Classically trained veteran actor
John Sharp was brought up in Liverpool, where he attended the Liverpool Institute, and was a contemporary of
Paul McCartney and
George Harrison. Later, he joined the Marlowe Society at Cambridge, appearing as Arviragus in a 1960 production of Cymbeline alongside
Ian McKellen,
Derek Jacobi and
Trevor Nunn.
Since then, he has been active in both acting and directing at some of the country's main Little Theatres; the People's Theatre in Newcastle, the Stockport Garrick and Southport Dramatic Club. In recent years he has created three stage scripts, a stage version of 'The Story of Oliver Twist,' a translation of Moliere's 'The Miser' and a compilation telling the story of the life of
Charles Dickens, all three of which have been performed.