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This is a list of notable playwrights. See also Literature; ... Eva Best (1851–1925, United States) Ugo Betti (1892–1953, Italy) Bahram Beyzai (born 1938, Iran)
This is a list of British playwrights This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Zoe Akins; Edward Albee; Eva Allen Alberti; Woody Allen; Franco Ambriz; Jane Anderson; Maxwell Anderson; Robert Woodruff Anderson; Maya Angelou; Jacob M. Appel
William Shakespeare (c. 23 [a] April 1564 – 23 April 1616) [b] was an English playwright, poet and actor.He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.
See also: List of playwrights from the United States; List of African-American writers; List of Jewish American playwrights (1766–1839) William Dunlap (1784–1842) Samuel Woodworth (1784–1858) James Nelson Barker (1793–1876) John Neal (1806–1854) Robert Montgomery Bird (1810–1858) Robert Taylor Conrad (1819–1870) Anna Cora Mowatt
The best known playwright of farces is Hans Sachs (1494–1576) who wrote 198 dramatic works. In England, The Second Shepherds' Play of the Wakefield Cycle is the best known early farce. However, farce did not appear independently in England until the 16th century with the work of John Heywood (1497–1580).
His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. [e] [5] [6] Along with Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg, Chekhov is often referred to as one of the three seminal figures in the birth of early modernism in the theatre. [7] Chekhov was a physician by profession.
Susarion of Megara (~580 BC); Epicharmus of Kos (~540–450 BC); Phormis, late 6th century BC; Dinolochus, 487 BC; Euetes 485 BC; Euxenides 485 BC; Mylus 485 BC; Chionides 487 BC; Magnes 472 BC