Shaun McKenna

Shaun McKenna (born 1957 in Maidstone, Kent) is an English dramatist, lyricist and screenwriter.

Shaun McKenna studied at Maidstone Grammar School and the University of Bristol (1975–78). He was an actor for a few years, then taught drama, and began writing in his late 20s. He married former actress and agent Jenny Hayes in 1985; she died in 2014. Shaun McKenna lives in West London.

Shaun McKenna's early theatre plays include Killing Camille (Paines Plough, Old Red Lion 1990, a rehearsed reading directed by Kathy Burke). He began an association with Michael Napier Brown at the Royal Theatre in Northampton for whom he adapted Richard Llewellyn's How Green Was My Valley (1990) in which Aled Jones made his acting debut, and R. F. Delderfield's To Serve Them All My Days (1992). He subsequently wrote a drama, Ruling Passions, which was presented at the Royal in 1995.

He wrote the book forBen Hur Live, based on the novel by Lew Wallace shown at the O2 arena in September 2009, and in a revised version at the Fiera di Roma, Rome in 2011.

In spring 2012 his stage adaptation of Charles Dance's screenplay for Ladies in Lavender, with Hayley Mills and Belinda Lang, toured the UK,. The production won five Broadway World UK Awards 2012, including Best Fringe or Regional Play, Best Director (Robin Lefevre), Best Actress in a Leading Role (Hayley Mills), Best Actress in a Featured Role (Belinda Lang)and Best Actor in a Featured Role (Robert Rees).

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