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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
English author
Ben Elton
Ben Elton
British actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter and dramatist
Kenneth Lonergan
Kenneth Lonergan
American director
Danai Gurira
Danai Gurira
American actress
Tony Award winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
American playwright
Martin McDonagh
Martin McDonagh
British-Irish playwright and filmmaker
Jon Fosse
Jon Fosse
Norwegian author
Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson
English author
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
British novelist
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish writer
Voltaire
Voltaire
French philosopher and author
Molière
Molière
French dramatist
Niccolò Machiavelli
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian statesman and writer
Jean Racine
Jean Racine
French dramatist
Babel, Isaac
Isaac Babel
Russian author
Gabriel Marcel
Gabriel Marcel
French philosopher and author
Woody Allen
Woody Allen
American actor and director
D.H. Lawrence
D.H. Lawrence
English writer
T.S. Eliot
T.S. Eliot
American-English poet, playwright, and literary critic

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