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Playwrights – Tom Murphy O’TOOLE Peter 1932–2013 Irish actor and film star (Lawrence of Arabia) Bad Habits; Actors – O’Toole; Critical Abuse – actors OVID (Publius Ovidius Naso) 43 bc – ad 17 Latin poet Audiences PAAR, Jack 1918–2004 American comedian Oscar Levant PACK Major Richardson 1682–1728 English soldier and writer Playwrights – Wycherley PAGNOL Marcel 1895–1974 French playwright Broadway PALMER Lilli (Peiser) 1914–86 German-born actress working in UK and America G. B. Shaw PARKER Dorothy 1893–1967 American writer/humorist/ critic; member of the influential Algonquin Round Table group of critics Actors – Edith Evans; Critical Abuse – actors (Marion Davies); Critical Abuse – plays; Critics – Dorothy Parker; Epitaphs; First Nights; Oscar Wilde PATRICK David 1849–19i4 English writer and editor (Chambers Encyclopaedia of English Literature) Actors – Colley Cibber PEARSON Hesketh 1887–1964 British actor and biographer G. B. Tree PEMBERTON Brock 1886–1950 American writer Critics –A. Woollcott PEPYS Samuel 1633–1703 English diarist Actors – Nell Gtvynne; Shakespeare’s plays – Macbeth, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet PETAN Zarco 1929–2014 Slovenian theatre director Directors PINERO Sir Arthur Wing 1855–1934 English playwright (The Gay Lord Quex) Kean; Playwrights – Pinero PINTER Harold (Harold Da Pinta) 1930–2008 British playwright (The Birthday Party, No Man’s Land) Critical Abuse – plays; Playwrights – Pinter PIRANDELLO Luigi 1867–1936 Italian dramatist (Six Charactersin Search of an Author) Playwrights – Pirandello PLATO c. 427–fl. 347 bc Athenian philosopher, disciple of Socrates Playwrights – Aristophanes PLOWRIGHT Joan b. 1929 English actress. Third wife of Laurence Olivier Olivier PLUMMER Christopher b. 1929 202
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Canadian actor based in Hollywood Actors -Julie Andrews POLLOCK Channing 1880–1946 American playwright and critic Critics POPE Alexander 1688–1744 English poet and satirist Audiences; Garrick; Shakespeare PORTER Cole 1891–1964 American composer and lyricist Motivation; Shakespeare PORTMAN Eric 1903–69 British actor Star Quality; Technique POTTER John S. 1806–69 American actor-manager Finance PRIESTLEY J(ohn) B(oynton) 1894– 1984 English novelist and playwright (Dangerous Comer, When We Are Married) Actors PRITCHARD Hannah 1711–68 English actress Dedication PRYNNE William 1600–69 English Puritan pamphleteer Opprobrium QUAYLE Sir (John) Anthony 1913–89 British actor/director/ manager; director of the theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon 1948–56 Actors – Anthony Quayle QUAYLE Douglas 1904–57 British actor Advice; Epitaphs QUAYLE John b. 1938 British actor Advice QUILLEY Denis 1927–2003 British actor Critical Abuse – actors QUIN James 1693–1766 English tragedian of the declamatory school of acting Auditions QUINN Anthony 1915–2001 American actor Technique RACHEL (Elisa Felix) 1821–58 French tragedienne, famous for her interpretation of Racine’s Phedre Actors; – Rachel; Insults RATHBONE Basil 1892–1967 South African-born actor, famous in the role of Sherlock Holmes Actors – Basil Rathbone RATTIGAN Sir Terence 1911–79 English playwright (French Without Tears, The Winslow Boy) Audiences REDGRAVE Sir Michael 1908–85 English actor Olivier REDGRAVE Vanessa b. 1937 British actress, daughter of Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson. Holds radical political views Actors – Vanessa Redgrave; 203

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Playwrights – Tom Murphy O’TOOLE Peter 1932–2013

Irish actor and film star (Lawrence of Arabia) Bad Habits; Actors – O’Toole; Critical Abuse – actors OVID (Publius Ovidius Naso) 43

bc – ad 17 Latin poet Audiences

PAAR, Jack 1918–2004 American comedian Oscar Levant PACK Major Richardson

1682–1728 English soldier and writer Playwrights – Wycherley PAGNOL Marcel 1895–1974

French playwright Broadway PALMER Lilli (Peiser) 1914–86

German-born actress working in UK and America G. B. Shaw PARKER Dorothy 1893–1967

American writer/humorist/ critic; member of the influential Algonquin Round Table group of critics Actors – Edith Evans; Critical Abuse – actors (Marion Davies); Critical Abuse – plays; Critics – Dorothy Parker; Epitaphs; First Nights; Oscar Wilde PATRICK David 1849–19i4

English writer and editor (Chambers Encyclopaedia of English Literature) Actors – Colley Cibber

PEARSON Hesketh 1887–1964

British actor and biographer G. B. Tree PEMBERTON Brock 1886–1950

American writer Critics –A. Woollcott PEPYS Samuel 1633–1703

English diarist Actors – Nell Gtvynne; Shakespeare’s plays – Macbeth, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet PETAN Zarco 1929–2014

Slovenian theatre director Directors PINERO Sir Arthur Wing

1855–1934 English playwright (The Gay Lord Quex) Kean; Playwrights – Pinero PINTER Harold (Harold Da

Pinta) 1930–2008 British playwright (The Birthday Party, No Man’s Land) Critical Abuse – plays; Playwrights – Pinter PIRANDELLO Luigi 1867–1936

Italian dramatist (Six Charactersin Search of an Author) Playwrights – Pirandello PLATO c. 427–fl. 347 bc

Athenian philosopher, disciple of Socrates Playwrights – Aristophanes PLOWRIGHT Joan b. 1929

English actress. Third wife of Laurence Olivier Olivier PLUMMER Christopher b. 1929

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