Ben Brown (playwright)
Ben Brown is a British playwright. He was educated at Highgate School.[1] When interviewed about The Promise, his 2010 play about the Balfour Declaration, he said that he had grown up in North London with a non-observant Jewish father.[2]
Works
[edit]- Larkin With Women, (2000) a portrait of Philip Larkin and his love-lives which won the TMA Best New Play award that year
- All Things Considered, (1996) a black comedy about philosophy and suicide
- The Promise (2010), about the Balfour Declaration[3]
- Three Days in May, (2011) a drama concentrating on Winston Churchill's darkest hours in the early parts of the Second World War
- A Splinter of Ice, (2020) a drama that reconstructs the meeting between spy Kim Philby and author Graham Greene in Moscow in 1987[4]
- The End of the Night, (2022) a drama about the release of Jews from internment camps at the end of the Second World War
Sources
[edit]- ^ Dickson, Alex (Summer 2013). "The History Boy" (PDF). Cholmeleian: 66–69. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ "Playwright creates historical drama out of a political crisis (From This is Local London)". Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
- ^ Theatre, Orange Tree. "Orange Tree Theatre". orangetreetheatre.co.uk.
- ^ "A Splinter of Ice review – Graham Greene and Kim Philby clink glasses". the Guardian. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
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