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Sydney Shaun Lawton (born 1941 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]
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Sydney Shaun Lawton (born 1941 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]