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Ben Elton
Ben Elton (born 1959)

actor, comedian, playwright, lyricist, stand-up comedian, film actor, film director, stage actor, television actor, director, film producer

  • University of Manchester, Victoria University of Manchester

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Blast from the past
Blast from the Past
Popcorn
Gridlock
This other Eden
High society
Chart Throb
Inconceivable
Gasping
Dead Famous
Stark
Meltdown
Black-Adder
Silly cow
Past Mortem
Time and Time Again
The First Casualty
Blind faith
The Gospel According to Ben Elton
"Blackadder"
The Man from Auntie (Canned Laughter)
Very Live
Ben Elton
Ben Elton Omnibus
Blackadder Goes Forth
Ben Elton Very Live Tour De For
Ben Elton Collection
Ben Elton Live
Blackadder the Third
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
The Blackadder Collection
Two Brothers / Dva brata
Blackadder the Third
Blackadder II
We Will Rock You
The Man from Auntie
Motormouth and Motorvation
Plays
Seitensprünge
Identity Crisis
Ben Elton Live
Bachelor Boys
Hartstikke beroemd
Filth!
Devine qui vient mourir ce soir?
Ben Elton Plays
Devine qui vient mourir ce soir ?
Un Nuevo Eden
Boem!
Kalt erwischt
Ben for Ten a d/Bx24 2 For 10
Ben Elton Mixed X36 D/B
Very Live, Tour De Force 1993
Doris Darling
Upstart Crow
Maybe Baby
Blackadder Goes Forth
Elton Plays : 1
Steve Martin
Steve Martin (born 1945)

television actor, film actor, comedian, street artist, film producer, musician, banjoist, playwright, voice actor, performing artist, art collector

  • University of California, Los Angeles, California State University, Long Beach

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Shopgirl
Shopgirl
Shopgirl
Shopgirl
Pure drivel
Born standing up
The alphabet from A to Y with bonus letter, Z!
The pleasure of my company
The underpants
Pleasure of My Company, The
An object of beauty
Picasso at the Lapin Agile
Picasso at the Lapin Agile and Other Plays
Cruel shoes
L.A. story
The Idea of North: The Paintings of Lawren Harris
A Wealth of Pigeons
Fresh Air with Terry Gross
Late for School
Pure Drivel
The Pleasure of My Company Low Price
Housesitter
The ten, make that nine, habits of very organized people. Make that ten
An Object of Beauty
Untitled Celadon Nonfiction Fall 2022
El Placer De Mi Compania
Wasp and other plays
Meteor Shower
An Object of Beauty
Eric Fischl 1970-2000
Shopgirl (Narrativa Circe)
Kindly lent their owner
The Jerk
Blanker Unsinn
Shopgirl
The Crow New Songs For The Fivestring Banjo
The Jerk
Lichtenstein Remembered
Bright Star Songbook
Annie Leibovitz SUMO
So Many Steves
Shopgirl
Number One Is Walking
Pleasure of My Company
Pure Drivel
Born Standing Up
Pure Drivel
Shopgirl Proof
Ten, Make That Nine, Habits of Very Organized People. Make That Ten.
Born Standing Up
Su Annie Leibovitz - David Byrne
THE ATTORNEY
Pleasure of My Company
Born Standing Up
Picasso at the Lapin Agile and Other Plays
L.A. story
Wealth of Pigeons
Su Annie Leibovitz - Keith Haring
Born Standing Up
Underpants
Su Annie Leibovitz - Patti Smith
Pure Drivel
The Spanish Prisoner [DVD]
Picasso at the Lapin Agile and Other Plays
Bringing Down The House
Wasp, A Play in One Act
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Bright Star
Cruel Shoes
The pleasure of my company
Shopgirl
The Underpants
Su Annie Leibovitz - W. Goldberg
Effets indésirables
The Alphabet from A to Y With Bonus Letter Z!
The long-awaited album
Gene Wilder
Gene Wilder (1933-2016)

actor, film director, comedian, television actor, film producer, stage actor, diarist, director

  • University of Iowa, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

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My French Whore
The Woman Who Wouldn't
Something to remember you by
What is this thing called love?
Kiss Me Like a Stranger
Young Frankenstein
Kiss Me Like a Stranger
Young Frankenstein
The woman in red
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Mo︠i︡a fran︠t︡suzska︠i︡a shl︠i︡ushka
Louise Rennison
Louise Rennison (1951-2016)

comedian, journalist

  • University of Brighton, Leeds East Academy

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Dancing in My Nuddy-Pants
Love Is a Many Trousered Thing (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson)
'Let the Snog Fest Begin!'
Stop in the name of pants!
…Startled by his furry shorts!
Luuurve is a many trousered thing...
Dancing in My Nuddy-Pants
Dancing in My Nuddy-Pants!
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging
On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God
Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas
Away Laughing on a Fast Camel
William Again
Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers
Midnight Feast
"...and That's When It Fell Off in My Hand" (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson)
Startled by His Furry Shorts (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson)
A Midsummer Tights Dream
Are these my basoomas I see before me?
Stop in the name of pants!
Confessions of Georgia Nicolson
Startled by his furry shorts
Dancing in my nuddy-pants
Wild Girls Wild Boys Wild Tights
Away laughing on a fast camel
Luuurve Is A Many Trousered Thing Fab New Confessions Of Georgia Nicolson
A Midsummer Tights Dream
Then he ate my boy entrancers
Love is a many trousered thing
Fab Confessions Of Georgia Nicolson
It's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers (Confessions of Georgia Nicolsn)
Stop in the name of pants!
Stop in the Name of Pants! (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson, Book 9)
Withering tights
Withering tights
It's OK, I'm wearing really big knickers!
A Midsummer Tights Dream
Startled By His Furry Shorts
Faldas cortas o piernas largas
The taming of the tights
Dancing In My Nuddypants Youll Laugh Your Knickers Off
Further confessions of Georgia Nicolson
The Taming Of The Tights
And that's when it fell off in my hand
Knocked Out By My NungaNungas Confessions of Georgia Nicolsn
Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas
It's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers! (Angus)
Fab Confessions of Georgia Nicolson 5 and 6
The Confessions of Georgia Nicolson (Confessions of Georgia Nicolsn)
Mon Nez, Mon Chat, L'Amour¹Et Et... Moi
Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me? (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson)
It's OK. I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers!
Withering Tights
Fab confessions of Georgia Nicolson
Amooorrr es cosa de muchos
Menudo lío de chicos
" ... then he ate my boy entrancers"
Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas (rack) (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson)
'Startled by his furry shorts!'
Fabbity-Fab! A Big Box of Georgia (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson)
'Then he ate my boy entrancers'
Angus, thongs and perfect snogging
'Are these my basoomas I see before me?'
Abran Paso a MIS Nunga-Nungas
Stop in the Name of Pants (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson)
Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson
Confessions of Georgia Nicolson 8 Luuurve is a Many Trousered Thing
Fab confessions of Georgia Nicholson
Taming of the Tights
Mon nez, mon chat, l'amour... et moi
Luuurve is a many trousered thing
Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas
Startled by His Furry Shorts
Außer Kussweite. cbt. Neue Bekenntnisse der Georgia Nicolson
Away Laughing on a Fast Camel
Love Is a Many Trousered Thing
Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers
Bailando en Mis Bragas Invisibles
Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me?
Le Bonheur Est Au Bout De L'Elastique
Retour à la case égouttoir de l'amour
Then he ate my boy entrancers
Cachas de los Shorts Peludos
LA Mia Vita E UN Disastro
Are theses my basoomas I see before me?
Dancing in My Nuddy Pants (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson)
Frontalknutschen
Fabbity-fab journal
Le Journal intime de Georgia Nicolson, volume 4
On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God
Frontalknutschen. Die Bekenntnisse der Georgia Nicolson
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging
Withering Tights
Entre mes nunga-nungas mon coeur balance
Are these my basoomas I see before me?
Confessions of Georgia Nicolson
Džiunglių karštligės šokis
Mi gato Angus, el primer morreo y el plasta de mi padre
Startled by his furry shorts!
Midsummer Tights Dream
Entre Mes Nunga-Nungas Mon Coeur Balance
Stop in the Name of Pants!
Komm Knutschen! cbt
Le Journal intime de Georgia Nicolson, tome 2
Cachondismo Cosmico y las Brasas del Amor
Georgias Book Of Wisdomosity
Withering Tights with Bonus Material
Sono disperata e nessuno se ne cura!
Op zoek naar Masimo
Le coup passa si près que le félidé fit un écart
Komm Knutschen. Weitere Bekenntnisse der Georgia Nicolson
Angus, stringi i przytulanki
Un gus vaut mieux que deux tu l'auras
Außer Kussweite. Neue Bekenntnisse der Georgia Nicolson
Louise Rennison (Confessions of Georgia Nicolsn)
Hoorntjes, hamburgers en harige billen
Mi Gato Angus, El Primer Morreo Y El Pasta
Kiwi's, kanjers en giga-onderbroeken
Questa Casa E UN Manicomio! E Io Sono Chiusa Dentro
Kuss und Schluss
Craig Ferguson
Craig Ferguson (born 1962)

television actor, film actor, film director, television presenter, stand-up comedian, voice actor, aircraft pilot, drummer

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Between the bridge and the river
American on purpose
Riding the Elephant
Dernière sortie avant l'autoroute
Saving Grace
Keith Allen
Keith Allen (born 1953)

actor, comedian, television presenter, film director, musician, film actor, television actor

  • Brentwood School

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Is She Yours?
Grow Up
Evolution and the fossil record
A Naive Realist Theory of Colour
Evolution and the fossil record
The Yoga Fix
Causation and Modern Philosophy
Grow Up
101 Of the World's Most Effective Pick-Up Lines
Causation and Modern Philosophy
Quantum Mechanics, Imaging and Other Technologies
A fairer hearing
Popov's Parade
Evergreen
On the Brink of Belonging
Festivals mean business
World Class Letting Agent
Wings over Washington
My Advent Nativity Press-Out-And-Play Book
Max Beerbohm
Max Beerbohm (1872-1956)

caricaturist, poet, essayist, watercolorist, painter, literary critic, illustrator, journalist, comedian, drawer

  • University of Oxford, Charterhouse School

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Zuleika Dobson, or, An Oxford love story
Yet again
Antología de la literatura fantástica
Rossetti and his circle
A Christmas garland
The happy hypocrite
The works of Max Beerbohm
Seven men and two others
Seven men
Max in verse
Max Beerbohm 1872-1956
And Even Now
Around theatres
Lytton Strachey
Letters of Max Beerbohm, 1892-1956
Last theatres, 1904-1910
Caricatures of twenty-five gentlemen
The incomparable Max
Max and Will
Beerbohm's literary caricatures
Mainly on the air
Cyrano de Bergerac and related readings
Zulieka Dobson
A survey
Max's nineties
Around Theaters 1898 1903
The Early Works
Prince of Minor Writers
A peep into the past
A defence of cosmetics
More
The incomparable Max;
A peep into the past, and other prose pieces
Fifty caricatures
Laravel
Watercolors and drawings by "the incomparable Max"
More theatres
Catalogue of a memorial exhibition of drawings by Sir Max Beerbohm (1872-1956)
The Bodley Head Max Beerbohm
Arduino Programming
Herbert Beerbohm Tree, some memories of him and of his art
Heroes and heroines of Bitter sweet
More theatres, 1898-1903
Max Beerbohm
The poet's corner
Collected Works of Max Beerbohm
Happy Hypocrite and Other Pieces
Dressing Gowns and Glue
Works and More
A. V. Laider
Sept personnages
A book of caricatures
The Importance of Being Earnest, an Authoritative Text Edition of a Great Play (Avon Theater Library)
Short Works
React
Optitles Woolf Triad Titles
Cartoons
Things new and old
Enoch Soames
Letters to Reggie Turner
Catalogue of caricatures by Max Beerbohm
Max in retrospect
A Stranger in Venice
Feasibility Study and Business Plan
A variety of things
James Pethel
Mainly on the air
Arduino Programming
Around theatres
MAINLY ON THE AIR A NEW BOOK OF ESSAYS AND BROADCASTS BY THE AUTHOR OF SEVEN MEN, AROUND THEATRES, ZULEIKA DOBSON, AND CHRISTMAS GARLAND
More
WordPress
Mainly on the air
Rossetti and his circle
Magento
Crimen y Otros Textos Seleccionados
Works of Max Beerbohm
More
Around Theatres, Vol. 1
A. V. Laider
Selected Prose
Ruby on Rails
T. Fenning Dodworth
MAINLY ON THE AIR/MAX BEERBOHM
Cartoons, "The second childhood of John Bull"
The fetish of speed
And even now
Go for Beginners
Flask Programming
Works of Max Beerbohm
Leaves from the garland
Catalogue of another exhibition of caricatures
Max's nineties
Fifty caricatures
And even now ; and, A Christmas garland
The mote in the middle distance
Tableau Public
Arduino Language Reference
Modern Essays
Bootstrap 4
Even Now (Essay Index Rep. Series)
More
Suleika Dobson
Fifty Caricatures
C# in Unity
Selected Essays
Works of Max Beerbohm
A luncheon
Collected Works of Max Beerbohm
Two glimpses of Andrew Lang
A selection from Around Theatres
Max's Nineties, Drawings 1892-1899
Defence of Cosmetics
Defence of Cosmetics
Refactoring
Asp. net
Max Beerbohm's letters to Reggie Turner
Fifty Caricatures
A variety of things [microform]
Max in verse
Python Programming
TypeScript
Fifty Caricatures
Selected prose
Enoch Soames
Catalogue of an exhibition entitled "Ghosts."
Hipocrita Feliz, El
A book of caricature
Around Theatres
Works and More
A Defence of Cosmetics
More Theatres 1898-1930
The Modern Theater (Volume 6)
Aubrey Beardsley
Mainly on the Air
The Incomparable Max
Express. js
Xamarin
Max Beerbohm and Arthur Conan Doyle
Works of Max Beerbohm
First meetings
A Morris for May-Day
Visual C#. NET
The works of Max Beerbohm,
Letters, 1892-1956 (Oxford Letters & Memoirs)
Django
The Works of Max Beerbohm
Roots of Brexit
A peep into the past
Collected verse
The guerdon
The incomparable Max
The guerdon
Mainly on the Air
Rossetti and his Circle
Mainly on the air
Around theatres
Bash Scripting
Catalogue of another exhibition of caricatures by Max Beerbohm
Letters, 1892-1956
And even now, and A Christmas garland (A Dutton Everyman paperback)
Catalogue of the Philip Guedalla collection of caricatures by Sir Max Beerbohm ... Leicester Galleries ... London, September-October, 1945
The Incomparable Max
Cordova 9 Programming
Dickens and Christmas, as George Moore might well have described them
Kipling's entire
Caricatures by Max
Understanding JQuery
Works and More by Max Beerbohm (1952-12-05)
More Theatres
Max Beerbohm's letters to Reggie Turner
Observations
Alan Parsons' book
Triumph of Feminism
Before Buying
And Even Now and a Christmas Garland
Kotlin for Android Developers
R for Data Science
The dreadful dragon of Hay Hill
Six stories
Not that I would boast
Works
A variety of things
"In homes unblest"
The happy byprocrite
Last theatres
An introduction
"Savonarola" Brown
Max Beerbohm and H. Crouch Batchelor
Selected essays
Fifty caricatures
Leaves from the garland
Takeshi Kitano
Takeshi Kitano (born 1947)

film director, actor, television presenter, comedian, producer, painter, director

  • Meiji University

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