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Also Known As Dionysus Lardner Boursiquot
Born Dublin • Ireland
Died December 26, 1820 or December 26, 1822 • September 18, 1890 • New York City • New York
Notable Works “London Assurance”
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Howard Lindsay
American playwright
John Brougham
John Brougham
American dramatist and actor
Colum, Padraic
Padraic Colum
Irish-born American poet
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Micheál MacLiammóir
actor, scenic designer, and playwright
Macklin, detail from an engraving by John Condé, 1792
Charles Macklin
Irish actor and playwright
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Jason Miller
American actor and playwright
Woody Allen speaking into a microphone with hands raised beside his face during a press conference, against a red background.
Woody Allen
American director, writer, and actor
James Joyce wearing a dark suit, light tie, round glasses, and a hat, looking to the side outdoors in Zurich, Switzerland.
James Joyce
Irish author
T.S. Eliot stands at a chalkboard, writing a diagram with letters and Greek symbols representing characters for a play, in his office at the Institute for Advanced Study.
T.S. Eliot
American-English poet, playwright, and literary critic
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
Irish dramatist and critic
William Butler Yeats seated, wearing round glasses and a textured jacket, looking directly at the camera in a black and white portrait from around 1923.
William Butler Yeats
Irish author and poet
Henry James
Henry James
American writer
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Irish author
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Anglo-Irish playwright
W.H. Auden
W. H. Auden
British poet
Oliver Goldsmith, oil painting from the studio of Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1770; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Oliver Goldsmith
Anglo-Irish author
Tyler Perry wearing a black suit and white shirt, holding an award and posing in front of a step and repeat backdrop at CinemaCon in Las Vegas.
Tyler Perry
American playwright, actor, screenwriter, producer, and director
Danai Gurira poses holding her Screen Actors Guild Award trophy, wearing a white feathered dress, at the 25th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles.
Danai Gurira
American actress
Tracy Letts wearing a tuxedo and glasses, smiling and holding his Tony Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play, standing in front of a Tony Awards backdrop.
Tracy Letts
American actor and playwright
Portrait of Irish playwright Sean O'Casey wearing a suit and tie, looking slightly to the side against a dark background.
Sean O’Casey
Irish dramatist

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