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Also Known As Simon James Holliday Gray
Born October 21, 1936 • England
Died August 6, 2008 (aged 71) • London • England
Notable Works “Butley”
Fanny Kemble, detail from an engraving by A. Chappel after a painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1830.
Fanny Kemble
British actress
Graham Greene, 1982
Graham Greene
British author
Playwright Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett
British playwright
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Fay Weldon
British author
Richard Cumberland, detail of an oil painting by George Romney; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Richard Cumberland
British dramatist
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Michael Frayn
British author and translator
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Robin Maugham
British author
Grossmith, c. 1890
George Grossmith
British comedian
Jerome K. Jerome, c. 1890.
Jerome K. Jerome
English writer
Peter Ustinov
Peter Ustinov
English actor, director, writer, and humanitarian
Carol Ann Duffy
Carol Ann Duffy
British poet
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Alan Garner
British author
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Sir Peter Shaffer
British writer
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Anne Ridler
British writer
Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Ngugi wa Thiong’o
Kenyan writer
Athol Fugard (center)
Athol Fugard
South African dramatist, actor, and director
Behan
Brendan Behan
Irish author
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Timothy Findley
Canadian author
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Spike Milligan
Irish writer and comedian
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Compton Mackenzie
Scottish writer