Robin Hawdon

Robin Hawdon (born 28 March 1939)[1] is an English playwright and novelist, with previous additional careers as actor and theatre director.

[3] His career as an actor was first established with seasons at Chesterfield,[4] York, Guildford[5] and Bristol Old Vic[6] repertory theatres, and in London's West End in a variety of roles including Roar Like A Dove (Phoenix), The Last Joke (Phoenix), The Easter Man (title role - Globe), Misalliance (Royal Court), One Over The Eight (Duke of Yorks).

[2] His writing career began in the early 1960s with plays produced at the Hampstead Theatre, and The King's Lynn and Salzburg Festivals, and with a nationwide tour of The Hero starring Roy Dotrice.

His first large commercial success was with the comedy The Mating Game,[12] which had a long run at London's Apollo Theatre and played in over 30 countries around the world.

[31] His play, "The Lion & The Unicorn', about an extraordinary encounter between Winston Churchill and Neville Chamberlain at the start of World War II, was premiered at Theatre Royal Winchester in October 2024, and then planned for further production in 2025.

After graduating from RADA he lived in London for twenty years, after which he decided to curtail his acting career and concentrate on writing, and he and his family moved to Bath, Somerset.