Claim: Mrs Henderson Presents was written by a man.

For the actor also credited as Martin T. Sherman , see Martin Sherman -LRB- actor -RRB-   Martin Gerald Sherman -LRB- born December 22 , 1938 -RRB- is an American dramatist and screenwriter best known for his 20 stage plays which have been produced in over 55 countries . He rose to fame in 1979 with the production of his Pulitzer Prize-nominated play Bent , which explores the persecution of homosexuals during the Holocaust . Bent was a Tony nominee for Best Play in 1980 and won the Dramatists Guild 's Hull-Warriner Award . It has been produced in 35 countries and was adapted first by Sherman for a major motion picture in 1997 and later by independent sources as a ballet in Brazil . Sherman is an openly gay Jew , and many of his works dramatize `` outsiders , '' dealing with the discrimination and marginalization of minorities whether `` gay , female , foreign , disabled , different in religion , class or color . '' He has lived and worked in London since 1980 .