gleick book of the same name. After running at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, this toured nationally and internationally.[2][3]
In 2007, his play Future Me, which dramatised the prison treatment of a successful lawyer convicted of sex offenses, was produced at Theatre 501. It was subsequently produced in Berkeley and New York, and toured England with Coronation Street's Rupert Hill.[4]http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article6018150.ece[5]
He was subsequently commissioned by the National Theatre to write a play about Rene Descartes, and to adapt Occupational Hazards, Rory Stewart's memoir of his experiences as a senior coalition official in Afghanistan.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ http://unitedagents.co.uk/stephen-brown
- ^ http://www.filtertheatre.com/?page_id=31
- ^ http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-4245163-a-modern-production.do
- ^ http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/17282/future-me
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2007/jun/27/theatre
- ^ http://unitedagents.co.uk/stephen-brown
External links
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