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No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible. - W H Auden

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English poet and dramatist

Born:21st February, 1907
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Starsign: Pisces

Author Keywords: Dramatist, Poet, English

Other Authors

Tom Stoppard, Terence, John Ford, Aristophanes, J B Priestley

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