Robin Brooks

Robin Brooks was born in Leeds in 1961 and brought up in Sheffield and Manchester. He was an exhibitioner at Christchurch College, Oxford, where he studied English. He started writing for Empty Space Theatre Co. in 1989. He adapted R.L.Stevenson's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", which was performed all over the world from 1990 to 1997. He started writing radio drama in 1992; he has written serials, series and one-off plays. He wrote "The Portland Vase", a non-fiction book, three years ago - about a small ancient vase in the British Museum which has belonged to kings, emperors, courtesans and artists.