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Also Known As Miyomaru • Kan’ami Kiyotsugu • Kanze Kiyotsugu • Yūsaki Kiyotsugu
Born 1333 • Japan
Died June 8, 1384 (aged 51) • Japan
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Japanese nō dramatist
Komparu Zempō
Japanese nō dramatist
Mishima Yukio
Mishima Yukio
Japanese author
Zeami
Japanese playwright
Woody Allen
Woody Allen
American actor and director
Robert Lepage
Canadian writer, director, designer, and actor
Tyler Perry
Tyler Perry
American playwright, actor, screenwriter, producer, and director
Ben Elton
Ben Elton
British actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter and dramatist
Ernest F. Fenollosa
American orientalist and art critic
Ossie Davis
Ossie Davis
American actor and playwright
Peter Ustinov
Peter Ustinov
British actor, author, and director
Athol Fugard with John Kani and Winston Ntshona
Athol Fugard
South African dramatist, actor, and director
Noël Coward
Noël Coward
English playwright, actor, and composer
Dario Fo
Dario Fo
Italian author and actor
Girish Karnad
Indian author, actor, and film director
Micheál MacLiammóir
actor, scenic designer, and playwright
Alan Ayckbourn
Alan Ayckbourn
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Kola Ogunmola
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George M. Cohan.
George M. Cohan
American composer and dramatist
Utpal Dutt
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