As well as original plays and stage adaptations, Shaun has written six stage versions of Peter James novels.
Plays
The Forsyte Saga
“Now I know what my father did, I can never not know it.”
Co-written with Lin Coghlin.
A contemporary reworking of the classic Galsworthy family saga about Englishness, ownership, love and how we become what we are. The two plays - Part 1: Irene and Part 2: Fleur - run at the Park Theatre, London, October-December 2024.
Exhibitionists
Co-written with Andrew Van Sickle.
A dazzling new romantic comedy about sex, happiness and freedom set in the San Francisco art world. When ex-partners Robbie and Conor collide at an exhibition, sparks fly and their new boyfriends are caught in the blast.
Officially opened the new King’s Head Theatre in Islington in January 2024.
The Paradine Case
A brand new adaptation of Robert Hitchens’ courtroom drama, famously filmed by Alfred Hitchcock. Did Ingrid Paradine murder her husband? All might be well until her defence counsel falls in love with her.
Touring the UK in 2024.
Rocky Road
What can be forgiven? What is beyond forgiveness? In this intense two-handed 2021 thriller, a woman confronts the man who once hurt her and finds that revenge is by no means as straightforward as she expects it to be.
Ladies in Lavender
When young Polish violinist Andrea is washed ashore on a Cornish beach, the middle-aged Widdington sisters save his life and nurse him back to health. Ursula develops feelings for the young man and, once he is up and about again, has to come to terms with his talent and his future plans.
Ruling Passions
Based on an 1847 French murder case, this intriguing thriller centres on a naive young governess entering the house of the glamorous Duc de Praslin and his notoriously difficult wife.
How Green Was My Valley
Adapted from Richard Llewellyn’s classic story of Huw Morgan and his family, the epic drama is set in the Welsh coalfields at the turn of the twentieth century.
To Serve Them All My Days
Adapted from RF Delderfield’s classic novel, this tells the story of Davy Powlett Jones, injured in one war, learning how to find himself again as he takes a position at a small school, miles from anywhere.