Actors
- Amanda Burton - Actress, best known for her role as forensic pathologist Doctor (later Professor) "Sam Ryan" in the BBC crime drama series Silent Witness
- Roma Downey - Actress best known for her role as Monica, the main character of the religious TV series Touched by an Angel
- George Farquhar - Restoration dramatist
- Bronagh Gallagher - Actress/singer whose films include Pulp Fiction and The Commitments
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“... actors of the first water are not more plentiful than playwrights of genius.”
—Sarah Bernhardt (1845–1923)
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“I was thinking what an interesting concept it is to eliminate the writer from the artistic process. If we can just get rid of these actors and directors, maybe we got something here.”
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