Mordaunt Shairp
Mordaunt Shairp was an English dramatist and screenwriter born at Totnes.
Educated at St Paul's School, London, and Lincoln College, Oxford, he spent much of his life as a schoolmaster in London and wrote many plays for pupils to perform. His adult plays dealt with darker interpersonal relationships and The Green Bay Tree was originally controversial because of its gay subtext.
Shairp also spent a short spell in Hollywood as a screenwriter. He died at Hastings.Selective filmography
