Diana Morgan

Mary Diana Morgan (29 May 1908 – 9 December 1996) was a Welsh playwright, screenwriter and novelist, mostly associated with her work for Ealing Studios as Diana Morgan. She was married to fellow screenwriter Robert MacDermot. Career Mary Diana Morgan was born in Cardiff, Wales on 29 May 1908. She studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Her London stage debut was in Noël Coward's Cavalcade at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in 1931. On 8 September 1934, she married Robert MacDermot Barbour (born 1910 in Poona, India), who would become Head of BBC TV Drama in 1948. They had a son, Richard Morgan Derry MacDermot Barbour. After their marriage, they began writing as a partnership. Their early work was for the London stage and included a full revue in 1938 at the London Hippodrome, Black and Blue, starring Frances Day, Vic Oliver and Max Wall.