Phillip Hayes Dean
Phillip Hayes Dean was an American stage actor and playwright.
Career
Dean won the Drama Desk Award for most promising playwright in the 1971-72 season for his play The Sty of the Blind Pig.His later play, Paul Robeson, aroused controversy upon its premiere in 1977 due to its depiction of Paul Robeson, which was criticized by Robeson’s family and other prominent intellectuals as a historically inaccurate portrait of the singer.