Ben Brown (playwright)
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Ben Brown is a British playwright. 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.
The Promise (2010 play)
The Promise is a 2010 play by Ben Brown. It premiered from 17 February to 20 March 2010 at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond-upon-Thames. It is set early in World War I and deals with the lead-up to the Balfour Declaration of 1917, via the relationship between Herbert Samuel, Edwin Samuel Montagu...
, his 2010 play about the Balfour Declaration, he said that he had grown up in North London with a non-observant Jewish father.
Works
- Larkin With Women, (2000) a portrait of Philip LarkinPhilip LarkinPhilip Arthur Larkin, CH, CBE, FRSL is widely regarded as one of the great English poets of the latter half of the twentieth century...
and his love-lives which won the TMA Best New Play awardTMA AwardsThe TMA Awards, established in 1991, are presented annually by the Theatrical Management Association in recognition of creative excellence and outstanding work in United Kingdom theatres...
that year - All Things Considered, (1996) a black comedy about philosophy and suicide.
- The PromiseThe Promise (2010 play)The Promise is a 2010 play by Ben Brown. It premiered from 17 February to 20 March 2010 at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond-upon-Thames. It is set early in World War I and deals with the lead-up to the Balfour Declaration of 1917, via the relationship between Herbert Samuel, Edwin Samuel Montagu...
(2010), about the Balfour Declaration - Three Days in May, (2011) a drama concentrating on Winston Churchill's darkest hours in the early parts of the Second World War.
Sources
- http://www.orangetreetheatre.co.uk/The-Promise/