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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
Graham Greene
British author
Playwright Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett
British playwright
Fay Weldon
British author
Richard Cumberland, detail of an oil painting by George Romney; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Richard Cumberland
British dramatist
Michael Frayn
British author and translator
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
British actor, author, and director
Carol Ann Duffy
Carol Ann Duffy
British poet
Alan Garner
British author
Sir Peter Shaffer
British writer
Anne Ridler
British writer
Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Ngugi wa Thiong’o
Kenyan writer
Athol Fugard with John Kani and Winston Ntshona
Athol Fugard
South African dramatist, actor, and director
Behan
Brendan Behan
Irish author
Timothy Findley
Canadian author
Spike Milligan
Irish writer and comedian
Compton Mackenzie
Scottish writer