Nigel Stephen Mallatratt (15 June 1947, Mill Hill, London – 22 November 2004)[1] was an English playwright, television screenwriter and actor.
He is best known for his television work on the ITV series Coronation Street, The Forsyte Saga (2002) and Island at War (2004), and for his stage adaptation of the novel The Woman in Black which ran in the West End from 1989 to 2023.
[1] As a child, he was a pupil at Orange Hill Grammar School in Edgware where he excelled at drama, English, and swimming.
[3] His love of acting was sparked in his teenage years when watching a performance at the Watford Palace Theatre.
[5] While in Scarborough, he appeared in several productions, including Absent Friends, Bedroom Farce, The Breadwinners and The Brontes of Haworth, by Christopher Fry, in 1985.