Life and career

Brown attended Eton College

Eton College

Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....

, Jesus College, Cambridge

Jesus College, Cambridge

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 and the University of Sussex

University of Sussex

The University of Sussex is an English public research university situated next to the East Sussex village of Falmer, within the city of Brighton and Hove. The University received its Royal Charter in August 1961....

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He was Publisher of Prospect

Prospect

Prospect may refer to:* Prospect , a Scottish architecture magazine* Prospect High School , various high schools* Prospect House, the former President's residence and current faculty club of Princeton University...

Magazine and has reviewed theatre for Radio 4's Front Row

Front Row (radio)

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, the Times Literary Supplement and others.

In 2003, he wrote the script for Filter Theatre

Filter Theatre

Filter Theatre is a British theatre company, specialising in the re-interpretation of class works, such as Three Sisters .-External links:*...

's Faster, based on the James Gleick

James Gleick

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 book of the same name. After running at the Battersea Arts Centre

Battersea Arts Centre

The Battersea Arts Centre is a performance space near Clapham Junction in Battersea, in the London Borough of Wandsworth that specialises in music and theatre productions.-History:...

 and Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith), this toured nationally and internationally.

In 2007, his play Future Me, which dramatised the prison treatment of a successful lawyer convicted of sex offenses, was produced at Theatre 503. It was subsequently produced in Berkeley and New York, and toured England with Coronation Street's Rupert Hill

Rupert Hill

Rupert Sinclair Hill is an English actor known for several former roles in UK soap operas.Rupert Hill started with small roles on television...

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He was subsequently commissioned by the National Theatre to write a play about Rene Descartes

René Descartes

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, and to adapt Occupational Hazards, Rory Stewart

Rory Stewart

Roderick 'Rory' James Nugent Stewart OBE FRSL MP DUniv is a British academic, author, and Conservative politician. Since May 2010, he has been the Member of Parliament for Penrith and the Border, in the county of Cumbria, North West England.- Overview :Stewart was a senior coalition official in a...

's memoir of his experiences as a senior coalition official in Iraq.