Shaun Duggan
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Shaun Duggan | |
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| Born | 25 May 1970 Liverpool, England |
| Occupations | playwright; television writer |
| Years active | 1986+ |
| Notable work | Brookside EastEnders Jamie Johnson |
Shaun Duggan (born 1970) is a BAFTA and International Emmy nominated English writer based in the UK. He has repeatedly collaborated with Jimmy McGovern. He has written several plays and has worked extensively for television including Brookside (Channel 4), EastEnders (BBC1), and Jamie Johnson (CBBC).
Like McGovern, Duggan is associated with a realist tradition centring on documenting life in his home town of Liverpool. Born in Norris Green,[1] Duggan's writing career began at the age of 16, when his play William, inspired by The Smiths song "William, It Was Really Nothing", was produced at London's Royal Court Theatre Upstairs as part of their Young Writers' Festival, 1986.[1] Shaun was befriended by his hero, Morrissey, who also interviewed him about the play on Channel 4's The Tube.[1] Shaun continued to write other stage plays for the Liverpool Everyman and the Playhouse, including It's Nearly June, A Brusque Affair, All Lips and Sex; and Boy, (winner of the Liverpool Echo and Daily Post Best Writing Award), which went on a UK tour before transferring to the Lyric Studio, London. His play Drama Queen was produced in Liverpool for the Homotopia lesbian and gay arts festival as part of the city's Capital of Culture celebrations in 2008.[2]