Bille Brown

Bille Brown 11 January 1952 13 January 2013 was an Australian Shakespearean actor and acclaimed writer of plays After Bille graduated his drama at the University of Queensland he began with the Queensland Theatre Company and later was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company RSC in Strathford and London While with the RSC he was one of its few commissioned writers Bille Brown AM has been recognised twice in the Australian Honours System On 1 January 2001 he was granted the Centenary Medal for distinguished service to the arts and on 26 January 2011 Bille was named as a Member of the Order of Australia for service to the performing arts as an actor and playwright and to education The latter honour is denoted by the postnominal AM after his name