William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

male, deceased (1616)
poet, macbeth, hamlet, English poet, Authors whose works are in the public domain, Lord Chamberlain's Men…Playwright, British dramatists and playwright
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright now widely regarded as the greatest writer of the English language and the world's...
Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller

male, deceased (2005)
Playwright, American, writer, Jewish American, from New York City, pulitzer prize
Arthur Asher Miller was an American playwright and essayist. He was a prominent figure in American literature and cinema for over 61 years, writing...
Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams

male, deceased (1983)
from New Orleans, From st. louis, missouri, University of Missouri–Columbia alumni, Frank Merlo, Tony Award, cat on a hot tin roof…Playwright
Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 - February 25, 1983), better known by the pseudonym Tennessee Williams, was a major American playwright...
Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

male, deceased (1900)
brilliant wit, incarcerated celebrity, socialist, Playwright, writer, novelist
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and author of short stories. Known for his barbed wit, he was one of...
David Mamet

David Mamet

male, 61 years old (Chicago, Illinois, United States)
Screenwriter, Essayist, Goddard College alumni, Acting theorist, Bambi vs. Godzilla, from Chicago…Playwright
David Alan Mamet (born) is an American author, essayist, playwright, screenwriter, and film director. His works are known for their clever, terse,...
George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw

male, deceased (1950)
vegetarian, Playwright, teetotaller, Literary critic, oscar, literary criticism
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856-2 November 1950) was an Irish dramatist, literary critic, and socialist. During his career Shaw wrote more than...
Harold Pinter

Harold Pinter

male, 79 years old
BAFTA winner, cancer survivor, Playwright, From hackney, Order of the British Empire, Alumni of the Central School of Speech and Drama
Harold Pinter, CH, CBE (born 10 October 1930) is an English playwright, screenwriter, poet, actor, director, author, and political activist, best...
Tom Stoppard

Tom Stoppard

male, 72 years old
The Coast of Utopia, Tony Award winner, English, expatriate, Best Original Screenplay Academy Award winner, Order of the British Empire…Playwright
Sir Tom Stoppard, OM, CBE (born as Tomáš Straussler on July 3, 1937) is an Academy Award winning British playwright of more than 24 plays. Born in...
Eugene O'Neill

Eugene O'Neill

male, deceased (1953)
Nobel laureate in Literature, Parkinson's disease, society, Tony Award winner, Noh, Pulitzer Prize for Drama winner…Playwright
Eugene Gladstone O'Neill was a Nobel-prize winning American playwright. More than any other dramatist, O'Neill introduced American drama to the...