Sharman Macdonald at Aldeburgh with music by Deirdre Gribbin, and "Lu Lah, Lu Lah" (2010) commissioned for a young all-female cast and performed at the Cheltenham Ladies' College in Cheltenham. Macdonald is married to the actor Will Knightley. They have two children, Caleb and actress Keira Knightley. Sharman Macdonald Sharman Macdonald (born 8 February 1951) is a Scottish playwright, screenwriter, and actress. Macdonald was born in Glasgow, the daughter of Janet Rewat (née Williams) and Joseph Henry Hosgood MacDonald. She has Scottish and Welsh ancestry. Macdonald was educated at the University of Edinburgh, from which she graduated in 1972. She credits fellow
Robert David MacDonald Robert David MacDonald Robert David MacDonald (27 August 1929 – 19 May 2004) was a Scottish playwright, translator and theatre director. Born in Elgin, Scotland, and originally trained as a musician, Robert David MacDonald spent some years as a translator for UNESCO before becoming assistant director at Glyndebourne and the Royal Opera at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. In 1971, he became co-artistic director of the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow, until his retirement in May 2003. During that time, he directed fifty productions and wrote fifteen plays for the company including "The De Sade Show" (1975), "Chinchilla" (1977), "Summit Conference"