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Brown, John Russell

LC control no.n 50040074
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingBrown, John Russell
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Associated countryGreat Britain United States Canada
Birth date1923-09-15
Death date2015-08-26
Place of birthBristol (England)
Field of activityEnglish drama--History and criticism Theater--Production and direction
AffiliationUniversity of Sussex
National Theatre (Great Britain)
Profession or occupationLiterary historians Theatrical producers and directors
Found inShakespeare. The merchant of Venice, 1955.
Focus on Macbeth, 1982: t.p. (John Russell Brown) CIP data sheet (b. 9/15/23)
Telegraph WWW site, viewed Nov. 30, 2015 (John Russell Brown, born September 15 1923, Bristol; died August 26 2015; scholar of Shakespeare who was also a director; occupied two full-time posts at the same time--as professor of English at the University of Sussex (1971-82) and as associate to Peter Hall at the National Theatre (1973-88); later in his long career he occupied full-time posts in America and Canada and travelled as a visiting lecturer and theatre director, while also keeping up with producing a prodigious string of publications)
Associated languageeng
Invalid LCCNn 96120511