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A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays, which are a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between characters and is intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. Ben Jonson coined the term "playwright" and is the first person in English literature to refer to playwrights as separate from poets.
Thomas Baker (dramatist) Lady Kinvara Balfour; Chris Ballance; John Bancroft (dramatist) John Banks (playwright) Maurice Baring; Kieron Barry; Mike Bartlett (playwright) Sulayman Al-Bassam; Adrian Batten; Beaumont and Fletcher; Beaumont and Fletcher folios; Charles Beckingham; Daubridgecourt Belchier; Thomas Bellamy (writer) Fettiplace Bellers ...
B. Frank Bacon (actor) Norman Barasch; James Nelson Barker; Charles Barnard (writer) Jeff Baron; David Barr (playwright) Charles M. Barras; Jean Bart (writer)
M. George Macfarren; Jonathan Maitland; Clare Tree Major; Morgan Lloyd Malcolm; J. Hartley Manners; Marcus Markou; Stephen May (novelist) Deborah McAndrew; Kenneth McLeish
A. Leroy F. Aarons; Jacob Ralph Abarbanell; Reza Abdoh; Lionel Abel; Rosalie Abrams; Rob Ackerman (playwright) Frank R. Adams; J. T. Adams; Lee Adams; Liz Duffy Adams
Roderick Aldon Walcott, OBE (23 January 1930 – 6 March 2000), was a St Lucian playwright, screenwriter, painter, theatre director, costume and set designer, lyricist and literary editor. [1] As a dramatist he "has been recognised as one of the most committed figures in the effort to develop a distinctive Caribbean theatre in the region". [ 2 ]
Millar was the son of a professional actress, Dorothy Dacre-Hill. Prior to becoming a full-time dramatist and then a speechwriter, he acted in a number of West End productions during and after World War II, in the company of luminaries as Ivor Novello, Alastair Sim and John Gielgud. [6]
Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand (UK: / ˈ r ɒ s t ɒ̃ /, [1] US: / r ɔː ˈ s t ɒ̃, ˈ r ɒ s t æ n d /, [2] [3] French: [ɛdmɔ̃ ʁɔstɑ̃]; 1 April 1868 – 2 December 1918) was a French poet and dramatist. He is associated with neo-romanticism and is known best for his 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac.