David Edgar was born on February 26, 1948 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England. He is a writer, known for Lady Jane (1986), The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs (1981) and Citizen Locke (1994).
He was awarded the 1986 Los Angeles Drama Circle Critics Award for Special Award for translating Dickens' literary classic into a stunning one-in-a-lifetime theatrical experience at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California.