Shaun Lawton

Shaun Lawton (born Sydney Shaun Lawton; 1941) is an English playwright, poet, actor and singer/songwriter. He was born in the former iron-ore mining village of New Marske, North Yorkshire. Lawton is probably best known for his Desperado Corner, which has been described as a sprawling, four-act, mad, wonderful play... about working class boys from Redcar standing in pools of piss swearing. Lawton showed the play to Di Trevis, who directed its premier in the Glasgow Citizens Theatre in 1981.Lawton later played film roles in Possession (1981), John Rabe (2009), and Anonymous (2011).

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