As well as original plays and stage adaptations, Shaun has written seven stage versions of Peter James novels.

MORE ABOUT THE PETER JAMES PLAYS

Plays

Murder Before Evensong

The quiet village of Champton St Mary is rocked when Anthony Bowness is found dead in the church - but that is just the beginning. The vicar, Rev Daniel Clement, joins forces with DS Neil Vanloo in Shaun and Paul Hart’s new stage version of Richard Coles’ popular cost crime novel.

Runs September - November 2026 at the Watermill Theatre, Newbury prior to a national tour.

The Forsyte Saga

“Now I know what my father did, I can never not know it.”

Co-written with Lin Coghlin and directed by Josh Roche.

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 - ran at the Park Theatre, London, October-December 2024 and the entire production movedto the RSC in Stratford upon Avon in the 2025/26 season.

A UK Tour begins in Spring 2028.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.