Sharman Macdonald Writer
Sharman Macdonald gave up acting to write. Her plays include the award-winning When I Was A Girl I Used to Scream and Shout, The Brave, When We Were Women, All Things Nice, Shades, The Winter Guest, Sea Urchins, After Juliet, The Girl With Red Hair and Broken Hallelujah. She has written three pieces for radio: Sea Urchins, Gladly My Cross-Eyed Bear and Soft Fall the Sounds of Eden. Her two novels are The Beast and Night Night.
Agents
St John Donald Associate Agent Jonny Jones [email protected] +44 (0) 20 3214 0928
Credits
Film
Production Company Notes THE EDGE OF LOVE Capitol Films 2009
THE WINTER GUEST adapted from the play 1997 Director: Alan Rickman
Opera
Production Company Notes HEY PERSEPHONE! Almeida Opera / Aldeburgh Director: Sean Aita 1998 Festival Runner-up of the Meyer-Whitworth award 2003
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Other
Production Company Notes THE MUSIC LESSON BBC/2 Dancelines Directed by Peter Mumford 1989
Radio
Production Company Notes GLADLY MY CROSS EYED BEAR
SOFT FALL THE SOUNDS OF EDEN
SEA URCHINS
Television
Production Company Notes Wild Flowers Chanel Four FIlm Staring Beatie Edney 1989
Sound on Film Arts Council of England 1 episode (1997) 1995 - 2001
Theatre
Production Company Notes LU LAH LU LAH The Cheltenham Ladies' College Commission 2010
BROKEN HALLELUJAH Shell Connections 2006
THE GIRL WITH RED HAIR Bush Theatre & Royal Lyceum 2005
AFTER JULIET National Theare Comedians 1999
SEA URCHINS The Tron, Glasgow Directed by Irina Brown 1998 Also a radio play
BORDERS OF PARADISE Watford Palace Theatre Directed by Lou Stein 1995 Nominated for the Best Regional Play Award at the 1995 Writer’s Guild Awards
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Company Notes THE WINTER GUEST West Yorkshire Playhouse, then Commissioned by Alan Rickman and 1995 the Almeida Theatre Ruby Wax’s company Raw Produce in 1990 Directed by Alan Rickman
SHADES The Albery Directed by Simon Callow 1992 With Pauline Collins, then Patricia Hodge
ALL THINGS NICE Royal Court Theatre Commissioned by English Stage Co. 1991 Directed by Max Stafford-Clark
WHEN WE WERE WOMEN Cottesloe Theatre Later taken to 1989 Edinburgh 1988 Festival
THE BRAVE Bush Theatre Commission 1988
WHEN I WAS A GIRL I Bush Theatre, then Lyceum Evening Standard Award for Most USED TO SCREAM AND Theatre, Edinburgh and the Promising Playwright SHOUT Whitehall Theatre 1984
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected]