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
Andrew Macdonald (poet) "snatch of a ballad" by Macdonald was quoted by Sir Walter Scott in chapter 11 of "Waverley" (1814). Two stanzas by the "ingenious and unhappy Andrew Macdonald" appear in chapter 21 of Scott's 1819 novel "A Legend of Montrose"; a German translation of the Macdonald verses provided Franz Schubert with the text for his song, "Lied der Anne Lyle" (D830, 1825). Joseph Haydn made an arrangement of another Macdonald song, "By the stream so cool and clear" ("St Kilda Song") (Hob. XXXIa, 19). Andrew Macdonald (poet) Andrew Macdonald (1757–1790), pen name Matthew Bramble, was a Scottish clergyman, poet and playwright.