Alan Ayckbourn

Alan Ayckbourn

male, 70 years old
From HAMPSTEAD, From Scarborough, English, Order of the British Empire, Old Haileyburian, North Yorkshire…Playwright
Sir Alan Ayckbourn CBE (born April 12, 1939) is a popular and prolific English playwright. He is frequently cited as the second most-performed...
Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Sartre

male, deceased (1980) (United States)
philosopher, existentialism, French, twentieth-century French philosophy, French philosophy, World War II prisoner of war…Playwright
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (June 21, 1905 - April 15, 1980), normally known simply as Jean-Paul Sartre (pronounced:), was a French...
Tracy Letts

Tracy Letts

male, 44 years old (Illinois, United States)
Oklahoma (state) actor, Billie Letts, Dennis Letts, Oklahoma actor, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Screenwriter…Playwright
Tracy Letts (born July 4, 1965 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American playwright and actor. He has been an ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theatre...
Richard Rodgers

Richard Rodgers

male, deceased (1979)
Jewish, musician, Songwriter, Grammy Award winner, Jewish American, Playwright
Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28 1902 - December 30 1979) was one of the great composers of musical theater, best known for his song writing...
Caryl Churchill

Caryl Churchill

female, 71 years old
Canadian of Greek descent, Stage play, Lady Margaret Hall, Alumni of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, post-modern, Royal Court Theatre…Playwright
Caryl Churchill (born September 3, 1938) is an English writer of stage plays known for her use of non-realistic techniques and feminist themes. She...
Graham Henry Greene

Graham Henry Greene

male, deceased (1991) (nice)
journalist, convert to Roman Catholicism, memoirist, Spy fiction writer, declined a British honour, English…Playwright, novelist , playwright and journalist
Graham Greene / Graham Greene , who was in the staff of The Times from 1926 to 1940, and served in the Foreign Office during WWII, is the author of...
David Henry Hwang

David Henry Hwang

male, 52 years old
Obie Award recipient, Filmmaker, M. Butterfly, Yale School of Drama, The Dance and the Railroad, Fresh off the boat…Playwright
David Henry Hwang (born August 11, 1957) is a contemporary American playwright who has risen to prominence as the preeminent Asian American...
Brian Friel

Brian Friel

male, 80 years old
from Omagh, from County Tyrone, The Saucer of Larks, The Gold in the Sea, St. Columb's College, This Doubtful Paradise…Playwright
Brian Friel (born 9 January 1929) is a playwright and director from Northern Ireland. Born in Omagh, County Tyrone, he received his college...
Truman Garcia Capote

Truman Garcia Capote

male, deceased (1984) (Alabama)
in cold blood, gay, breakfast at tiffany's, from New York City, From Long Island, Edgar Award winner…Playwright
Truman Capote was born in New Orleans on the 30th September 1924. Born as "Truman Streckfus Persons " to a 16yr old beauty queen and a salesman...
Albert Camus

Albert Camus

male, deceased (1960)
philosopher, existentialism, Nobel laureate in Literature, Pieds-noirs, French road accident victim, author…Playwright
Albert Camus (November 7, 1913 - January 4, 1960) was a French author and philosopher. Although he is often associated with existentialism, Camus...