William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

male, deceased
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright now widely regarded as the greatest writer of the English language and the world's... More

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Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller

male, deceased
Arthur Asher Miller was an American playwright and essayist. He was a prominent figure in American literature and cinema for over 61 years, writing... More

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Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

male, deceased
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... More

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Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams

male, deceased
Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 - February 25, 1983), better known by the pseudonym Tennessee Williams, was a major American playwright... More

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David Mamet

David Mamet

male (Chicago, il, United States)
David Alan Mamet (born) is an American author, essayist, playwright, screenwriter, and film director. His works are known for their clever, terse,... More

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George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw

male, deceased
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856-2 November 1950) was an Irish dramatist, literary critic, and socialist. During his career Shaw wrote more than... More

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Harold Pinter

Harold Pinter

male
Harold Pinter, CH, CBE (born 10 October 1930) is an English playwright, screenwriter, poet, actor, director, author, and political activist, best... More

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Tom Stoppard

Tom Stoppard

male
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... More

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Edward Albee

Edward Albee

male
Edward Franklin Albee III is an American playwright known for works including "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", "The Zoo Story", "The Sandbox" and... More

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Eugene O'Neill

Eugene O'Neill

male, deceased
Eugene Gladstone O'Neill was a Nobel-prize winning American playwright. More than any other dramatist, O'Neill introduced American drama to the... More

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