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Also Known As Hsiung Fo-hsi • Xiong Fuxi
Born December 4, 1900 • Fengcheng • China
Died October 26, 1965 (aged 64) • Shanghai • China
Notable Works “Chutou jian’er” • “Guodu” • “Tuhu”
Ames, Winthrop
Winthrop Ames
American theatrical producer and director
Fiske, Harrison Grey: The Privateer
Harrison Grey Fiske
American playwright, theatrical manager, and journalist
Zhang Junxiang
Chinese playwright and director
Hong Shen
Chinese dramatist
David Garrick as Richard III
David Garrick
English actor, poet, and producer
Robert Lepage
Canadian writer, director, designer, and actor
Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht
German dramatist
Tyler Perry
Tyler Perry
American playwright, actor, screenwriter, producer, and director
Umeki, Miyoshi; Buttons, Red: Sayonara
Joshua Logan
American director and producer
Aaron Sorkin
Aaron Sorkin
American writer and producer
Peter Ustinov
Peter Ustinov
British actor, author, and director
Noël Coward
Noël Coward
English playwright, actor, and composer
Tony Richardson
Tony Richardson
British director and producer
Sir William Davenant
English writer
Marcel Paul Pagnol
French author and director
Nemirovich-Danchenko, Vladimir Ivanovich
Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko
Russian author and theatrical director
Michel Saint-Denis
French director
Micheál MacLiammóir
actor, scenic designer, and playwright
Thomas William Robertson
British playwright
Talma, lithograph by G. Engelmann
François-Joseph Talma
French actor and theatrical manager