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Zhang Junxiang

Chinese playwright and director

Xia Yan

Chinese author

Xiong Foxi

Chinese playwright

Woody Allen

American director, writer, and actor

Martin McDonagh

British-Irish playwright and filmmaker

Julie Taymor

American director, playwright, and costume designer

Robert Lepage

Canadian writer, director, designer, and actor

Tyler Perry

American playwright, actor, screenwriter, producer, and director

Aaron Sorkin

American writer and producer

Ben Elton

British actor, writer, and comedian

Utpal Dutt

Indian actor, director, writer, playwright

Jean Cocteau

French poet and artist

Joshua Logan

American director and producer

Garson Kanin

American writer and director

David Mamet

American author

Girish Karnad

Indian author, actor, and film director

Tom Stoppard

Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter

Ossie Davis

American actor and playwright

Peter Ustinov

English actor, director, writer, and humanitarian

Athol Fugard

South African dramatist, actor, and director