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Also Known As Ts’ao Yü • Wan Jiabao
Born September 24, 1910 • Tianjin • China
Died December 13, 1996 (aged 86) • Beijing • China
Political Affiliation Chinese Communist Party
Notable Works “Peking Man” • “Thunderstorm” • “Tuibian” • “Yuanye”
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Lao She
Chinese author
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Tian Han
Chinese author
Gao Xingjian
Gao Xingjian
Chinese author and critic
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Xia Yan
Chinese author
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Qi Rushan
Chinese writer
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Xiong Foxi
Chinese playwright
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Zhang Junxiang
Chinese playwright and director
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Gao Ming
Chinese author
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Guan Hanqing
Chinese dramatist
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Hong Shen
Chinese dramatist
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Wang Shifu
Chinese dramatist
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Liang Chenyu
Chinese dramatist
Poet John Dryden
John Dryden
British author
Julie Taymor
Julie Taymor
American director, playwright, and costume designer
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Robert Lepage
Canadian writer, director, designer, and actor
Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht
German dramatist
Hofmannsthal, photograph by Thea Sternheim, 1911; in the Schiller-Nationalmuseum, Marbach, Ger.
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
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Millay, Edna St. Vincent
Edna St. Vincent Millay
American writer
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Robert Wilson
American playwright, director, and producer
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Sir William Davenant
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