John Arden: Quick Facts

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Born	October 26, 1930 • Barnsley • England
Died	March 28, 2012 (aged 81) • Galway • Ireland
Notable Works	novel • “All Fall Down” • “Left-Handed Liberty” • “Live Like Pigs” • “Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance” • “The Happy Haven” • “The Island of the Mighty” • “The Life of Man” • “The Non-Stop Connolly Cycle” • “The Workhouse Donkey” • “Waters of Babylon”

Tom Stoppard wearing a dark suit, blue checkered shirt, and green tie, looking at the camera against a dark background.

Tom Stoppard

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British dramatist

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D.H. Lawrence

English writer

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Henry James

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Roald Dahl

British author

Graham Greene, 1982

Graham Greene

British author

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Harold Pinter

British dramatist

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Zadie Smith

British author

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John Galsworthy

British writer

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Peter Ustinov

English actor, director, writer, and humanitarian

Noël Coward

Noël Coward

English playwright, actor, and composer

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English poet

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W. Somerset Maugham

British writer

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British dramatist

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Caryl Churchill

British playwright

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A.A. Milne

British author

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P.G. Wodehouse

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John Mortimer, c. 1971.

Sir John Mortimer

British writer and lawyer