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In 1902 George Middleton first had his work produced professionally [1] when he worked on the stage adaptation of The Cavalier with Paul Kester and the novel's author, George W. Cable. [2]
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.
The perfect article about a playwright gives both a (possibly short) biography and a list of plays or other major stage productions they have written.
Jim Cartwright (born 27 June 1958) is an English dramatist, born in Farnworth, Lancashire. Cartwright's first play, Road, won a number of awards before being adapted for TV and broadcast by the BBC. [1] His work has been translated into more than 40 languages.
Henley was born in 1952 in Jackson, Mississippi.She was one of four sisters. Her parents were Charles B. Henley, an attorney, and Elizabeth Josephine Henley, an actress.. Henley attended Murrah High School in Jackson, followed by Southern Methodist University, where she was a member of the acting ensemble.
George Bernard Shaw Shaw in 1911 Born (1856-07-26) 26 July 1856 Portobello, Dublin, Ireland Died 2 November 1950 (1950-11-02) (aged 94) Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England Resting place Shaw's Corner, Ayot St Lawrence Pen name Bernard Shaw Occupation Writer political activist Citizenship United Kingdom (1856–1950) Ireland (dual citizenship, 1934–1950) Spouse Charlotte Payne-Townshend ...
Much of Mercer's television work for the BBC was made in collaboration with the director Don Taylor.This dated from the beginning of Mercer's career as a television dramatist with the play trilogy The Generations, an attempt to depict the decline of an idealistic form of socialism over 60 years through the members of three generations of one family. [6]
Webster has received a reputation for being the Elizabethan and Jacobean dramatist with the most unsparingly dark vision of human nature. Webster's tragedies present a horrific vision of mankind; in his poem "Whispers of Immortality," T. S. Eliot memorably says that Webster always "saw the skull beneath the skin". While Webster's drama was ...