List of notable playwrights. A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or drama. ...

See also Literature; Drama; List of playwrights by nationality and date of birth; Lists of authors Old book bindings at the Merton College library. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... Dramatists listed in chronological order by country and language: See also: List of playwrights; Lists of writers // Austria See also: List of German language playwrights; List of German language authors; List of Austrian writers (1839-1889) Ludwig Anzengruber (1863-1934) Hermann Bahr (1866-1945) Richard Beer-Hofmann (1885-1969) Franz... The following are lists of authors and writers: // By name A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – W – X – Y – Z By type of writing or genre List of biographers List of childrens literature...

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A

Ab-Al

• George Abbott (1887-1995) (United States)
• Kjeld Abell (1901-1961) (Denmark)
• Marcel Achard (1899-1974) (France)
• Herbert Achternbusch
• Adam de la Halle (ca. 1237-ca. 1288) (France)
• Arthur Adamov (1908-1970) (France)
• Joseph Addison (1672-1719) (England)
• George Ade (1866-1944) (United States)
• Aeschylus, (ca. 525 B.C.-456 B.C.) (Greece)
• Aleksandr Nikolayevich Afinogenov (1904-1941) (Russia)
• Agathon
• Demetrio Aguilera-Malta
• Leopold Ahlsen (born 1927) (Germany)
• Ama Ata Aidoo
• Étienne Aignan
• George L. Aiken (1830-1876) (United States)
• Zoe Akins
• Vasily Pavlovich Aksyonov
• Juan Ruiz de Alarcón y Mendoza
• Edward Albee (born 1928) (United States)
• Rafael Alberti (1902-1999) (Spain)
• James Albery
• Vasile Alecsandri (1821-1890) (Romania)
• Alonso Alegría
• Vittorio Alfieri (1749-1803) (Italy)
• William Alfred (1922-1999) (United States)
• Jay Presson Allen (1922-2006) (United States)
• Alejandro Rodriguez Alvarez {redirect to Alejandro Casona}
• Serafin and Joaquin Alvarez Quintero [Serafin (1871-1938) and Joaquin (1873-1944)] (Spain)
• Andrei Alekseevich Amalrik
• Franco Ambriz Brooklyn, New York
• Angelo Ambrogini {redirect to Angelo Poliziano}
• Denis Amiel (1884-1977) (France)

George Abbott (June 25, 1887 - January 31, 1995) was a theatre producer and director, playwright, screenwriter, and film director and producer whose career spanned more than seven decades. ... Kjeld Abell (25 August 1901 - 5 March 1961) is a Danish playwright and theatrical designer. ... Marcel Achard (July 5, 1899 – September 4, 1974) was a French playwright and script writer. ... Herbert Achternbusch (born November 23, 1938) is a German writer, painter and filmmaker. ... Adam de la Halle (also known as Adam le Bossu (Adam the Hunchback) 1237?-1288) was a French-born trouvère, poet and musician, who broke with the long-established tradition of writing liturgical poetry and music to be an early founder of secular theater in France. ... Arthur Adamov (1908 - 1970) was a playwright, one of the foremost exponents of the Theatre of the Absurd. ... Joseph Addison, the Kit-cat portrait, circa 1703–1712, by Godfrey Kneller. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... Kate Martin(February 9, 1866 - May 16, 1944) was an American writer, newspaper columnist, and playwright. ... This article is about the ancient Greek playwright. ... Alexander Nikolayevich Afinogenov (Russian: Александр Николаевич Афиногенов) (March 22 (N.S. April 4), 1904, Skopin - October 29, 1941, Moscow) was a Russian playwright. ... Agathon (c. ... Ama Ata Aidoo is a Ghanian author and playwright who was born Christina Ama Aidoo in Abeadzi Kyiakor in 1942. ... Étienne Aignan (April 9, 1773 - June 21, 1824) was a French translator, political writer, librettist and playwright born in Beaugency-sur-Loire. ... George Aiken (1830-1876) was a nineteenth century American playwright and actor who is best known for writing the most popular of the numerous stage adaptations of Harriet Beecher Stowes Uncle Toms Cabin. ... Zoe Akins (born October 30, 1886; died October 29, 1958) was an American playwright. ... Vassily Aksyonov is a Russian novelist who began his career in the Soviet era. ... Juan Ruiz de Alarcón y Mendoza (1581? - August 4, 1639), was a Mexican dramatist. ... Edward Albee, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1961 Edward Franklin Albee III (born March 12, 1928) is an American playwright known for works including Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Zoo Story, and The Sandbox. ... Rafael Alberti Rafael Alberti (El Puerto de Santa María,16 December 1902 - El Puerto de Santa María,28 October 1999) was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of 27. ... James Albery (May 4, 1838 –August 15, 1889), English dramatist, was born in London. ... Vasile Alecsandri Vasile Alecsandri, (21 July 1821-22 August 1890) was a Romanian poet, playwright, politician, and diplomat. ... Vittorio Alfieri painted by Davids pupil François-Xavier Fabre, in Florence 1793. ... Jay Presson Allen (March 3, 1922–1 May 2006) was an American writer. ... Alejandro Rodríguez Álvarez, known as Alejandro Casona (March 3, 1903 – September 17, 1965) was a Spanish poet and playwright born in Besullo, Spain, a member of the Generation of 27. ... Serafin Alvarez Quintero (1871 - 1938) was a Spanish dramatist. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... Politian (also known as Angelo Poliziano or Angelo Ambrogini) (1454 - 1494) was an Italian classical scholar and poet. ... Politian (also known as Angelo Poliziano or Angelo Ambrogini) (1454 - 1494) was an Italian classical scholar and poet. ...

An-As

• Jane Anderson
• Maxwell Anderson (1888-1959) (United States)
• Robert W. Anderson (born 1917) (United States)
• Jorge Andrade
• Stefan Andres (1906-1970) (Germany)
• Leonid Andreyev (1871-1919) (Russia)
• Lucius Livius Andronicus
• Innokenty Fyodorovich Annensky (1856-1909) (Russia)
• Jean Anouilh (1910-1987) (France)
• S. Ansky (1863-1920) (Russia) *Russian language and Yiddish language*
• Camillo Antona-Traversi (1857-1934) (Italy)
• Giannino Antona-Traversi (1860-1939) (Italy)
• Ludwig Anzengruber (1839-1889) (Austria)
• Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918) (France)
• Aleksei Nikolaevich Arbuzov (1908-1986) (Russia)
• Manuel José Arce
• William Archibald (1924-1970) (United States)
• John Arden (born 1930) (England)
• Arthur Arent (1904-1972) (United States)
• Pietro Aretino (1492-1556) (Italy)
• Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533) (Italy)
• Aristophanes, (ca. 446 B.C.-385 B.C.) (Greece)
• Roberto Arlt
• Georges Arnaud (1917-1987) (France)
• Carlos Arniches y Barrera (1866-1943) (Spain)
• Alexandre Arnoux (1884-1973) (France)
• Fernando Arrabal (born 1932) (Spain)
• Francisco Arriví
• Antón Arrufat
• Antonin Artaud (1896-1948) (France)
• Sholem Asch (1880-1957) (Poland/United States) *Yiddish language*
• Werner Aspenstrom (1918-1997) (Sweden)

Jane Anderson (born c. ... James Maxwell Anderson (15 December 1888 – 28 February 1959), better known as Maxwell Anderson was a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, author, poet, reporter and lyricist, and a founding member of The Playwrights Company (which included, at various times, Maxwell Anderson, S. N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard... Jorge Andrade (pron. ... Stefan Paul Andres (Moselle, 26 June 1906 - Rome, 29 June 1970) was a German novelist. ... Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev (1871-1919) was a Russian Short story writer, who was active between the revolution of 1905 and the Communist revolution which finally overthrew the tsarist government. ... Lucius Livius Andronicus (280/260 BC?–200 BC?), was a Greco-Roman dramatist and epic poet who produced the first Roman dramatic work and translated many Greek works into Latin. ... Alexandre Benois Portrait of Innokenty Annensky Innokentiy Fyodorovich Annensky (Russian: , 1855-1909) was a poet, critic and translator, representative of the first wave of the Russian Symbolism. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Shloyme Zanvl Rappoport (1863–1920), better known by the pseudonym S. Ansky, was a scholar who documented Jewish folklore and mystical beliefs. ... Russian ( , transliteration: , ) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia and the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages. ... Yiddish (Yid. ... Ludwig Anzengruber (November 19, 1839 - December 10, 1889) was an Austrian writer and poet. ... Guillaume Apollinaire Guillaume Apollinaire (August 26, 1880 – November 9, 1918) was a poet, writer, and art critic. ... Manuel Jose Arce (1786-1847) was the President of Central America from 1825 to 1829. ... William Archibald (b. ... John Arden is an English playwright born in 1930 (Barnsley/York). ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... Categories: People stubs | 1492 births | 1556 deaths ... Statue of the poet in Reggio Emilia. ... Sketch of Aristophanes Aristophanes (Greek: , ca. ... Roberto Arlt (1900-1942) was an Argentinian short-story writer, novelist and playwright. ... Georges-Jean Arnaud (born July 3, 1928) is a French author. ... Carlos Arniches (1866–1943) was a Spanish playwright. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Antonin Artaud Antoine Marie Joseph Artaud, better known as Antonin Artaud (born September 4, 1896, in Marseille; died March 4, 1948 in Paris) was a French playwright, poet, actor and director. ... Sholem Asch (1880 - 1957), also known as Shalom Asch, was a Polish-born American Jewish novelist, dramatist, and essayist in the Yiddish language. ... Yiddish (Yid. ... Karl Werner Aspenström (born November 13, 1918, in Norrbärke, Sweden; died January 25, 1997) was a Swedish poet. ...

Au-Ay

• Aubignac {redirect to François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac}
• David Auburn (born 1969)
• W. H. Auden (1907-1973) (England/United States)
• Jacques Audiberti (1899-1965) (France)
• Emile Augier (1820-1889) (France)
• Arkady Timofeevich Averchenko
• Máximo Avilés-Blonda
• George Axelrod (1922-2003) (United States)
• Lilly Axster (1896-1948)
• Mulat Ayalneh
• Alan Ayckbourn
• Philip Ayckbourn
• Marcel Ayme (1902-1967) (France)
• Jacob Ayrer
• Leslie Ayvazian

François Hédelin, abbé dAubignac (August 4, 1604 - July 25, 1676), French author, was born at Paris. ... François Hédelin, abbé dAubignac (August 4, 1604 - July 25, 1676), French author, was born at Paris. ... David Auburn (born 1969) is an American playwright. ... Wystan Hugh Auden (21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) (IPA: ; first syllable of Auden rhymes with law), who signed his works W. H. Auden, was an Anglo-American poet, regarded by many as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... Jacques Audiberti (March 25, 1899 - July 9, 1965) was a French author. ... Guillaume Victor Émile Augier (September 17, 1820 - October 25, 1889), was a French dramatist. ... Arkady Timofeevich Averchenko (Russian Аркадий Тимофеевич Аверченко), born on 27th March 1881 in Sevastopol, died on 12 March 1925 in Prague, was a Russian playwright and satirist. ... George Axelrod (June 9th, 1922 - June 21st, 2003) was an American screenwriter, producer, playwright and film director. ... Sir Alan Ayckbourn CBE (born April 12, 1939) is a popular and prolific English playwright. ... Philip Ayckbourn is a British actor, director and playwright. ... Marcel Aymé (March 29, 1902 - October 14, 1967) was a French novelist, childrens writer and humour writer. ... Jakob Ayrer (c. ...

B

Ba-Bl

• Isaak Emmanuilovich Babel (1894-1941) (Russia) *Russian language and Yiddish language*
• Ingeborg Bachmann
• Giuseppe Baffico (1852-1927) (Italy)
• Bianca Bagatourian
• Enid Bagnold
• Hermann Bahr (1863-1934) (Austria)
• George Pierce Baker (1866-1935) (United States)
• John Lloyd Balderston (1889-1954) (United States)
• James Baldwin (1924-1987) (United States)
• John Bale (1495-1563) (England)
• Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) (France)
• Francisco Antonio Bances y López-Candamo (1662-1704) (Spain)
• Théodore de Banville (1823-1891) (France)
• Imamu Amiri Baraka (born 1934) (United States)
• Girolamo Bargagli (1537-1586) (Italy)
• Pierre Barillet (born 1923) (France)
• Howard Barker
• James Nelson Barker (1784-1858) (United States)
• Ernst Barlach (1870-1938) (Germany)
• Peter Barnes
• J. M. Barrie (1860-1937) (Scotland/England)
• Jeff Baron
• Mike Bartlett
• Philip Barry (1896-1949) (United States)
• Gabriel Barylli
• Peter Basch
• Todd Bash
• Enrico Bassano (1899-1999) (Italy)
• Henri Bataille (1872-1922) (France)
• Wolfgang Bauer
• L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) (United States)
• Terry Baum
• Bahram Bayzaee (Iran)
• Clifford Bax (1886-1962) (England)
• Pierre de Beaumarchais (1732-1799) (France)
• Francis Beaumont (1584/85-1616) (England)
• Ulrich Becher (1910-1990) (Germany)
• Frawley Becker (United States)
• Jürgen Becker
• Jurek Becker
• Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) (Ireland) *English language and French language*
• Henry Becque (1837-1899) (France)
• Richard Beer-Hofmann (1866-1945) (Austria)
• Brendan Behan (1923-1964) (Ireland)
• Aphra Behn (1640-1689) (England)
• S. N. Behrman (1893-1973) (United States)
• David Belasco (1853-1931) (United States)
• Feo Belcari (1410-1484) (Italy)
• Wendy Belden
• T. James Belich (pseudonym: Colorado Tolston) (b. 1976) (United States)
• Jean Bellemère {redirect to Jean Sarment}
• Luis de Belmonte y Bermúdez (ca. 1590-ca. 1650) (Spain)
• Jacinto Benavente (1866-1954) (Spain)
• Sem Benelli (1877-1949) (Italy)
• Gottfried Benn
• Alan Bennett
• Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) (England)
• Angelo Beolco
• Hjalmar Bergman (1883-1931) (Sweden)
• Alan Berks
• Jean-Jacques Bernard (1888-1972) (France)
• Tristan Bernard (1866-1947) (France)
• Jean Bernard-Luc (1909-1985) (France)
• Henry Bernstein (1876-1953) (France)
• Georges Berr (1867-1942) (France)
• Carlo Bertolazzi (1870-1916) (Italy)
• Kurt Besci (born 1920) (Austria)
• Rudolph Besier (1878-1942) (England)
• Lucien Besnard (1872-1955) (France)
• Ugo Betti (1892-1953) (Italy)
• Bernardo Dovizio da Bibbiena (1470-1520) (Italy)
• Isaac Bickerstaffe (1735-1812) (Ireland)
• Sieur de Bigot {redirect to Jean Palaprat}
• François Billetdoux (1927-1991) (France)
• Richard Billinger (1893-1965) (Austria)
• André Birabeau (1890-1974) (France)
• Robert Montgomery Bird (1806-1854) (United States)
• Bjornstjerne Bjornson (1832-1910) (Norway)
• Lewis Black(United States)
• August Blanche
• Marc Blitzstein (1905-1964) (United States)
• Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880-1921) (Russia)

Isaac Babel Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel, Russian: Исаак Эммануилович Бабель (13 July [O.S. 1 July] 1894 – January 27, 1940) was a Soviet journalist, playwright, and short story writer. ... Russian ( , transliteration: , ) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia and the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages. ... Yiddish (Yid. ... Ingeborg Bachmann Ingeborg Bachmann (June 25, 1926 Klagenfurt, Austria - October 17, 1973 Rome, Italy) was an Austrian poet and author. ... Enid Bagnold, Lady Jones (October 27, 1889 – March 31, 1981) was a British author and playwright, best known for the 1935 story National Velvet, filmed in 1944 with Elizabeth Taylor. ... Hermann Bahr (1904 by Emil Orlik) Hermann Bahr (July 19, 1863 - January 15, 1934) was an Austrian writer, playwright, director, and critic. ... George Pierce Baker (1866 - 1935), American educator. ... American screenwriter John L. Balderston (1889 - 1954) specialised in writing plays and horror and fantasy scripts for movies. ... James Baldwin may refer to: James Baldwin (schoolbook editor and author) (1841–1925) James Baldwin (writer) (1924–1987) James Baldwin (baseball player) (born 1971) J. Baldwin (born 1934), industrial designer, author, educator James Mark Baldwin (1861–1934), philosopher and psychologist James Baldwin (abolitionist), early American Abolitionist This human name article... John Bale John Bale (21 November 1495–November, 1563) was an English churchman, historian and controversialist, Bishop of Ossory. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... “Balzac” redirects here. ... Francisco Bances Candamo (April 26, 1662 – September 8, 1704 was a playwright of the Spanish Golden Age. ... Theodore Faullain de Banville (March 14, 1823 – March 15, 1891) was a French poet and writer. ... Amiri Baraka Amiri Baraka (born October 7, 1934) is a U.S. writer. ... Howard Barker (born 1946) is a British playwright. ... The young Ernst Barlach Ernst Barlach, (born January 2, 1870 in Wedel, Pinneberg, Germany; died October 24, 1938 in Rostock, Germany) was a famous German expressionist sculptor. ... Peter Barnes, (January 10, 1931–July 1, 2004), was an English playwright and screenwriter. ... You may be looking for James Barry, surgeon Sir James Matthew Barrie, Bt. ... This article is about the country. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... Michael Fredrick Bartlett, (born October 7, 1980 in Oxford, England, UK) is a British playwright. ... Philip Barry (June 18, 1896 - December 3, 1949) was an American playwright. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... Todd Bash (born 1965) is an avant-garde playwright from Los Angeles, California. ... Wolfgang Bauer Wolfgang Bauer (March 18, 1941 – August 26, 2005) was an Austrian writer best known as a playwright who, particularly in his younger days, was regarded as an enfant terrible by the Austrian cultural establishment. ... Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author, actor, and independent filmmaker best known as the creator, along with illustrator W. W. Denslow, of one of the most popular books ever written in American childrens literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, better known today... Terry Baum (born 1946) is a playwright who lives in San Francisco. ... Clifford Bax (13 July 1886 - 18 November 1962) was a versatile English writer, known particularly as a playwright, a journalist, critic and editor, and a poet, lyricist and hymn writer. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... Beaumarchais Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (January 24, 1732 - May 18, 1799) was, among other accomplishments, a writer and librettist. ... Sketch of Francis Beaumont Francis Beaumont (1584 – 1616), was an English dramatist most famous for his collaborations with John Fletcher. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... Ulrich Becher (born 2 January 1910 in Berlin, died 15 April 1990 in Basel) was a German author and playwright. ... Jurek Becker (* September 30, 1937, Lodz (Poland), † March 14, 1997, Berlin) was a german writer. ... Samuel Barclay Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish dramatist, novelist and poet. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... French (français, langue française) is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered in speakers only by Spanish and Portuguese. ... Henry François Becque (1837-1899), French dramatist, was born on the 9th of April 1837 in Lille. ... Richard Beer Hofmann (born 11 July 1866 in Vienna — died 26 September 1945 in New York) was an Austrian dramatist and poet. ... Brendan Francis Behan (Irish: Breandán Ó Beacháin) (February 9, 1923 - March 20, 1964) was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist and playwright who wrote in both Irish and English. ... A sketch of Aphra Behn by George Scharf from a portrait believed to be lost. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... Samuel N. Behrman (born June 9, 1893 in Worcester, Massachusetts — died September 9, 1973 in New York) was a playwright and worked for the New York Times. ... David Belasco, between 1898 and 1916. ... T. James Belich (born 1976, also known by the pseudonym of Colorado Tolston), is an American playwright and actor. ... Colorado Tolston is an American playwright and the author of a dozen new and original plays in genres that include mystery, fantasy, religious, and childrens. ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Luis Belmonte Bermúdez (c. ... Jacinto Benavente Jacinto Benavente y Martínez (August 12, 1866 – July 14, 1954), awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1922, was one of the foremost Spanish dramatists of the 20th century. ... Sem Benelli (August 10, 1877 - December 18, 1949) was an Italian playwright and librettist who provided the texts for several notable Italian operas, including Italo Montemezzis Lamore dei tre re and Lincantesimo, and Umberto Giordanos Le cena delle beffe. ... Gottfried Benn (May 2, 1886 – July 7, 1956) was a German essayist, novelist and expressionist poet. ... Published by Faber/Profile Books in 2005 Alan Bennett (born May 9, 1934) is an English author and actor noted for his work, his boyish appearance and his sonorous Yorkshire accent. ... Arnold Bennett, British novelist Enoch Arnold Bennett (May 27, 1867-March 27, 1931) was a British novelist. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... Angelo Beolco (Padua, 1502–1542), better known by the nickname il Ruzzante or el Ruzante, was an Italian actor and playwright. ... Hjalmar Fredrik Elgérus Bergman (November 19, 1883 - January 1, 1931) was a Swedish writer and playwright. ... Tristan Bernard (September 7, 1866 - December 7, 1947) was a French playwright, novelist, journalist and lawyer. ... Henri/Henry Bernstein, Henri/Henry-Léon-Gustave-Charles Bernstein (June 20, 1876 - 1953) was a French playwright. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... Ugo Betti (Camerino, February 4, 1892 – Rome, June 9, 1953) was an Italian judge, better known as an author, who is considered by many the greatest Italian playwright next to Pirandello. ... Raphael: Portrait of Cardinal Bernardo Dovizi Bibbiena. ... This article is about the Irish playwright; for the pseudonym used by Richard Steele, Joseph Addison, and Jonathan Swift, see Isaac Bickerstaff. ... François Billetdoux (born 7 September 1927 in Paris, France, died 26 November 1991 in Paris) was a French dramatic author and novelist. ... Robert Montgomery Bird (1803 - 1854) was an American novelist, playwright, and physician who wrote three tragedies—The Gladiator, Oraloosa, and The Broker of Bogota—and several novels, including Calavar, The Infidel, The Hawks of Hawk Hollow, Peter Pilgrim, and Nick of the Woods, in the first two of which he... Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson Bjørnstjerne Martinus Bjørnson(Bearstar Martinus Bearson) (December 8, 1832–April 26, 1910). ... Lewis Niles Black (born August 30, 1948) is a Grammy Award-winning American stand-up comedian, author, playwright, and actor. ... August Blanche August Blanche, born September 17, 1811 – died November 30, Swedish journalist, novelist, and a Socialist statesman. ... Marc Blitzstein (March 2, 1905 – January 22, 1964) was an American composer. ... Blok in 1907 Alexander Blok (Александр Александрович Блок, 1880-1921) was probably the most gifted lyrical poet that Russia produced since Alexander Pushkin. ...

Bo-By

• Augusto Boal

• Eric Bogosian
• George H. Boker (1823-1890) (United States)
• Robert Bolt (1924-1995) (England)
• Valentino Bompiani (1898-1992) (Italy)
• Francesco Augusto Bon (1788-1858) (Italy)
• Edward Bond
• Massimo Bontempelli (1878-1960) (Italy)
• Clare Boothe (1903-1987) (United States)
• Wolfgang Borchert (1921-1947) (Germany)
• Dion Boucicault (1820/22-1890) (Ireland/United States)
• Jacques Bouralan {redirect to Jacques Deval}
• Édouard Bourdet (1887-1945) (France)
• Edme Boursault (1638-1701) (France)
• John Bowen
• Warren Bowles
• William Boyle (1853-1923) (Ireland)
• Oskar Braaten
• Roberto Bracco (1861-1943) (Italy)
• Suzanne Bradbeer
• Vitaliano Brancati (1907-1954) (Italy)
• Thomas Brasch
• Volker Braun
• Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) (Germany)
• Gerbrand Adriaensz. Bredero (1585-1618)
• Howard Brenton
• Manuel Bretón de los Herreros (1796-1873) (Spain)
• James Bridie (1888-1951) (Scotland)
• Eugène Brieux (1858-1932) (France)
• Harold Brighouse (1882-1958) (England)
• Hermann Broch
• Max Brod (1884-1968) (Czech Republic/Israel) *German language*
• Richard Brome (ca. 1590-1652/53) (England)
• Arnolt Bronnen (1895-1959) (Austria)
• Kent R. Brown
• Robert Browning (1812-1889) (England)
• Ferdinand Bruckner (1891-1958) (Austria)
• Christine Brückner
• David-Augustin de Brueys (1640-1723) (France)
• Nathan Bruhn
• Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) (Italy)
• Alfred Brust
• Georg Büchner (1813-1837) (Germany)
• Duke of Buckingham {redirect to George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham}
• Antonio Buero Vallejo (1916-2000) (Spain)
• Oliver Bukowski
• Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov (1891-1940) (Russia)
• Edward Bullins (1935- )(United State)
• Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803-1873) (England)
• Michelangelo Buonarotti, the Younger (1568-1642) (Italy)
• Waldfried Burggraf {redirect to Friedrich Forster}
• John Burkhardt
• Enrico Annibale Butti (1868-1912) (Italy)
• George Gordon Byron (1788-1824) (England)
• Henry James Byron

Augusto Boal (born 1931 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is an innovative and influential theatrical director, writer and politician. ... Eric Bogosian Eric Bogosian (born on April 24, 1953) is an American actor, playwright, monologist, and novelist. ... George Henry Boker (October 6, 1823 – January 2, 1890) was an American poet, playwright, and diplomat. ... Robert Oxton Bolt (August 15, 1924 – February 12, 1995) was an English playwright and screenwriter. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... Valentino Silvio Bompiani (September 27, 1898 - February 23, 1992) was an Italian publisher, writer and playwright. ... Edward Bond (born July 18, 1934) is an English playwright, theatre director, theorist and screenwriter. ... Massimo Bontempelli (May 12, 1878 – July 21, 1960) was an Italian poet, playwright, and novelist. ... Clare Boothe Luce photo taken by Carl Van Vechten, 1933. ... Wolfgang Borchert (May 20, 1921 – November 20, 1947) was a German author and playwright whose work was affected by his experience of dictatorship and his service in the Wehrmacht during the Second World War. ... Poster for a production of Boucicaults farce Contempt of Court, c. ... Édouard Bourdet is a French playwright, born 26 October 1887 à Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, died 17 January 1945 in Paris. ... Edmé Boursault (October, 1638 - September 15, 1701), French dramatist and miscellaneous writer, was born at Mussy lEvéque, now Mussy-sur-Seine (Aube). ... John Bowen can refer to: Edmund John Bowen, British chemist John C. Bowen, Canadian clergyman John Henry Bowen, American politician John S. Bowen, American Confederate general John S. Bowen (executive), American advertising executive John Bowen (colonist) English sailor and administrator, founded the first settlememt at Hobart, Australia John Bowen, American... 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Hermann Broch (November 1, 1886 - May 30, 1951) was a 20th century Austrian writer, considered one of the major Modernists. ... Max Brod Max Brod (May 27, 1884 – December 20, 1968) was a German-speaking Jewish author, composer, and journalist. ... German (called Deutsch in German; in German the term germanisch is equivalent to English Germanic), is a member of the western group of Germanic languages and is one of the worlds major languages. ... Richard Brome (died 1652) was an English dramatist. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... Arnolt Bronnen (1895 - 1959) was an Austrian playwright and director. ... Dr. Kent R. Brown is the Playwright-In-Residence and Adjunct Professor of English at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut. ... 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Antonio Buero Vallejo (September 29, 1916 – April 28, 2000) was a Spanish playwright. ... Mikhail Bulgakov Mikhail Afanasievich Bulgakov (Russian: Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков; May 15 [O.S. May 3] 1891, Kiev – March 10, 1940, Moscow) was a Russian novelist and playwright of the first half of the 20th century. ... The Lord Lytton Novelist and politician Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (May 25, 1803–January 18, 1873) was an English novelist, playwright, and politician. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... Lord Byron, English poet Lord Byron (1803), as painted by Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, (January 22, 1788 – April 19, 1824) was the most widely read English language poet of his day. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... Henry James Byron (1834 - 1884) was a dramatist, born at Manchester, entered the Middle Temple, but soon took to writing for the stage, and produced many popular burlesques and extravaganzas. ...

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Alejandro Rodríguez Álvarez, known as Alejandro Casona (March 3, 1903 – September 17, 1965) was a Spanish poet and playwright born in Besullo, Spain, a member of the Generation of 27. ... Guillén de Castro y Bellvis (1569 - July 28, 1631), was a Spanish dramatist. ... Susanna Centlivre (c. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... Don Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (IPA: in modern Spanish; September 29, 1547 – April 23, 1616) was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. ... This article is about George Chapman the English literary figure; see George Chapman (murderer) for the Victorian poisoner of the same name. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Mary Coyle Chase (1907 - 1981) wrote Harvey, the smash stage show and motion picture. ... Prin Boondiskulchok (born April 14, 1987) is a Thai playwright who uses the nom de plume P. J. Chapsky. ... Sidney Aaron Chayefsky (January 29, 1923 – August 1, 1981) known as Paddy Chayefsky was an acclaimed dramatist who transitioned from the golden age of American live television in the 1950s to have a successful career as a playwright and screenwriter for Hollywood. ... Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (Анто́н Па́влович Че́хов) (born January 29, 1860 (Jan. ... Andrew Cherry (January 11, 1762 - February 12, 1812) was an Irish dramatist, songwriter, actor and theatre manager. ... Luigi Chiarelli (7 July 1880 – 20 December 1947) was an Italian playwright, theatre critic, and writer of short stories who is chiefly known as a founder of the teatro grottesco, or Theatre of the Grotesque, after the subtitle of one of his plays. ... 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Cover of Time Magazine(March 21, 1927) Paul Claudel (August 6, 1868 – February 23, 1955) was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel. ... Jean Cocteau Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker. ... Antonio Coello (October 26, 1611, Madrid - October 20, 1652, Madrid) was a Spanish dramatist and poet. ... George Michael Cohan (July 3, 1878 – November 5, 1942) was a United States entertainer, playwright, composer, lyricist, actor, singer, dancer, director, and producer of Irish descent. ... Harry Michael Cohen (10 December 1949) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... George Colman (1732 - 14 August 1794) was an English dramatist and essayist, usually called the Elder, and sometimes George the First, to distinguish him from his son, George Colman the Younger. ... 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Pietro Cossa (1830 - 1880), Italian dramatist, was born at Rome, and claimed descent from the family of Pope John XXIII, deposed by the council of Constance. ... Georges Courteline (June 25, 1858 – June 25, 1929) was a French a dramatist and novelist. ... Sir Noël Peirce Coward (December 16, 1899 – March 26, 1973) was an English actor, playwright, and composer of popular music. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... This article or section seems not to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia entry. ... Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (January 15, 1674 - June 17, 1762), was a French poet and tragedian. ... Michael Cristofer is an American playwright. ... Francis de Croisset (January 28, 1877 - November 8, 1937) was a French playwright and opera librettist. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... French (français, langue française) is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered in speakers only by Spanish and Portuguese. ... Rachel Crothers (December 12, 1878, Bloomington, Illinois, USA—July 5, 1958, Danbury, Connecticut) was a prolific and successful American playwright and theater director, known for her well crafted plays. ... Russel Crouse (1893 - 1966) was a U.S. dramatist and journalist. ... MartCrowley Mart Crowley (born on August 21, 1945 in Vicksburg, Mississippi) is an American playwright. ... John Crowne (d. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... Nilo Cruz (born 1962[citation needed]) is a Cuban-born American playwright, who won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize in drama as well as the American Theatre Critics/Steinberg Award for his play Anna in the Tropics. ... Ramón de la Cruz (March 28, 1731 - March 5, 1794), Spanish dramatist, was born at Madrid. ... Gregor Csiky (December 8, 1842 – November 19, 1891) was a Hungarian dramatist. ... Álvaro Cubillo de Aragón (c. ... Juan de la Cueva (born 1550 in Seville; died 1609 or 1610) was a Spanish dramatist and poet. ... There were multiple famous people named Richard Cumberland: Richard Cumberland (1631–1718), bishop, philosopher Richard Cumberland (1732–1811), civil servant, dramatist This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... E. E. Cummings Edward Estlin Cummings (October 14, 1894 – September 3, 1962), popularly known as E. E. Cummings, was an American poet, painter, essayist, and playwright. ... François, Vicomte de Curel (June 10, 1854 - 1928), French dramatist, was born at Metz. ...

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Ossie Davis in The Green Pastures, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1951 Ossie Davis (December 18, 1917 – February 4, 2005) was an African American film actor, director and social activist. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Owen Davis (b. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... Eduardo De Filippo was an actor, playwright, screenwriter, author and poet born May 24, 1900 in Naples, Italy and passed away on October 31, 1984 in Rome. ... Thomas Dekker, (c. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... Delaney was featured twice on Smiths record sleeves. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... Jean-François Casimir Delavigne (April 4, 1793 - December 11, 1843), was a French poet and dramatist. ... Image:Giovanni della Porta. ... Merrill Denison (b. ... Jean Desmarets (or Desmaretz), Sieur de Saint-Sorlin (1595 - October 28, 1676), French dramatist and miscellaneous writer, was born in Paris in 1595. ... Sugathapala De Silva Sugathapala De Silva (August 8, 1928 - October 28, 2002) Acclaimed Sri Lankan dramatist, considered the architect of the modern Sinhala theatre. De Silva was born in Nawalapitiya, Sri Lanka, on August 8, 1928, the son of a small trader. ... Philippe Néricault Destouches (April 9, 1680 - July 4, 1754), French dramatist, whose real name was Néricault, was born at Tours. ... Juan Bautista Diamante (1640?–1684?), Spanish dramatist, was born at Castillo about 1640, entered the army, and began writing for the stage in 1657. ... Lydia R. Diamond (b. ... Wikisource (Spanish) has original text related to this article: Joaquín Dicenta Joaquín Dicenta Benedicto (February 3, 1862 – February 21, 1917) was a Spanish journalist, novelist, playwright and poet. ... Portrait of Diderot by Louis-Michel van Loo, 1767 Denis Diderot (October 5, 1713 – July 31, 1784) was a French philosopher and writer. ... Steven Dietz is an American playwright whose work is largely performed outside of New York City (e. ... Salvatore Di Giacomo (March 12, 1860 – April 4, 1934) was a Neapolitan poet, songwriter and playwright. ... Charles Maurice Donnay (1859 - 1945), French dramatist, was born of middle-class parents in Paris. ... Ariel Dorfman (born May 6, 1942 Buenos Aires) is an Argentine-Chilean novelist, playwright, essayist, academic, and human rights activist. ... The title Earl of Dorset has been created at least four times in the Peerage of England. ... Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset (1536 - 19 April 1608) was an English statesman and poet. ... Tankred Dorst (born December 12, 1925) is a German playwright and storyteller. ... Stuart B Draper is an actor, playwright and director. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... Drayton, 1628 Michael Drayton (1563 – December 23, 1631) was an English poet who came to prominence in the Elizabethan era. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... John Drinkwater (June 1, 1882 - March 25, 1937) was an English poet and dramatist. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... John Dryden John Dryden (August 19 {August 9 O.S.}, 1631 - May 12 {May 1 O.S.}, 1700) was an influential English poet, literary critic, translator and playwright, who dominated the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... Marin Držić (1508-1567) is considered the finest Croatian Renaissance playwright and prose writer. ... Playwright, one of the dozen or so most important figures in Canadian theatre history, Marcel Dubé was born into a family of eight children in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on January 3, 1930. ... French (français, langue française) is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered in speakers only by Spanish and Portuguese. ... Charles Dufresny Charles Dufresny, Sieur de la Rivière (1648, Paris - October 6th 1724, Paris) was a French dramatist. ... Roger Martin du Gard (March 23, 1881 – August 22, 1958) was a French author and winner of the 1937 Nobel Prize for Literature. ... Roger Martin du Gard (March 23, 1881 – August 22, 1958) was a French author and winner of the 1937 Nobel Prize for Literature. ... Alexandre Dumas, fils (July 27, 1824 – November 27, 1895) was the son of Alexandre Dumas, père, who followed in his fathers footsteps becoming a celebrated author and playwright. ... Alexandre Dumas, père, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (July 24, 1802 – December 5, 1870) was a French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. ... D UNDERBELLY (spelled with all capital letters) is an underground network of independent performance artists and dancers of color based in Brooklyn, NY, founded in 1997 by Artistic Director Baraka de Soleil. ... William Dunlap William Dunlap (1766-1839) was a pioneer of the American theater. ... Nell Dunn is an English dramatist who created the plays Up the Junction, Poor Cow and Steaming, which have all been adapted into films. ... Best known as Lord Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (July 24, 1878–October 25, 1957) was an Irish writer and dramatist notable for his work in fantasy and horror. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... Christopher Durang (born 2 January 1949) is a contemporary playwright known for works of outrageous and often absurd comedy. ... Marguerite Donnadieu, better known as Marguerite Duras, (April 4, 1914 – March 3, 1996) was a French writer and film director. ... Friedrich Dürrenmatt (January 5, 1921 – December 14, 1990) was a Swiss author and dramatist. ... German (called Deutsch in German; in German the term germanisch is equivalent to English Germanic), is a member of the western group of Germanic languages and is one of the worlds major languages. ... Pierre du Ryer (1606 - November 6, 1658), was a French dramatist. ... Jean Dutourd (b. ...

E

• José Echegaray (1832-1916) (Spain)
• David Edgar
• Margaret Edson
• Erik Ehn
• Günter Eich
• Baron Joseph von Eichendorff (1788-1857) (Germany)
• T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) (United States/England)
• Gundi Ellert
• Juan del Encina (ca. 1469-1529/30) (Spain)
• Will Eno
• Nick Enright
• Eve Ensler
• Hans Magnus Enzensberger
• Brad Erickson
• Paul Ernst (1866-1933) (Germany)
• St. John Ervine (1883-1971) (Ireland/England)
• George Etherege (ca. 1635-1691) (England)
• Solomon Ettinger (1800/03-1856) (Poland) *Hebrew language and Yiddish language*
• Euripides (ca. 485 B.C.-ca. 406 B.C.) (Greece)

José Echegaray y Eizaguirre (April 19, 1832 – September 4, 1916). ... David Edgar (b. ... Margaret Edson (b. ... Erik Ehn is an American playwright known for proposing the Regional Alternative Theatre movement. ... Günter Eich (1907 February 1 - 1972 December 20) was a German lyricist, dramatist, and author. ... Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff (March 10, 1788 – November 26, 1857), was a German poet and novellist. ... Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26, 1888 – January 4, 1965), was a poet, dramatist and literary critic. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... Gundi Ellert (b. ... Juan del Encina (1469-c. ... Will Eno is a contemporary American playwright based in Brooklyn, NY. His plays include Tragedy: A Tragedy, The Flu Season, and Thom Pain (based on nothing). ... Nick Enright (22 December 1950-30 March 2003) was an Australian playwright. ... Eve Ensler. ... Hans Magnus Enzensberger (born 11 November 1929 in Kaufbeuren), is a German author, poet, translator, and editor. ... (Karl Friedrich) Paul Ernst (1866-1933) was a German writer, dramatist, critic and journalist. ... St. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... Sir George Etherege (1635? - c. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... Solomon Ettinger (1800/03—1855/56; also written as Shlomo Ettingher or Shloyme Ettingher, etc. ... “Hebrew” redirects here. ... Yiddish (Yid. ... A statue of Euripides. ...

F

• Diego Fabbri (1911-1980) (Italy)
• Émile Fabre (1869-1955) (France)
• Michael Fackelmann
• George Farquhar (1677/8-1707) (England)
• Rainer Werner Fassbinder
• René Fauchois (1882-1962) (France)
• Todd Faulkenberry (1928-1993)
• Jules Feiffer (born 1929) (United States)
• Ludwig Fels
• Dan Fenton
• Edna Ferber (1887-1968) (United States)
• Roger Ferdinand {redirect to Roger-Ferdinand}
• Lucas Fernández (1474-1542) (Spain)
• Luis Fernández Ardavín (1891-1962) (Spain)
• Leandro Fernández de Moratín (1760-1828) (Spain)
• Nicolás Fernández de Moratín (1737-1780) (Spain)
• Bob Jude Ferrante (1959-) (United States)
• Paolo Ferrari (1822-1889) (Italy)
• Leo Ferrero (1903-1933) (Italy)
• Lion Feuchtwanger (1884-1958) (Germany)
• Georges Feydeau (1862-1921) (France)
• Nathan Field
• Henry Fielding (1707-1754) (England)
• Joseph Fields (1895-1966) (United States)
• Clyde Fitch (1865-1909) (United States)
• George Fitzmaurice (1877-1963) (Ireland)
• Gustave Flaubert
• Martin Flavin (1883-1967) (United States)
• James Elroy Flecker (1884-1915) (England)
• Marieluise Fleisser
• Justin Fleming
• Robert de Flers (1872-1927) (France)
• John Fletcher (1579-1625) (England)
• Lucille Fletcher
• Dario Fo
• Antonio Fogazzaro (1842-1911) (Italy)
• Rick Fonté
• Denis Ivanovich Fonvizin (1744/5-1792) (Russia)
• Horton Foote
• Samuel Foote (1720-1777) (England)
• John Ford (ca. 1586-after 1639) (England)
• Maria Irene Fornes
• Lars Forssell (born 1928) (Sweden)
• Friedrich Forster (1895-1958) (Germany)
• Ugo Foscolo (1778-1827) (Italy)
• Amy Fox (1975-present) (United States)
• Bruno Frank (1887-1945) (Germany)
• Leonhard Frank (1882-1961) (Germany/United States)
• [Ian Fraser] (South Africa/United States)
• Michael Frayn
• Aleksander Fredro (1793-1876) (Poland)
• David French
• Gustav Freytag (1816-1895) (Germany)
• Erich Fried
• Alan Foster Friedman
• Bruce Jay Friedman (born 1930) (United States)
• Brian Friel (born 1929) (Ireland)
• Ketti Frings (1909-1981) (United States)
• Max Frisch (1911-1991) (Switzerland)
• Christopher Fry (1907-2005) (England)
• Franz Fuehmann
• Athol Fugard
• Ulpian Fulwell (1545/6 - 1584/5/6)
• Derek Alan Fuzzell (born 1985) (United States)

Diego Fabbri (Forlì, 1911 - Riccione, 1980) was an Italian playwright whose plays centered on religious (Catholic) themes. ... Year 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Émile Fabre in 1917 Émile Fabre (born March 24, 1869 in Metz, France, died September 25, 1955 in Paris) was a French dramatic author and general administator of the Comédie-Française from 2 December 1915 to 15 October 1936. ... 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... George Farquhar. ... 1677 (MDCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Events August 10 - Treaty of Nijmegen ends the Dutch War. ... Events January 1 - John V is crowned King of Portugal March 26 - The Acts of Union becomes law, making the separate Kingdoms of England and Scotland into one country, the Kingdom of Great Britain. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... Rainer Werner Fassbinder (May 31, 1945 – June 10, 1982) was a German movie director, screenwriter and actor, one of the most important representatives of the New German Cinema. ... Year 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Jules Feiffer (1958) Jules Feiffer (born January 26, 1929) is an American syndicated comic-strip cartoonist and author. ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 - April 16, 1968), was an American novelist, author and playwright. ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lucas Fernández (c. ... Events December 12 - Upon the death of Henry IV of Castile a civil war ensues between his designated successor Isabella I of Castile and her sister Juana who was supported by her husband, Alfonso V of Portugal. ... Events War resumes between Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V. This time Henry VIII of England is allied to the Emperor, while James V of Scotland and Sultan Suleiman I are allied to the French. ... Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Leandro Fernández de Moratín, born March 10, 1760 – died June 21, 1828, was a Spanish dramatist and neoclassical poet. ... 1760 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1828 (MDCCCXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Leandro Fernández de Moratín (1760 - 1828) was a Spanish dramatist nd poet. ... Events 12 February — The San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated. ... 1780 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Bob Jude Ferrante (born 1959) is an American playwright and composer from New York City. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Paolo Ferrari Paolo Ferrari (1822-1889), Italian dramatist, was born at Modena. ... 1822 (MDCCCXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1900 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Lion Feuchtwanger (pseudonym: J.L. Wetcheek) (7 July 1884 - 21 December 1958) was a German-Jewish novelist who was imprisoned in a French internment camp in Les Milles and later escaped to Los Angeles with the help of his wife, Marta. ... Year 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Georges Feydeau, (8 December 1862-5 June 1921) was a French playwright of the era known as La Belle Epoque. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... Nathaniel Field (1587 - 1620), was an English dramatist and actor; his father was the Puritan preacher John Field and his brother became the Bishop of Llandaff. ... Henry Fielding (April 22, 1707 – October 8, 1754) was an English novelist and dramatist known for his rich earthy humor and satirical prowess and as the author of the novel Tom Jones. ... Events January 1 - John V is crowned King of Portugal March 26 - The Acts of Union becomes law, making the separate Kingdoms of England and Scotland into one country, the Kingdom of Great Britain. ... 1754 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... Joseph Fields (February 21, 1895 - March 3, 1966) was a Tony Award-winning American playwright, theatre director, screenwriter, and film producer. ... Year 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... Clyde Fitch (May 2, 1865 - September 4, 1909) American dramatist. ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... Year 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... George Ftizmaurice (13 February 1885 - 13 June 1940) was a film director and producer. ... 1877 (MDCCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gustave Flaubert Gustave Flaubert (December 12, 1821 – May 8, 1880) was a French writer who is counted among the greatest Western novelists. ... Martin (Archer) Flavin (b. ... Year 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... James Elroy Flecker (November 5, 1884- January 3, 1915) was an English poet, novelist and playwright. ... Year 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday[1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... Justin Fleming (1953- ) is a playwright and writer. ... Robert de Flers (November 25, 1872 - July 30, 1927) was a French playwright and journalist. ... Year 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Fletcher (1579-1625) was a Jacobean playwright. ... Events January 6 - The Union of Atrecht united the southern Netherlands under the Duke of Parma, governor in the name of king Philip II of Spain. ... Events March 27 - Prince Charles Stuart becomes King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... Lucille Fletcher (March 28, 1912 — August 31, 2000) was a film and television screenwriter. ... Dario Fo (born March 24, 1926) is an Italian satirist, playwright, theater director, actor, and composer. ... Antonio Fogazzaro (March 25, 1842 - March 7, 1911) was an Italian novelist born in Vicenza from a rich family. ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Denis Fonvizin (1744?–92). ... // Events The third French and Indian War, known as King Georges War, breaks out at Port Royal, Nova Scotia The First Saudi State founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud Prague occupied by Prussian armies Ongoing events War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) Births January 10 - Thomas Mifflin, fifth President... // Events May 11 - War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy - At Fontenoy, French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army including the Black Watch June 4 – Frederick the Great destroys Austrian army at Hohenfriedberg August 19 - Beginning of the 45 Jacobite Rising at Glenfinnan September 12 - Francis I is elected... 1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Horton Foote (born 1916), is an American author and playwright, most noted for his 1983 Oscar-winning screenplay Tender Mercies. ... For other people named Samuel Foote, see Samuel Foote (disambiguation) Samuel Foote (January 27, 1720 – October 21, 1777), a Cornish dramatist and actor, was baptized at Truro on January 27, 1720. ... // Events January 6 - The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings February 11 - Sweden and Prussia sign the (2nd Treaty of Stockholm) declaring peace. ... Year 1777 (MDCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... John Ford (baptized April 17, 1586 - c. ... 1586 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ... Events January 14 - Connecticuts first constitution, the Fundamental Orders, is adopted. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... Maria Irene Fornes is an American playwright. ... Lars Hans Carl Abraham Forssell (born January 14, 1928 in Stockholm, Sweden) is an author and a member of the Swedish Academy. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ugo Foscolo (1778-1827), Italian writer, was born at Zakynthos in the Ionian Isles on 6 Febraury 1778. ... 1778 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1827 (MDCCCXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Amy Fox is a playwright and screenwriter based in New York. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bruno Frank (Stuttgart, June 13, 1878 - Beverly Hills, June 20, 1945) was a German author, poet, dramatist and a humanist. ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Leonhard Frank (4 September 1882 in Würzburg - 18 August 1961 in Munich) was a German expressionist writer. ... Year 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Michael Frayn (born 8 September 1933) is an English playwright and novelist. ... Aleksander Fredro monument in Wrocław Aleksander Fredro (June 20, 1793–July 15, 1876) was a Polish poet and writer, author of social comedies about Polish nobility lifestyle. ... 1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1876 Pick up Sticks(MDCCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... David French (born 1939 in Coleys Point, Newfoundland and Labrador) is a Canadian playwright who lives in Toronto, Ontario. ... Gustav Freytag. ... 1816 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Erich Fried (6 May 1921 — November 22, 1988) was a poet known for his political-minded poetry. ... Bruce Jay Friedman (born April 26, 1930) is a novelist, screenwriter and playwright who is credited with formalizing, if not inventing, black comedy as we know it. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Brian Friel (born January 9, 1929) is a playwright and director from Northern Ireland. ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ketti Frings (February 28, 19091 or 19152 - February 11, 1981) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author, playwright, and screenwriter. ... Year 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Max Frisch (May 15, 1911 – April 4, 1991), was a Swiss architect, playwright and novelist, one of the most representative writers of German literature after World War II. In his creative works Frisch paid particular attention to issues relating to problems of personal identity, morality and political commitment. ... Year 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Christopher Fry (born December 18, 1907; died June 30, 2005) was an English playwright. ... Year 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... Harold Athol Lannigan Fugard (b. ... Events February 27 - Battle of Ancrum Moor - Scots victory over superior English forces December 13 - Official opening of the Council of Trent (closed 1563) Battle of Kawagoe - between two branches of Uesugi families and the late Hojo clan in Japan. ... // Events Spanish conquest of Yucatan Peace between England and France Foundation of Trinity College, Cambridge by Henry VIII of England Katharina von Bora flees to Magdeburg Science Architecture Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. ... 1584 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1585 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. ... 1586 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ... Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ...

G

• Jeremy Gable (born 1982) (United States)
• Christoph Gahl
• Zona Gale (1874-1938) (United States)
• Ferdinando Galiani (1728-1787) (Italy)
• John Galsworthy (1867-1933) (England)
• Simon Gantillon (1887-1961) (France)
• Vicente Antonio García de la Huerta (1734-1787) (Spain)
• Antonio García Gutiérrez (1813-1884) (Spain)
• Federico García Lorca (1898-1936) (Spain)
• Robert Garnier (1544-1590) (France)
• David Garrick (1717-1779) (England)
• George Gascoigne (1535-1577) (England)
• Armand Gatti (born 1924) (France)
• Natalie Gaupp (born 1967) (United States)
• John Gay (1685-1732) (England)
• Michael V. Gazzo (1923-1995) (United States)
• Jack Gelber (1932-2003) (United States)
• Gratien Gélinas (1909-1999) (Canada) *French language*
• Jean Genet (1910-1986) (France)
• Paul Géraldy (1885-1983) (France)
• Katharina Gericke
• Esther Gerritsen
• Joel Gersmann (1942-2005) (United States)
• Alice Gerstenberg
• Heinrich Wilhelm von Gerstenberg (1737-1823) (Germany)
• Landen Gessell
• Elke Geurts (born 1973) (Netherlands)
• Michel de Ghelderode (1898-1962) (Belgium) *French language*
• Henri Ghéon (1875-1944) (France)
• Gherardo Gherardi (1891-1949) (Italy)
• Paolo Giacometti (1816-1882) (Italy)
• Giuseppe Giacosa (1847-1906) (Italy)
• Gigio Artemio Giancarli (ca. 1500-1550) (Italy)
• Donato Giannotti (1492-1573) (Italy)
• William Gibson (born 1914) (United States)
• David Gieselmann
• Kathie Lee Gifford
• W. S. Gilbert (1836-1911) (England)
• William Gillette (1855-1937) (United States)
• Frank D. Gilroy (born 1925) (United States)
• Antonio Gil y Zárate (1793-1861) (Spain)
• José Antonio Giménez Arnau y Gran (1912-1985) (Spain)
• Jean Giono (1895-1970) (France)
• Silvio Giovaninetti (1901-1959) (Italy)
• Giambattista Giraldi Cinthio (1504-1573) (Italy)
• Giovanni Giraud (1776-1834) (Italy)
• Jean Giraudoux (1882-1944) (France)
• Vincenzo Giusti (1532-1619) (Italy)
• Susan Glaspell (1882-1948) (United States)
• John Godber
• Kermi Goell
• Reinhard Goering (1887-1936) (Germany)
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) (Germany)
• Ruth and Augustus Goetz
• Curt Goetz (1888-1960) (Germany)
• Nikolay Vasilyevich Gogol (1809-1852) (Russia)
• Abraham Haim Lipke Goldfaden (1840-1908) (Russia/United States) *Hebrew language and Yiddish language*
• James Goldman (1927-1998) (United States)
• Carlo Goldoni (1707-1793) (Italy)
• Oliver Goldsmith (1728/30-1774) (England)
• Ivan Goll
• Witold Gombrowicz (1904-1969) (Poland/Argentina) *Polish language*
• Jules Eckert Goodman (1876-1962) (United States)
• Frances Goodrich (1890-1984) (United States)
• Jacob Gordin (1853-1909) (Ukraine/United States) *Russian language and Yiddish language*
• Ruth Gordon
• Charles Gordone (1925-1995) (United States)
• Maxim Gorky (1868-1936) (Russia)
• Abraham Dov Ber Gottlober (1811-1899) (Russia) *Hebrew language and Yiddish language*
• Johann Christoph Gottsched (1700-1766) (Germany)
• Olympe de Gouges
• Carlo Gozzi (1720-1806) (Italy)
• Christian Dietrich Grabbe (1801-1836) (Germany)
• Ed Graczyk
• Duncan Graham (Australia)
• David Marshall Grant
• Marsha L. Grant
• Harley Granville-Barker (1877-1946) (England)
• Jörg Graser
• Günter Grass (born 1927) (Germany)
• Jacinto Grau Delgado (1877-1958) (Spain)
• Simon Gray
• Anton Francesco Grazzini (1503-1584) (Italy)
• Jean-Pierre Grédy (born 1920) (France)
• Julien Green (1900-1998) (France/United States) *French language*
• Paul Green (1894-1981) (United States)
• Richard Greenberg
• Graham Greene (1904-1991) (England)
• Robert Greene (1558-1592) (England)
• Lady Augusta Gregory (1852-1932) (Ireland)
• David Greig (Scotland)
• Jean-Baptiste Louis Gresset (1709-1777) (France)
• Tom Griffin
• Trevor Griffiths
• Franz Grillparzer
• Alan Gross
• Jim Grover
• Andreas Gryphius
• John Guare (1938- ) (United States)
• Sacha Guitry
• A.R. Gurney
• Karl Ferdinand Gutzkow

Jeremy Joseph Gable (born May 10, 1982) is an American playwright living in Anaheim, California. ... Zona Gale (August 26, 1874-1938) was an American writer. ... Ferdinando Galiani (December 2, 1728 - October 30, 1787) was an Italian economist. ... John Galsworthy OM (14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... Garcia de la Huerta Vicente Antonio García de la Huerta (March 9th 1734, Zafra - March 12th 1787, Madrid) was a Spanish dramatist, educated at Salamanca. ... Antonio García Gutiérrez (July 5, 1812 - August 6, 1884), Spanish dramatist, was born at Chiclana (Cádiz), and studied medicine in his native town. ... Federico García Lorca Federico García Lorca (June 5, 1898 – August 19, 1936) was a Spanish poet and dramatist, also remembered as a painter, pianist, and composer. ... Robert Garnier (c. ... David Garrick by Thomas Gainsborough. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... George Gascoigne (c. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... Natalie Gaupp (January 8, 1967) is an American playwright. ... John Gay John Gay (30 June 1685 - 4 December 1732) was an English poet and dramatist. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... Michael V. Gazzo is a writer whose works incluse A Hatful of Rain. ... ‹ The template below (Expand) is being considered for deletion. ... Gélinas circa 1938 Gratien Gélinas (December 8, 1909 – March 16, 1999) was a Canadian author, playwright, actor, director, producer and administrator who is considered one of the founders of modern Canadian theatre and film. ... French (français, langue française) is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered in speakers only by Spanish and Portuguese. ... Jean Genet (December 19, 1910 - April 15, 1986), was a prominent, sometimes infamous, French writer and later political activist. ... Heinrich Wilhelm von Gerstenberg (1737-1823), German poet and critic, was born at Tondern in Schleswig on the 3rd of January 1737. ... Michel De Ghelderode (1898 - 1962) was an avante-garde Belgian dramatist, writing in French. ... French (français, langue française) is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered in speakers only by Spanish and Portuguese. ... Henri Ghéon (March 15, 1875 - June 13, 1944[1]). Ghéon - born as Henri Vangeon in Seine-et-Marne, France - was a French writer, critic and poet. ... Paolo Giacometti (1816-1882) was an Italian dramatist born at Novi Ligure. ... Giuseppe Giacosa Giuseppe Giacosa (21 October 1847 – 1 September 1906) was an Italian poet, playwright and librettist. ... Donato Giannotti (1492-1573) was a Florentine political writer and playwright. ... William Gibson (1964) William Gibson (born 13 November 1914) is a Tony Award-winning American playwright. ... VHS box cover of Kathie Lees Rock n Tots Cafe: A Christmas Giff starring Kathie Lee Gifford, copyright 1995 Rock n Tots Joint Venture. ... Sir William Schwenck Gilbert Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (November 18, 1836 – May 29, 1911) was an English dramatist, librettist and illustrator best known for the fourteen comic operas produced in collaboration with the composer Sir Arthur Sullivan. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes William Hooker Gillette ( July 24, 1853, Hartford, Connecticut; April 29, 1937, Hartford, Connecticut) was an American actor, playwright and stage-manager; recognized as one of the greatest actors in the history of the United States. ... Frank D. Gilroy (born October 13, 1925 in New York City) is an American writer and playwright whose play The Subject Was Roses won a Pulitzer Prize for drama and a Tony Award for Best Play. ... Antonio Gil y Zárate (1793–1861) was a Spanish dramatist and pedagogue whose work is associated with Romanticism. ... Jean Giono (March 30, 1895 - October 9, 1970) was a French author, renowned for his works of fiction set in the Provence region of France. ... Giovanni Battista Giraldi (November, 1504 - December 30, 1573), surnamed Cynthitus, Cinthio or Cintio, was an Italian novelist and poet. ... Count Giovanni Giraud (1776-1834), Italian dramatist, of French origin, was born at Rome, and showed a precocious passion for the theatre. ... Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux (October 29, 1882 - January 31, 1944) was a French dramatist who wrote internationally acclaimed plays. ... Susan Glaspell ( 1876 – 1948) was an American novelist and Pulitzer prize winning playwright. ... John Godber (born 1956) is a British playwright, known mainly for his innovative theater and observational comedies with an edge. He was born in Upton, West Yorkshire, trained as a teacher of drama, and was artistic director of Hull Truck Theatre Company. ...  , IPA: , (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath. ... Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol (Russian: Николай Васильевич Гоголь) (March 31, 1809 - March 4, 1852) was a Ukrainian-born Russian writer. ... Abraham Goldfaden Abraham Goldfaden (July 24, 1840 – January 9, 1908), born Abraham Goldenfoden (first name alternately Avram, Avron, Avrohom, Avrom, or Avrum, last name alternately Goldfadn; the Romanian spelling Avram Goldfaden is common) was a Russian-born Jewish poet and playwright, author of some 40 plays. ... “Hebrew” redirects here. ... Yiddish (Yid. ... James Goldman (June 30, 1929 - October 28, 1998) was an American playwright, and screenwriter, and brother of William Goldman. ... Carlo Goldoni Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni (25 February 1707 - 6 February 1793) was a celebrated Italian playwright, whom critics today rank among the European theatres greatest authors. ... Oliver Goldsmith Oliver Goldsmith (November 10, 1730 or 1728 – April 4, 1774) was an Irish writer and physician known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), his pastoral poem The Deserted Village (1770) (written in memory of his brother), and his plays The Good-naturd Man (1768) and... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... Witold Marian Gombrowicz (August 4, 1904 in MaÅ‚oszyce, near Kielce, Congress Poland, Russian Empire – July 24, 1969 in Vence, near Nice, France) was a Polish novelist and dramatist. ... Polish (jÄ™zyk polski, polszczyzna) is the official language of Poland. ... Albert Hackett (February 16, 1900 – March 16, 1995) was an American dramatist and screenwriter. ... Jacob Gordin, circa 1895 Jacob Michailovitch Gordin (May 1, 1853–June 11, 1909), was a Ukrainian-born Russian Jewish playwright active in the early years of Yiddish theater. ... Russian ( , transliteration: , ) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia and the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages. ... Yiddish (Yid. ... Ruth Gordon (October 30, 1896 – August 28, 1985) was an American actress and screenwriter who was perhaps best known for her role as the oversolicitous neighbor in Roman Polanskis adaptation of Ira Levins novel Rosemarys Baby, for which she won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Supporting... Charles Edward Gordone (12 October 1925 - 17 November 1995) He was the first black playwright to win the Pulitzer Prize. ... Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov (In Russian Алексей Максимович Пешков) (March 28 [O.S. March 16] 1868–June 18, 1936), better known as Maxim Gorky (Максим Горький), was a Soviet/Russian author, a founder of the socialist realism literary method and a political activist. ... “Hebrew” redirects here. ... Yiddish (Yid. ... Johann Christoph Gottsched (February 2, 1700 – December 12, 1766), was a German author and critic. ... Olympe de Gouges (born Marie Gouze; May 7, 1748 – November 3, 1793) was a playwright and journalist whose feminist writings reached a large audience. ... Carlo, Count Gozzi (13 December 1720 – April 4, 1806), was an Italian dramatist. ... Christian Dietrich Grabbe (December 11, 1801 – September 12, 1836) was a German dramatist. ... Duncan Graham is the name of: Duncan Archibald Graham (1882 – 1974) was a Canadian physician and academic Duncan Graham (Canadian politician) (1845 – record of death not found) was a Canadian Member of Parliament. ... David Marshall Grant (born June 21, 1955), Westport, Connecticut, is an American actor and playwright. ... Harley Granville-Barker (November 25, 1877 – August 31, 1946) was a British actor, director, producer, critic and playwright. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... Günter Wilhelm Grass (born October 16, 1927) is a Nobel Prize-winning German author. ... Simon James Holliday Gray, CBE (October 21, 1936-) is an English playwright. ... Antonio Francesco Grazzini (March 22, 1503 - February 18, 1583), was an Italian author. ... Julien Green French born Catholic author of several novels including Leviathen and Each In His Own Darkness. ... French (français, langue française) is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered in speakers only by Spanish and Portuguese. ... Paul Green (17 March 1894 - 4 May 1981) American Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. ... Richard Greenberg (1958-) is a Tony Award winning american playwright. ... Henry Graham Greene, OM, CH (October 2, 1904 – April 3, 1991) was a great English playwright, novelist, short story writer, travel writer and critic whose works explore the ambivalent moral and political issues of the modern world. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... Robert Greene Robert Greene, BA, MA, (1558 – September 3, 1592) was an English playwright, poet, pamphleteer, and prose writer. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... A photograph of Lady Gregory from her 1913 book Our Irish Theatre Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory (15 March 1852–22 May 1932), née Isabella Augusta Persse, was an Irish dramatist and folklorist. ... David Greig is a Scottish playwright and director. ... This article is about the country. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Trevor Griffiths (born 4 April 1935 in Manchester) is an English dramatist. ... Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer (January 15, 1791 - January 21, 1872), Austrian dramatic poet, was born in Vienna. ... Jim Grover is a famous instructor in World War II combatives and defensive shooting tactics. ... Andreas Gryphius (October 11, 1616 - July 16, 1664) was a German lyric poet and dramatist. ... John Guare (pronounced gwâr, born 5 February 1938) is an American playwright. ... Sacha Guitry, born February 21, 1885 in St. ... A.R. Gurney (1930- ) is an American playwright and novelist. ... Karl Ferdinand Gutzkow (17 March 1811 – 16 December 1878) was a German writer notable in the Young Germany movement of the mid-19th century. ...

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• Peter Hacks
• Ruth Hale
• Peter Handke
• William Hanley
• Lorraine Hansberry
• Haseena Moin (b. 1941) - Pakistan
• Ernst Hardt
• David Hare
• Moss Hart
• Fred Harvey
• Jonathan Harvey
• Walter Hasenclever
• Jeffrey Hatcher
• Gerhart Hauptmann
• Václav Havel
• Friedrich Hebbel
• Lillian Hellman
• Beth Henley
• Nigel Heseltine
• Dorothy Hewett
• John Heywood(c.1497-c.1580)
• Wolfgang Hildesheimer
• Shawn Hirabayashi
• Prince Hoare
• Rolf Hochhuth
• Fritz Hochwaelder
• Hugo von Hofmannsthal
• Darcy Hogan
• Ludvig Holberg
• Michael Hollinger
• Rupert Holmes
• Ödön von Horváth
• Sidney Howard
• Tina Howe
• John-Michael Howson
• Hroswitha of Gandersheim
• Dusty Hughes
• Langston Hughes
• Victor Hugo
• Maureen Hunter

Peter Hacks ( b. ... Ruth Hale (October 14, 1908 – April 20, 2003) was an American playwright and actress. ... Peter Handke (born December 6, 1942) is an avant-garde Austrian novelist and playwright. ... William Hanley is an author, playwright and screenwriter. ... Lorraine Hansberry (May 19, 1930 - January 12, 1965) was an American playwright and litigant in the United States Supreme Court case, Hansberry v. ... Haseena Moin (born November 20, 1941) is a renowned Pakistani dramatist, playwright and writer for radio and television. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ... Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Hardt (May 9, 1876-January 3, 1947) was a German playwright, poet, and novelist. ... Sir David Hare (born June 5, 1947) is an English dramatist and director. ... Moss Hart (October 24, 1904 – December 20, 1961) was an American playwright and director of plays and musical theater. ... Frederick Henry Harvey (June 27, 1835–February 9, 1901) was an entrepreneur who developed the Harvey House lunch rooms, restaurants, souvenir shops, and hotels, which served rail passengers on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, the Gulf Coast and Santa Fe Railway, the Kansas Pacific Railway, the St. ... Jonathan Harvey is a British playwright whose work has earned multiple awards. ... Walter Hasenclever, b. ... Jeffrey Hatcher is a playwright. ... Gerhart Hauptmann Gerhart Hauptmann (November 15, 1862 - June 6, 1946), German dramatist, was born on at Obersalzbrunn, Prussia (now Szczawno Drój, Poland) in Silesia, the son of a hotel-keeper. ... Václav Havel, GCB, CC, (IPA: ) (born October 5, 1936 in Prague) is a Czech writer and dramatist. ... Christian Friedrich Hebbel (March 18, 1813 – December 13, 1863), was a German poet and dramatist. ... Lillian Florence Hellman (June 20, 1905 – June 30, 1984) was a successful American playwright, linked throughout her life with many left-wing causes. ... Beth Henley (born May 8, 1952), of Jackson, Mississippi, is a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright. ... Nigel Heseltine (1916 – 1996) was a Welsh writer, of travel books, short stories, plays, and poetry. ... Dorothy Coade Hewett, (May 21, 1923 – August 25, 2002), was an Australian feminist poet, novelist, librettist, and playwright. ... John Heywood (1497-1580) was an English writer known for his plays, poems, and collection of proverbs. ... 1497 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Events March 1 - Michel de Montaigne signs the preface to his most significant work, Essays. ... Wolfgang Hildesheimer (b. ... Prince Hoare (1755 - 22 December 1834) was an English painter and dramatist. ... Rolf Hochhuth (born April 1, 1931 in Eschwege) is a German author and playwright. ... Fritz Hochwälder (May 28, 1911 – October 21, 1986) was an Austrian playwright. ... Hugo von Hofmannsthal Hugo von Hofmannsthal (February 1, 1874 – July 15, 1929), was an Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist. ... Darcy M. Hogan (born April 10, 1975) is an American playwright living in Orange County, California. ... This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Michael Hollinger (born January 13, 1962 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is an American playwright who is currently an assistant professor of Theatre at Villanova University and a resident playwright at New Dramatists. ... Rupert Holmes (born February 24, 1947 in Northwich, Cheshire, England) is a composer and writer who grew up in the northern New York City suburb of Nanuet, New York, and attended nearby Nyack High School. ... Ödön (Edmund Josef) von Horváth, born December 9, 1901 in Fiume (today called Rijeka) and killed June 1, 1938 in Paris, was one of the most important German-language playwrights and authors of the twentieth century. ... Sidney Coe Howard, born June 26, 1891 in Oakland, California, United States – died August 23, 1939 in Tyringham, Massachusetts, was a playwright and screenwriter who became the first person to win both a Pulitzer Prize and an Academy Award. ... Tina Howe (born 1937, in New York City) is an American playwright. ... John Michael Howson (often written alternatively as John-Michael Howson is a flamboyant Australian entertainer. ... Hrosvit, also known as Hroswitha and Hroswitha of Gandersheim, was a female 10th century (c. ... Dusty Hughes (born 1947) is a British playwright. ... Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, novelist, playwright, short story writer, and newspaper columnist. ... Victor-Marie Hugo (pronounced in French) (26 February 1802 — 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, playwright, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights campaigner, and perhaps the most influential exponent of the Romantic movement in France. ... Maureen Hunter (born 1948) is a Canadian playwright who lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba. ...

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• Henrik Ibsen
• Almir Imsirevic
• William Inge
• Eugène Ionesco
• Roger Iverson
• David Ives

Ibsen redirects here. ... Almir Imsirevic was born in Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... William Motter Inge (May 3, 1913 – June 10, 1973) was an American playwright and novelist, whose works feature solitary protagonists encumbered with strained sexual relations. ... Eugène Ionesco Eugène Ionesco, born Eugen Ionescu, (November 26, 1909 – March 29, 1994) was a French-Romanian playwright and dramatist, one of the foremost playwrights of the Theatre of the Absurd. ... David Ives (b. ...

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• Alfred Jarry
• Elfriede Jelinek
• Douglas William Jerrold
• Christopher John (Australia)
• Terry Johnson
• Denis Johnston
• Ben Jonson
• James Joyce

Alfred Jarry Alfred Jarry (September 8, 1873 – November 1, 1907) was a French writer born in Laval, Mayenne, France, not far from the border of Brittany; he was of Breton descent on his mothers side. ... Elfriede Jelinek (born 20 October 1946) is an Austrian feminist playwright and novelist. ... Douglas William Jerrold (January 3, 1803 - June 8, 1857), was an English dramatist and writer. ... Christopher John (born January 5, American politician, was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1997 to 2005, representing the 7th District of Louisiana. ... Terry Johnson (1955 - ) is a British dramatist and director working for stage, television and film. ... Denis Johnston (June 18, 1901 – August 8, 1984) was an Irish dramatist who was awarded an OBE 1945 and was also a member of Aosdána. ... For other persons of the same name, see Ben Johnson (disambiguation). ... James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (Irish Séamus Seoighe; 2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish expatriate writer, widely considered to be one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. ...

K

• Georg Kaiser
• Kalidasa
• Sarah Kane
• Girish Karnad
• George S. Kaufman
• Moisés Kaufman
• John B. Keane
• Joseph Kesselring
• Thomas Kilroy
• Sidney Kingsley
• Heinrich von Kleist
• Friedrich Maximilian Klinger
• Václav Kliment Klicpera
• Alexander Kluge
• Frederick Knott
• Karl König
• Bernard Kops
• Allan Stewart Konigsberg
• Oskar Kokoschka
• August von Kotzebue
• Karl Kraus
• Helmut Krausser
• Franz Xaver Kroetz
• Nestor Kukolnik
• Rick Kunzi
• Hanif Kureishi
• Tony Kushner
• Thomas Kyd

Georg Kaiser (1878-1945) was a highly prolific German dramatist who wrote in a variety of styles, but is best known as an expressionist, most notably for The Citizens of Calais (1914), From Morn to Midnight (1916), and a trilogy, comprised of The Coral (1917), Gas (1918), Gas II(1920). ... Kalidas (कालिदास) is considered one of Indias greatest Sanskrit poets and dramatists. ... Sarah Kane (February 3, 1971 – February 20, 1999) was an English playwright. ... // Girish Karnad (Kannada:ಗಿರೀಶ್ ಕಾರ್ನಾಡ್) (born May 19, 1938), is a contemporary writer, playwright, actor and movie director in Kannada language. ... George Simon Kaufman (November 16, 1889 - June 2, 1961) was an American playwright, director, producer, humorist, and drama critic noted for his many collaborations with other writers and his contributions to 20th century American comedy. ... Moisés Kaufman (born 1964) is a playwright and director. ... John Brendan Keane (July 21, 1928–May 30, 2002) was an Irish playwright, novelist and essayist from Listowel, County Kerry. ... Joseph Otto Kesselring (21 July 1902-5 November 1967) American writer and playwright known best for his play Arsenic and Old Lace. ... Thomas F. Kilroy (1934 - ), the Irish playwright and novelist, was born in Green Street, Callan, County Kilkenny and studied at University College, Dublin. ... Sidney Kingsley (1906-1995) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American dramatist. ... Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (October 18, 1777 – November 21, 1811) was a German poet, dramatist and novelist. ... Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger (February 17, 1752 - February 25, 1831) was a German dramatist and novelist. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Alexander Kluge (born February 14, 1932 in Halberstadt) is a German film director and author. ... Frederick Knott, (Frederick Major Paull Knott) was born in Hankow, China on August 28th 1916 and died on December 17th 2002 in New York City. ... Karl König was an Austrian paediatric Doctor who in 1940 founded at Aberdeen, Scotland the Camphill Movement, an international movement of therapeutic intentional communities for those with special needs or disabilities. ... Bernard Kops is a British Dramatist, born in the East End of London in 1926. ... Woody Allen (born Allen Stewart Königsberg on December 1, 1935) is a three-time Academy Award-winning American film director, writer, actor, jazz musician, comedian, and playwright. ... Oskar Kokoschka (March 1, 1886-February 22, 1980) was an Austrian artist and poet of Czech origin, best known for his intense expressionistic portraits and landscapes. ... August von Kotzebue August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue (May 3, 1761 in Weimar - March 23, 1819 in Mannheim) was a German dramatist. ... Karl Kraus (April 28, 1874 - June 12, 1936) was an eminent Austrian writer and journalist, known as a satirist, essayist, aphorist, playwright, and poet. ... Helmut Krausser (July 11, 1964) is a German author, poet and playwright who was born in Esslingen am Neckar. ... Franz Xaver Kroetz (born February 25, 1946 in Munich) He is a German writer and playwright. ... Nestor Vasilievich Kukolnik (1809-1868) was a Russian playwright and prose writer. ... Hanif Kureishi (born December 5, 1954) is a Pakistani-British playwright, screenwriter, and novelist and short story writer on topics of race, nationalism, immigration, and sexuality. ... Tony Kushner (born July 16, 1956) is an award-winning American playwright most famous for his play Angels in America, for which he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. ... Thomas Kyd (1558 - 1594) was an English dramatist, the author of The Spanish Tragedy, and one of the most important figures in the development of Elizabethan drama. ...

L

• Neil LaBute
• Jonathon Larson
• Else Lasker-Schüler
• Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz
• Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
• Reinhard Lettau
• Ira Levin
• Saunders Lewis
• Nell Leyshon
• David Lindsay-Abaire
• Romulus Linney
• Kenneth Lonergan
• Stephen Lowe
• Craig Lucas
• Clare Boothe Luce
• Charles Ludlam
• Ken Ludwig
• Otto Ludwig

Neil LaBute (born March 19, 1963) is an American film director, screenwriter, and playwright. ... Jonathan Larson (February 4, 1960 - January 25, 1996) was a composer from New York City who created musicals including Rent and tick, tick. ... Else Lasker-Schüler (born February 11, 1869 in Elberfeld, Wuppertal; died January 22, 1945 in Jerusalem) was a German Jewish poet. ... Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (* January 12, 1751 - May 24, 1792) German writer of the Sturm und Drang period who was born in Seßwegen/Cēsvaine, Livonia and died in Moscow. ... Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (January 22, 1729 - February 15, 1781), writer, philosopher, publicist, and art thinker, is the most outstanding German representative of the Enlightenment era. ... Reinhard Lettau (10 September 1929, Erfurt - 17 June 1996, Karlsruhe) was a German-American writer. ... Ira Levin (born August 27, 1929 in New York) is an American novelist, playwright and songwriter. ... Saunders Lewis (John Saunders Lewis), (October 15, 1893 - September 1, 1985), was a Welsh poet, dramatist, historian, literary critic and political activist. ... Nell Leyshon is a British dramatist and novelist. ... David Lindsay-Abaire is an American playwright who wrote Fuddy Meers, among others. ... Romulus Linney was born in Philadelphia in 1931. ... Kenneth Lonergan is a playwright, screenwriter, and director born in 1963 in New York City, New York. ... Stephen Lowe (born 1947) is an English playwright. ... Craig Lucas is a American playwright, screenwriter, theatre director, musical actor and film director. ... Clare Boothe Luce photo taken by Carl Van Vechten, 1933. ... Charles Ludlam (April 12, 1943 in Floral Park, New York - May 28, 1987) was an American actor and playwright. ... For more information on Ken Ludwig and plays & musicals by Ken Ludwig, visit www. ... Otto Ludwig (February 11, 1813–February 25, 1865) was a German dramatist, novelist and critic born in Eisfeld in Thuringia. ...

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• Ewan MacColl
• Michael MacLennan
• Wendy MacLeod
• George Macropedius, (1487-1558)
• Ellen McLaughlin
• Carlo Maria Maggi, (Italy) *Insubric language*
• Monica Malek-Yonan
• Rosie Malek-Yonan
• David Mamet, (born 1947)
• Klaus Mann
• William Marchant, (United States), (1923-1995)
• Donald Margulies
• Pierre de Marivaux
• Christopher Marlowe, (1564-1593)
• William Somerset Maugham
• Vladimir Mayakovsky
• Marius von Mayenburg
• Martin McDonagh, (born 1970)
• Frank McGuinness
• Sally McLean
• Terrence McNally, (born 1939)
• Mark Medoff
• Charles L. Mee
• Menander
• David Mercer
• Thomas Middleton
• Arthur Miller, (1915-2005)
• Willy Millowitsch
• Octave Mirbeau (1848-1917)
• Molière, (1622-1673)
• Jose Zorrilla y Moral
• Félix Morisseau-Leroy (Moriso Lewa), (1912-1998)
• Melvyn Morrow
• John Mortimer
• Itamar Moses
• Dimitrios Mpogris , ( Greece ) , ( 1890 - 1964 )
• Sean Muir
• Heiner Müller
• Kaj Munk
• Tommy Murphy
• Robert Musil
• Mohan Rakesh

Ewan MacColl (25 January 1915 - 22 October 1989) was a British folk singer, songwriter, socialist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer. ... Michael Lewis MacLennan (June 5, 1968) is a Canadian playwright, screenwriter, and producer of television shows. ... Wendy MacLeod is a playwright. ... Georgius Macropedius, portrait by Philips Galle, poem by Benito Arias Montanus. ... Ellen McLaughlin is an American playwright and actor for stage and film. ... Insubric (or Western Lombard for its collocation in Lombardy region) is officially a Lombard language variety spoken in Italy and Switzerland (Canton Ticino), but its so different from Orobic (or Eastern Lombard), that its often considered as another language. ... Sports Monica Malek-Yonan was a figure skater on the 1980 Winter Olympic Team along with team member and sister Rosie Malek-Yonan. ... // Born on the fourth of July, in Tehran, Iran, Rosie Malek-Yonan ( رزی ملک یونان ) is an Assyrian actress, artist, director, author and activist. ... David Alan Mamet (born November 30, 1947) is an American author, essayist, playwright, screenwriter, and film director. ... Klaus Mann at 12 years old. ... William Marchant (May 1, 1923, Allentown, Pennsylvania–November 5, 1995, Paramus, New Jersey) was a playwright and screenwriter. ... Donald Margulies is an American playwright who authored plays including Pulitzer Prize winning Dinner with Friends and Collected Stories. ... Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux (February 4, 1688 - February 12, 1763), French novelist and dramatist, was born at Paris. ... Christopher (Kit) Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593?) was an English dramatist, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. ... W. Somerset Maugham as photographed in 1934 by Carl Van Vechten. ... Portrait of Vladimir Mayakovsky Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (Влади́мир Влади́мирович Маяко́вский) (July 19 [O.S. July 7] 1893 – April 14, 1930) was a Russian poet, among the foremost representatives of early-20th century Futurism. ... Marius von Mayenburg (born 1972 in Munich) is a German playwright, translator and also instructor. ... Martin McDonagh (born 26 March 1970) is a contemporary Irish playwright. ... Frank McGuinness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... A graduate of The Actors Institute, London (UK), Australian actress Sally McLean has played leading roles on the London stage in various productions including Macbeth, Hamlet, Top Girls, Uncle Vanya and the World Premier of Annabel’s Requiem. ... Terrence McNally (born November 3, 1939), is an American playwright. ... American playwright. ... Charles L. Mee is an American playwright and author. ... Bust of Menander Menander (342–291 BC) (Greek ), Greek dramatist, the chief representative of the New Comedy, was born in Athens. ... David Mercer (born: 27 June 1928, Wakefield, England - died: 8 August 1980, Haifa, Israel) was an English playwright and dramatist. ... Thomas Middleton (1580 – 1627) was an English Jacobean playwright and poet. ... Arthur Bob Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright and essayist. ... Willy Millowitsch (January 8, 1909 - September 20, 1999) was a playwright and a stage and TV actor. ... Octave Mirbeau Octave Mirbeau (February 16, 1848 in Trévières - February 16, 1917) was a French journalist, art critic, pamphleteer, novelist, and playwright, who achieved celebrity in Europe and great success among the public, while still appealing to the literary and artistic avant-garde. ... Molière, engraved on the frontispiece to his Works. ... José Zorrilla y Moral (February 21, 1817 - January 23, 1893), was a Spanish poet and dramatist. ... Félix Morisseau-Leroy (Haitian Creole: ; March 13, 1912 - September 5, 1998), was a Haitian writer who worked, often exclusively, in the Haitian Creole language, the first significant writer to do so. ... Melvyn Morrow is an Australian playwright and teacher. ... Sir John Clifford Mortimer QC (born 21 April 1923) is an English barrister turned prolific writer and dramatist. ... Itamar Moses is an American playwright and author. ... Dimitris Mpogris ( 1890 - 1964) was a famous Greek playwright of Hellenic theater . ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Sean Muir (born April 22, 1983) is an American playwright. ... Heiner Müller (January 9, 1929 – December 30, 1995) was an East German dramatist and writer. ... Kaj Harald Leininger Munk (mostly referred to as Kaj Munk) (January 13, 1898 - January 4, 1944) was a Danish playwright and Lutheran pastor. ... Tommy Murphy (1921 - 1985) was a famous Gaelic footballer for County Laois. ... Robert Musil (November 6, 1880, Klagenfurt, Austria – April 15, 1942, Geneva, Switzerland) was an Austrian writer. ... Mohan Rakesh (मोहन राकेश) (1925-1972) was one of the pioneers of the Nai Kahani (literally new story) movement of the Hindi literature in the 1950s. ...

N

• Richard Nelson
• Johann Nestroy
• Anthony Neilson
• Peter Nichols
• William Nicholson
• Marsha Norman
• Lynn Nottage

Poseidon is a movie remake of the classic disaster film The Poseidon Adventure, based on the novel by Paul Gallico. ... Johann Nepomuk Eduard Ambrosius Nestroy (born December 7, 1801 at Vienna, Austria; died May 25, 1862 at Graz, Austria) was an opera singer, actor and, primarily, a playwright. ... Anthony Neilson (born 1967 or 1968) is a Scottish playwright and director commonly associated with the in-yer-face theatre movement. ... Peter Nichols (born [[april29[[1958is an [radio comic plays A Crazy radio morning show host his show the breakfast club is cutting edge. ... William Nicholson (born January 12, 1948) is a BAFTA-, Oscar- and Tony-nominated British screenwriter, playwright, and novelist. ... Marsha Norman was awarded the 1983 Pulitzer Prize, Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, Hull-Warriner, and Drama Desk Awards for Night, Mother, which received its world premiere at the A.R.T. in 1982. ... Lynn Nottage (1964-) is a respected American playwright whose work often deals with the lives of African Americans and women. ...

O

• Dan O'Brien
• Michael O'Brien
• Sean O'Casey
• Eugene O'Neill
• Gerlinde Obermeier
• Clifford Odets
• Han Ong
• Joe Orton
• John Osborne
• Peter Oswald

Daniel Dion (Dan) OBrien (born July 18, 1966 in Portland, Oregon) is an American decathlete. ... Michael OBrien (born 19 June 1954) is a Labour politician in the United Kingdom. ... Sean OCasey Sean OCasey (March 30, 1880 - September 18, 1964) was a major Irish dramatist and memorist. ... Eugene Gladstone ONeill (October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953) was a Nobel- and four-time Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright. ... Gerlinde Obermeier was an extravagantly emotional writer with a powerful feminist perspective which extended into a critique of the mental health establishment as essentially oppressive. ... Clifford Odets photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1937 Clifford Odets (July 18, 1906 - August 18, 1963) was an American socialist playwright, screenwriter, and social protester. ... Playwright and novelist Han Ong (1968- ) is both a high-school dropout and one of the youngest recipients of a MacArthur Foundation genius grant. ... Joe Orton Joe Orton (Born: John Kingsley Orton 1 January 1933, Leicester, England. ... John James Osborne (December 12, 1929 – December 24, 1994) was an English playwright, screenwriter, and critic of the Establishment. ... Peter Oswald is a well-known English playwright. ...

P

• Suzan-Lori Parks
• Angelo Parra
• John Patrick
• Tyler Perry
• Arthur Wing Pinero
• Harold Pinter
• Luigi Pirandello
• Plautus
• Ulrich Plenzdorf
• Sharon Pollock
• Will Power
• Stanisław Przybyszewski (1868-1927) (Poland)
• J. B. Priestley
• Alexander Pushkin
• Ariel Pytrell

Suzan-Lori Parks (1964 - ) is an African-American playwright and novelist. ... Angelo Parra is an American playwright. ... John Patrick (May 17, 1905 – November 7, 1995) was an American playwright and screenwriter. ... Tyler Perry (born September 13, 1969 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American playwright and actor. ... Arthur Wing Pinero (24 May 1855- 23 November 1934) was an English dramatist. ... Harold Pinter, CH, CBE (born 10 October 1930) is an English playwright, screenwriter, poet, actor, director, author, and political activist. ... Luigi Pirandello (June 28, 1867 – December 10, 1936) was an Italian dramatist, novelist, and short story writer awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1934. ... Titus Macchius Plautus, generally referred to simply as Plautus, was a playwright of Ancient Rome. ... Ulrich Plenzdorf (born October 26, 1934 in Berlin, Germany, died August 9, 2007, near Berlin) was a German author and dramatist. ... Sharon Pollock (born April 19, 1936) is a Canadian playwright who lives in Calgary, Alberta. ... Will Power (born March 1, 1981) is a motorsport driver from Toowoomba in Queensland, Australia. ... StanisÅ‚aw Przybyszewski StanisÅ‚aw Przybyszewski (1868-1927) was a Polish novelist, dramatist, and poet of the decadent naturalistic school. ... John Boynton Priestley, OM (13 September 1894, Bradford - 14 August 1984, Warwickshire) was an English writer and broadcaster . ... Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Пу́шкин, IPA: ,  ) (June 6 [O.S. May 26] 1799 – February 10 [O.S. January 29] 1837) was a Russian Romantic author who is considered to be the greatest Russian poet[1][2][3][4] and the founder of modern Russian literature. ...

Q

• Philippe Quinault (1635-1688) (France)

Philippe Quinault (June 3, 1635 - November 26, 1688), French dramatist and librettist, was born in Paris on the 3rd of June 1635. ...

R

• David Rabe
• Jean Racine
• Ferdinand Raimund
• Jonathan Rand
• Adam Rapp
• Lutz Rathenow
• Terence Rattigan
• James Reaney
• Yasmina Reza
• Erwin Riess
• Lawrence Riley
• Rainer Maria Rilke
• Lennox Robinson
• Jack Rosenthal
• Kenneth G. Ross
• Edmond Rostand
• Friederike Roth
• David Rudkin
• Paul Rudnick
• Sarah Ruhl
• Willy Russell

David William Rabe (born March 10, 1940 in Dubuque, Iowa) is an American playwright and screenwriter. ... Jean Racine. ... Ferdinand Raimund (born June 1, 1790, died September 5, 1836) was an Austrian actor and dramatist. ... Adam Rapp (born in Chicago, Illinois) is a novelist and playwright. ... Lutz Rathenow (born 1952) is a dissident German writer and poet who was haunted by the Secret Police until the German reunification. ... Terence Rattigan — British Playwright Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan (June 10, 1911 – November 30, 1977) was one of Englands most important 20th century dramatists. ... James Crerar Reaney (born September 1, 1926) is a Canadian poet, playwright and literary critic. ... Yasmina Reza (born 1 May 1959), a multi-talented Iranian born in France, is a playwright, actress, novelist and screenwriter. ... Erwin Riess, playwright and dramatist was born on March 13, 1957 in Vienna, Austria. ... Lawrence Riley (1896-1974) was a successful American playwright and screenwriter. ... Rainer Maria Rilke (4 December 1875 – 29 December 1926) is considered one of the German languages greatest 20th century poets. ... Lenox Robinson (October 4, 1886 - October 15, 1958) was an Irish dramatist, poet and theatre producer and director who was involved with the Abbey Theatre. ... Jack Rosenthal, CBE (8 September 1931 - 29 May 2004) , was a playwright, who wrote several early episodes of the ITV soap opera Coronation Street and a number of successful plays and films. ... Kenneth Ross is an Australian playwright and screenwriter best known for writing the 1980 stage play Breaker Morant, that was based on the life of Australian soldier Harry Breaker Morant, and which was later adapted by Ross into a film by the same name. ... Statue dedicated to Edmond Rostand in Cambo-les-Bains Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand (April 1, 1868 - December 2, 1918) was a French poet and dramatist. ... Frederike Roth (born April 6, 1948 in Sindelfingen) is a German writer. ... David Rudkin is a British playwright of Anglo-Irish origin. ... Paul Rudnick is a screenwriter and playwright. ... Sarah Ruhl (born 1974) is an American playwright. ... William Martin Russell (born 23 August 1947 in Whiston, Merseyside) is a British playwright, lyricist and composer. ...

S

Sa-Se

• Partap Sharma
• Hans Sachs
• Nelly Sachs
• Florencio Sánchez
• William Saroyan
• Jean-Paul Sartre
• Friedrich Schiller
• Arno Schmidt
• Ron Schnitzius
• Arthur Schnitzler
• Werner Schwab
• Robert Schenkkan
• David Sedaris
• Seneca the Younger
• Kenneth Jarrett Singleton

Partap Sharma born December 12, 1939 is an Indian playwright, novelist, author of books for children, commentator, actor and documentary film-maker. ... Hans Sachs (November 5, 1494 - January 19, 1576) was a German meistersinger (mastersinger), poet, playwright and shoemaker. ... Nelly Sachs, (10 December 1891, Berlin – 12 May 1970, Stockholm) was a German poet and dramatist who was transformed by the Nazi experience from a dilettante into a poignant spokesperson for the grief and yearnings of her fellow Jews. ... Florencio Sánchez (January 17, 1875 - November 7, 1910) was an Uruguayan playwright. ... William Saroyan, 1940 William Saroyan (August 31, 1908 - May 18, 1981) was an American author who wrote many plays and short stories about growing up impoverished as the son of Armenian immigrants. ... Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (June 21, 1905 – April 15, 1980), normally known simply as Jean-Paul Sartre (pronounced: ), was a French existentialist philosopher and pioneer, dramatist and screenwriter, novelist and critic. ... Friedrich Schiller “Schiller” redirects here. ... Arno Schmidt (January 18, 1914 in Hamburg - June 3, 1979 in Celle) was a German author and translator. ... Ron Schnitzius is a playwright noted for The Wrinkled Rebellion, a comedy in which senior citizens revolt against conditions in their retirement home. ... Arthur Schnitzler Arthur Schnitzler (May 15, 1862 - October 21, 1931) was an Austrian writer and doctor. ... Werner Schwab (February 4, 1958 - January 1, 1994) was an Austrian playwright and visual artist. ... Robert Schenkkan (born March 19, 1953, is an American playwright who won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his work The Kentucky Cycle. ... Sedaris in 2005. ... Bust, traditionally thought to be Seneca, now identified by some as Hesiod. ...

Sg-Sr

• Anthony Shaffer
• Peter Shaffer, (born 1926)
• William Shakespeare, (1564-1616)
• Ntozake Shange
• John Patrick Shanley
• George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
• Wallace Shawn (born 1943)
• Rob Shearman
• Edward Sheldon
• Jane Shepard (born 1958)
• Sam Shepard (born 1943)
• Richard Brinsley Sheridan
• Jonathan Marc Sherman
• R. C. Sherriff
• Robert E. Sherwood
• George Shiels
• Del Shores
• Larry Shue
• Neil Simon
• Bernard Slade
• Anna Deavere Smith
• Charles Smith
• Sophocles
• Aaron Sorkin
• Wole Soyinka
• Ron Sparks
• Biljana Srbljanović

Anthony Joshua Shaffer, (May 15, 1926 – November 6, 2001), was a English dramatist. ... // Sir Peter Levin Shaffer (born May 15, 1926) is an English dramatist, author of numerous award-winning plays, several of which have been filmed. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Ntozake Shange (pronounced En-toe-ZAK-kay SHONG-gay) (born October 18, 1948) is an African American playwright, performance artist, and writer who is best-known for her Obie Award winning play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/when the rainbow is enuf. ... John Patrick Shanley (born in 1950) is a playwright from the Bronx. ... George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856–2 November 1950) was an Irish dramatist, literary critic, and socialist. ... Wallace Shawn (born November 12, 1943), sometimes credited as Wally Shawn, is an American actor and playwright. ... Robert Shearman appearing on Doctor Who Confidential Robert Shearman (also credited as Rob Shearman; born February 10, 1970 near London, England, United Kingdom) is currently best-known as a writer of Doctor Who audio plays for Big Finish, and for his ongoing association with Jarvis & Ayres Productions (Martin Jarvis and... Edward Brewster Sheldon (b. ... Playwright, Filmmaker, Cartoonist (b. ... Sam Shepard (born November 5, 1943) is a unique American artist whose talents have been expressed in many different areas. ... Richard Brinsley Sheridan Richard Brinsley Sheridan (October 30, 1751 – July 7, 1816) was an Irish playwright and Whig statesman. ... Jonathan Marc Sherman (born 10 October 1968) is a contemporary American playwright. ... Robert Cedric Sherriff (6 June 1896 – 13 November 1975) was an English writer. ... Robert Emmet Sherwood (4 April 1896–14 November 1955) American playwright, editor, and screenwriter. ... George Shiels (24 June 1886 - 19 September 1949) was an Irish dramatist whose plays were a success both in his native Ulster and at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. ... Film Sordid Lives, starring Olivia Newton-John, Beau Bridges, Bonnie Bedelia. ... Larry Shue (23 July 1946 - 23 September 1985) was an American playwright and actor, best known for writing two often-performed farces, The Nerd and The Foreigner. ... Neil Simon (1966) Neil Simon (born Marvin Neil Simon July 4, 1927 in The Bronx, New York City), is a Jewish American playwright and screenwriter. ... Bernard Slade (born May 2, 1930) is a Canadian playwright and screenwriter. ... Anna Deavere Smith (born September 18, 1950, in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American actress, playwright, and professor in the Department of Performance Studies at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. ... Charles Smith is an African-American playwright born in Chicago. ... Sophocles (ancient Greek: ; 495 BC - 406 BC) was the second of three great ancient Greek tragedians. ... Aaron Benjamin Sorkin (born June 9, 1961) is an American screenwriter, producer and playwright. ... Akinwande Oluwole Wole Soyinka (born 13 July 1934) is a Nigerian writer, poet and playwright. ... Ron Sparks is a Canadian comedian, actor and writer. ... playwright Biljana Srbljanović Biljana Srbljanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Биљана Србљановић) is a Serbian playwright. ...

St-Sz

• Michael J Starr
• Shelagh Stephenson
• Tom Stoppard
• David Storey
• August Stramm
• Botho Strauß
• August Strindberg
• Preston Sturges
• Patrick Süskind
• Alfred Sutro
• Caridad Svich
• Jeffrey Sweet
• John Millington Synge

Sketch by Arianne Wolodarsky Michael Starr is a British playwright born 13th March 1977 in Chichester, England. ... Shelagh Stephenson is a Scottish playwright whose works include The Memory of Water (1995), An Experiment with an Air Pump, Ancient Lights, and Five Kinds of Silence (radio play 1995; stage play 2000). ... Sir Tom Stoppard, OM, CBE (born as Tomáš Straussler on July 3, 1937)[1] is an Academy Award winning British playwright of more than 24 plays. ... David Malcolm Storey (born 13 July 1933) is an English playwright, screenwriter and award winning novelist. ... August Stramm (July 29, 1874–September 1, 1915) was a German poet and playwright who is considered one of the first of the expressionists. ... Botho Strauss (born 1944 in Naumburg) is a German playwright, novelist and essayist. ... August Strindberg Portrait of August Strindberg by Richard Bergh   (January 22, 1849 – May 14, 1912) was a Swedish writer, playwright, and painter. ... Preston Sturges (August 29, 1898 – August 6, 1959), originally Edmund Preston Biden, was a celebrated screenwriter and director born in Chicago. ... Patrick Süßkind (born March 26, 1949) is a German writer and film script author. ... Alfred Sutro (August 7, 1863 - 1933) was British playwright. ... Caridad Svich is a Latin-American playwright, songwriter, translator and editor known for her critique of the American dream and mix of Latino and American cultures. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... John Millington Synge (pronounced Sing) (April 16, 1871 - March 24, 1909) was an Irish dramatist, poet, prose writer, and collector of folklore. ...

T

• George Tabori
• Jean Tardieu
• Henry Taylor
• Bernard J. Taylor
• Samuel Taylor
• Vijay Tendulkar
• Terence
• Tian Han
• Ernest Thompson (b. 1949) (United States)
• Judith Thompson
• Ludwig Tieck
• Ernst Toller
• Colorado Tolston, pseudonym of T. James Belich (b. 1976) (United States)
• Bartolomé de Torres Naharro
• Miles Tredinnick
• Kurt Tucholsky

George Tabori George Tabori (born May 24, 1914, Budapest) is a Hungarian writer and theatre director. ... Jean Tardieu (born in St Germain de Joux, France November 1, 1903, died in Créteil, France January 27, 1995) was an artist, musician, poet and dramatic author. ... Sir Henry Taylor (October 18, 1800 - March 27, 1886) was an English dramatist. ... Bernard J. Taylor Bernard J. Taylor is the writer and composer of six stage musicals that have been produced around the world and translated into German, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian, Spanish and Italian. ... Samuel Taylor (June 13, 1912–May 26, 2000) was an American playwright and screenwriter. ... Vijay Tendulkar (born in 1928) in Kolhapur, India. ... Publius Terentius Afer, better known as Terence, was a comic playwright of the Roman Republic. ... Tian Han Tian Han (田汉; pinyin: tián hàn) (March 12, 1898 - December 10, 1968) was a Chinese playwright. ... Ernest Thompson, (born November 6, 1949), in Bellows Falls, Vermont, is an American Playwright and actor. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Judith Thompson Judith Clare Thompson (born 1954) is a Canadian playwright who lives in Toronto, Ontario. ... Ludwig Tieck Johann Ludwig Tieck (May 31, 1773 – April 28, 1853) was a German poet, translator, editor, novelist, and critic, who was part of the Romantic movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. ... Ernst Toller (December 1, 1893 - May 22, 1939) was a German Communist playwright. ... Colorado Tolston is an American playwright and the author of a dozen new and original plays in genres that include mystery, fantasy, religious, and childrens. ... T. James Belich (born 1976, also known by the pseudonym of Colorado Tolston), is an American playwright and actor. ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bartolomé de Torres Naharro (cca. ... In a varied career in the entertainment industry Miles Tredinnick (born February 18, 1955) has been a rock singer, TV comedy scriptwriter, songwriter, playwright, novelist and tour guide. ... Kurt Tucholsky Kurt Tucholsky (January 9, 1890 – December 21, 1935) was a German journalist, satirist and writer. ...

U

• Nicholas Udall
• Alfred Uhry
• Orl Unho
• Rodolfo Usigli

Nicholas Udall (1504 - December 23, 1556), was an English playwright and schoolmaster, the author of Ralph Roister Doister, regarded by many as the first comedy written in the English language. ... Alfred Fox Uhry (born December 3, 1936) is an American playwright best known for the play and screenplay of Driving Miss Daisy. ... Orl Unho (born 1976) is a noted American playwright with a large cult following. ... Rodolfo Usigli (born November 17, 1905, and died June, 1979) was a Mexican playwright. ...

V

• Alexander Vampilov
• John Vanbrugh
• John William Van Druten
• Billy Van Zandt
• Gil Vicente
• Paula Vogel
• Carlos von Son

Alexander Valentinovich Vampilov (Cyrillic: Александр Валентинович Вампилов) (born 19 August 1937, Kutulik, near Irkutsk, died 17 August 1972) was a Russian playwright. ... Sir John Vanbrugh in Godfrey Knellers Kit-cat portrait, considered one of Knellers finest portraits. ... John William Van Druten (1 June 1901–19 December 1957) was an English dramatist, best known for writing light comedies. ... Gil Vicente (c. ... Paula Vogel (born 16 November 1951, in Washington, D.C. to a Jewish father and a Christian mother) is an American playwright. ...

W

• Heinrich Leopold Wagner
• Derek Walcott
• Craig Walker
• George F. Walker
• Naomi Wallace
• Martin Walser
• Robert Walser
• Agnes Walsh
• Saadallah Wannous, (Syria), (1941-1997)
• Dale Wasserman
• Wendy Wasserstein
• Keith Waterhouse
• John Webster
• Frank Wedekind
• Peter Weiss
• Edward Crosby Wells
• Franz Werfel
• Timberlake Wertenbaker
• Arnold Wesker
• Peter Whelan
• John Whiting
• Adolf von Wilbrandt
• Oscar Wilde
• Thornton Wilder
• Emlyn Williams
• Tennessee Williams
• David Williamson (b. 1942) (Australia)
• August Wilson
• Lanford Wilson
• Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz {Witkacy} (1885-1939) (Poland)
• William Wycherley
• Charles Wood

Heinrich Leopold Wagner (1747 - 1779) was a German dramatist, known for his 1776 tragedy Die Kindermörderin. ... Derek Walcott, courtesy of the Nobel Foundation Derek Alton Walcott (born January 23, 1930) is a West-Indian poet, playwright, writer and visual artist who writes mainly in English. ... Pygmalion with Craig Walker and Peter Aston Craig Stewart Walker (born September 25, 1964) is a Canadian writer, theatre director, actor and educator. ... George F. Walker (born August 23, 1947 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian playwright and screenwriter. ... Naomi Wallace is a poet and playwright from Prospect, Kentucky. ... Martin Walser is a German playwright and novelist. ... Robert Walser (April 15, 1878 near Biel/Bienne, Switzerland – December 25, 1956 near Herisau, Switzerland), was a German-speaking Swiss writer. ... Agnes Walsh is an actor, poet, playwright and storyteller from Newfoundland. ... Saadallah Wannous (Arabic: ), (1941-1997) Syrian playwright. ... Dale Wasserman, a prolific writer of drama, admits to little more than being born (1917). ... Wendy Wasserstein (October 18, 1950 – January 30, 2006) was an award-winning American playwright and an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University. ... Keith Waterhouse (born 6 February 1929 in Leeds, England) is a novelist, newspaper columnist, and the writer of many television series. ... John Webster (c. ... Benjamin Franklin Wedekind (July 24, 1864 - March 9, 1918) was a German playwright. ... Peter Weiss (November 8, 1916 - May 10, 1982) was a German writer, painter and artist. ... Edward Crosby Wells is an American playwright. ... Franz Werfel, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1940 Werfels grave in the Zentralfriedhof, Vienna Franz Werfel (September 10, 1890 – August 26, 1945) was an Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright, and poet who wrote in German. ... Timberlake Wertenbaker ) is a British playwright and translator who was born in New York City and was raised in France. ... Arnold Wesker (born 24 May 1932) is considered one of the key figures in 20th Century drama. ... Peter Whelan is a British playwright. ... John Whiting was an English dramatist and critic. ... Adolf Wilbrandt (August 24, 1837 - 1911), German novelist and dramatist, was born at Rostock, the son of a professor at that university. ... Oscar Fingal OFlahertie Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and author of short stories. ... Image:Thorntonwilderteeth. ... George Emlyn Williams CBE (26 November 1905–25 September 1987), known as Emlyn Williams, was a Welsh dramatist and actor. ... Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), better known by the pseudonym Tennessee Williams, was a major American playwright and one of the prominent playwrights of the twentieth century. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... August Wilson August Wilson (April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright. ... Lanford Wilson (born on April 13, 1937 in Lebanon, Missouri) is an American playwright. ... Self-portrait of Witkacy, 1938 StanisÅ‚aw Ignacy Witkiewicz, a. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... William Wycherley in 1675. ... Charles Wood may refer to: Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax. ...

Y

• William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) (Ireland)
• Benjamin Yeoh (born 1978)
• Chay Yew

William Butler Yeats, 1933. ... Benjamin Yeoh (1978 -) aka Ben Yeoh is one of the first British Chinese or British born Chinese playwrights to have his plays performed and recognised in the UK. Born near London, England his father came from Ipoh, Malaysia and mother from Singapore. ... Chay Yew, born 1965, is a playwright and director who was born in Singapore and now lives in Los Angeles, California. ...

Z

• Gabriela Zapolska (1860-1921) (Poland)
• Paul Zindel (1936-2003) (United States)
• Émile Zola (1840-1902) (France)
• José Zorrilla (1817-1893) (Spain)
• Carl Zuckmayer (1896-1977) (Germany/United States/Austria)
• Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) (Austria)
• Zillur Rahman John (1959- ) [Bangladesh, Canada]

Gabriela Zapolska (March 30, 1857, - December 17, 1921) is the pseudonym of the Polish novelist and actress Maria G. Åšnieżko-BÅ‚ocka. ... Paul Zindel (May 15, 1936–March 27, 2003) was an American author and playwright. ... Émile Zola (2 April 1840 – 29 September 1902) was an influential French novelist, the most important example of the literary school of naturalism, and a major figure in the political liberalization of France. ... José Zorrilla y Moral (February 21, 1817 - January 23, 1893), was a Spanish poet and dramatist. ... Carl Zuckmayer (December 27, 1896 – January 18, 1977) was a German writer. ... Stefan Zweig Stefan Zweig (November 28, 1881 Vienna, Austria–February 22, 1942 Petrópolis, Brazil) was an Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer. ...

See also

• List of Bosnian playwrights
• List of British playwrights since 1950
• List of Canadian playwrights
• List of French playwrights
• List of German playwrights
• List of Irish dramatists
• List of Irish playwrights
• List of Jewish American playwrights
• List of Slovenian playwrights
• List of playwrights from the United States
• List of early-modern women playwrights (UK)