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successful playwright Chambers, Marianne: 1799–1812 : English playwright Charke, Charlotte: 1713–1760: playwright/actor/manager Cibber, Susannah: 1714–1766: actor who had at least one masque produced Clive, Catherine: 1711–1785: actor; wrote farces with some success Collier, Jane: 1714–1755: The Cry (1754), co-authored with Sarah Fielding
Caryl Lesley Churchill (born 3 September 1938) [1] is a British playwright known for dramatising the abuses of power, for her use of non-naturalistic techniques, and for her exploration of sexual politics and feminist themes. [2]
Andrea Dunbar (22 May 1961 – 20 December 1990) was an English playwright. She wrote The Arbor (1980) and Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1982), an autobiographical drama about the sexual adventures of teenage girls living in a run-down part of Bradford, West Yorkshire. She wrote most of the adaptation for the film Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987).
Wade was born in Bedford, Bedfordshire.She grew up in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, where her father worked for a computer company. [1] After completing her secondary education at Lady Manners School in Bakewell, Derbyshire, she studied drama at Bristol University and was later a member of the Royal Court Theatre Young Writers' Programme.
Martyna Majok (/ ˈ m aɪ oʊ k / MY-ohk) is a Polish-born American [1] [2] playwright who received the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play Cost of Living. She emigrated to the United States as a child and grew up in New Jersey. Majok studied playwriting at the Yale School of Drama and Juilliard School.
In Fall 2024, Ephron made her Broadway debut as a solo playwright, with a stage adaptation of her autobiography, Left on Tenth, directed by Susan Stroman and starring Julianna Margulies and Peter Gallagher at the James Earl Jones Theatre [11] In 2014 she had written a New York Times op-ed reacting to a shocking plot twist on Julianna Margulies ...
Elizabeth "Lisa" McGee (born August 1980) [1] is an Irish [2] playwright and screenwriter. McGee is the creator and writer of Derry Girls, a comedy series that began airing on Channel 4 in the UK in January 2018. [3] [4] In 2018, she was listed as one of BBC's 100 Women. [5]
In 1998 she was presented with the Critics' Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright. [1] Her play Essex Girls is regarded by playwright Mark Ravenhill as one of the best post-Top Girls all female plays. [2]