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Born June 27, 1928 • Wakefield • England
Died August 8, 1980 (aged 52) • Haifa • Israel
Notable Works “The Governor’s Lady”
Mike Leigh smiles while wearing a dark suit and bow tie at the 81st Academy Awards in Hollywood.
Mike Leigh
British writer and director
Ben Elton
Ben Elton
British actor, writer, and comedian
David Hare wearing a dark jacket and shirt, looking at the camera with a slight smile, against a blurred background.
David Hare
British playwright and director
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Alun Owen
British dramatist
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Michael Frayn
British author and translator
A lobby card for A Taste of Honey
Shelagh Delaney
British dramatist
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Harold Pinter
British dramatist
Peter Ustinov
Peter Ustinov
English actor, director, writer, and humanitarian
P.G. Wodehouse sits at a desk with a typewriter, holding a pipe and looking at papers, in his Paris home in 1945.
P.G. Wodehouse
British author
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Robert Bolt
English playwright and screenwriter
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R.C. Sherriff
British writer
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Simon Raven
English writer
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Errol John
British actor and playwright
Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl
British author
John Osborne
John Osborne
British playwright and screenwriter
Tom Stoppard wearing a dark suit, blue checkered shirt, and green tie, looking at the camera against a dark background.
Tom Stoppard
Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter
Playwright Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett
British playwright
Julian Fellowes in a pinstripe suit and tie stands in front of an Oscar statue at the 2009 Governors Awards in Hollywood, California.
Julian Fellowes
British actor, producer, novelist, and screenwriter
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David Storey
British writer
Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby
British writer