"I think the greatest short story writer of all time was Somerset Maugham, " he said, expressing admiration for English dramatist and writer.

CNN: Life on the Straight Talk Express: All McCain, all of the time

Mr Marnham lists some of her lovers Peter Hope, Norman Pearson, John Montagu-Pollock, John Platts-Mills, Heinz Ziegler, Raymond Lee, Robert d'Alsace but there were plenty more, ending with Robert Bolt, an English playwright and dramatist, when she was in her late 60s and a widow.

ECONOMIST: English heroines

Chameroy says he knows there are people who'll be upset by the pairing of the greatest dramatist in the English language with a pop band.

NPR: Barenaked Ladies Meet Shakespeare

The opportunity to work with dialogue written by Stoppard, whom Hall calls the "greatest living dramatist in the English language, " was a major draw for the actor, as was her appreciation for Ford Madox Ford, who wrote the novel on which the miniseries is based.

WSJ: Rebecca Hall: Starlet for a New Age

His translations introduced the English to Jean Anouilh, a French dramatist whom they came to like much better than himself.

ECONOMIST: Christopher Fry