Person
Mordaunt Shairp
Writing · 1887–1939
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mordaunt Shairp (13 March 1887 – 18 January 1939) 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 (premièred at St Martin's Theatre in London's West End on 25 January 1933 and also performed on Broadway) was originally controversial because of its gay subtext. Shairp also spent a short spell in Hollywood as a screenwriter. He died at Hastings.
Known for

The Barrier
Writer

The Dark Angel
Screenplay

The White Angel
Screenplay

Dark Secret
Novel
The Crime at Blossoms
Theatre Play
Filmography
- 1949Dark SecretNovel
- 1937The BarrierWriter
- 1936The White AngelScreenplay
- 1935The Dark AngelScreenplay
- 1933The Crime at BlossomsTheatre Play
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