Which of these playwrights was of Irish descent: Daphne du Maurier or James Hanley?
Daphne du Maurier Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning, DBE ( ; 13 May 1907 – 19 April 1989) was an English author and playwright.
Guy du Maurier Guy Louis Busson du Maurier DSO (18 May 1865, London, England – 9 Mar 1915, Kemmel, Flanders, Belgium) was an English army officer and playwright. He was the son of the writer George du Maurier and brother of Sylvia Llewelyn Davies and the actor Gerald du Maurier. He was educated at Marlborough and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and in 1885 became an officer in the Royal Fusiliers. He served in the Second Boer War, where he commanded a mounted infantry regiment, earning the Distinguished Service Order in 1902.