Ewan MacColl

Ewan MacColl (born Jan. 25, 1915, Auchterarder, Scot.—died Oct. 22, 1989, London, Eng.) was a British singer, songwriter, and playwright. MacColl’s parents were singers and taught him many folk songs. He left school at 14, taking a variety of blue-collar jobs and working as a singer and actor. In 1945 he and Joan Littlewood founded Theatre Workshop; he was the company’s artistic director until 1953 and wrote a number of plays for it. MacColl was...