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].