James Shirley

James Shirley

male, deceased (1666)
James Shirley (or Sherley) (September 1596 - October 1666), was an English dramatist. He belonged to the great period of English dramatic...
Dion Boucicault

Dion Boucicault

male, deceased (1890)
: This article is about Dion Boucicault Senior, for his actor and stage director son see Dion Boucicault Jr. (1859 -1929). Dionysius Lardner...
Seneca The Younger

Seneca The Younger

male, deceased (65)
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (often known simply as Seneca, or Seneca the Younger) (ca. 4 BC-AD 65) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist,...
Tirso de Molina

Tirso de Molina

male, deceased (1648)
Tirso de Molina was a Spanish Baroque dramatist and poet. Originally Gabriel Tellez, he was born in Madrid. He studied at Alcalá de Henares, j...

John Day

male, deceased (1640)
John Day (1574 - 1640?) was an English dramatist of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods. He was born at Cawston, Norfolk, and educated at Ely. He...

Molière

male, deceased (1673)
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, also known by his stage name, Molière was a French playwright and actor who is considered one of the greatest masters of c...
Peter Ustinov

Peter Ustinov

male, deceased (2004) (Westminster, Mississippi, United States)
Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov, CBE (April 16, 1921 – March 28, 2004), born Peter Alexander Baron von Ustinov, was an Academy Award-winning Br...
Charles Reade

Charles Reade

male, deceased (1884)
Charles Reade (June 8, 1814 - April 11, 1884) was an English novelist and dramatist, best known for "The Cloister and the Hearth".
Gao Xingjian

Gao Xingjian

male, 69 years old
Gao Xingjian, born January 4, 1940 in Ganzhou (Jiangxi province) in eastern China, is today a French citizen. Writer of prose, translator,...
Terence Rattigan

Terence Rattigan

male, deceased (1977)
Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan was one of England's most important 20th century dramatists. He was born in London of Irish Protestant extraction and...