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Born June 27, 1928 • Wakefield • England
Died August 8, 1980 (aged 52) • Haifa • Israel
Notable Works “The Governor’s Lady”
Robert Bolt
English playwright and screenwriter
British writer and director Mike Leigh.
Mike Leigh
British writer and director
Ben Elton
Ben Elton
British actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter and dramatist
David Hare
David Hare
British playwright and director
Alun Owen
British dramatist
Michael Frayn
British author and translator
A lobby card for A Taste of Honey
Shelagh Delaney
British dramatist
Harold Pinter
British dramatist
Noël Coward
Noël Coward
English playwright, actor, and composer
P.G. Wodehouse, 1945.
P.G. Wodehouse
British author
R.C. Sherriff
British writer
Simon Raven
English writer
Errol John
British actor and playwright
John Osborne
John Osborne
British playwright and screenwriter
Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl
British author
Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard
British writer
Playwright Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett
British playwright
Peter Ustinov
Peter Ustinov
British actor, author, and director
Julian Fellowes
Julian Fellowes
British actor, producer, novelist, and screenwriter
David Storey
British writer