Shaun Lawton

Sydney Shaun Lawton (born 1941 - died 31 August 2025) in New Marske, North Riding of Yorkshire) is an English playwright, poet, actor and singer/songwriter. 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'.^[1] Lawton showed the play to Di Trevis, who directed its premier in the Glasgow Citizens Theatre in 1981.^[2][3][4]

Lawton later played film roles in Possession (1981),^[5] John Rabe (2009),^[6] and Anonymous (2011).^[7]