Category: Playwrights

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Юлия (Яковлева) Яковлевa-Виленкинa abt May 1858 Васильков, Киевская губерния, Российская империя - 16 Jun 1910

אברהם גבריאל יהושע 09 Dec 1936 ירושלים, פלשתינה - 14 Jun 2022

עמנואל בן הענעך (קאזאקעװיטש) Казаке́вич 24 Feb 1913 קרימענטשוק, Кременчугский уезд, Полтавская губерния, Российская империя - 22 Sep 1962

通陽 三島 01 Jan 1897 日本東京府 - 20 Apr 1965

富美 (上田) 円地 02 Oct 1905 日本東京府東京市浅草区 - 14 Nov 1986

孝丸 佐々木 30 Jan 1898 日本北海道川上郡標茶 - 28 Dec 1986

Living 佐治

上沅 余 04 Oct 1897 中國湖北荊州 - 30 Apr 1970

實 別役 06 Apr 1937 日本満州国 - 03 Mar 2020

周 和田 06 Aug 1938 日本東京府 - 23 Apr 2020

立裕 大城 19 Sep 1925 日本沖縄県中頭郡中城 - 27 Oct 2020

義英 大靏 11 Feb 1940 日本東京府 - 04 May 2024

公房 安部 07 Mar 1924 日本東京都北区 - 22 Jan 1993

章夫 宮沢 09 Dec 1956 日本静岡県掛川市 - 12 Sep 2022

八千代 (小山内) 岡田 03 Dec 1883 日本広島県 - 10 Feb 1962

薰 小山内 26 Jul 1881 日本広島県広島市 - 25 Dec 1928

正和 山崎 26 Mar 1934 日本京都府京都市 - 19 Aug 2020

豐雄 (岩田) 獅子 01 Jul 1893 - 13 Dec 1969

國士 岸田 02 Nov 1890 日本東京府 - 05 Mar 1954

久輔 川村 21 Feb 1884 日本東京府東京市牛込区 - 01 Sep 1954

山之助 (川村) 栗島 05 Apr 1876 日本東京府 - 06 Nov 1945

公威 (平岡) 三島 14 Jan 1925 日本東京府 - 25 Nov 1970

滋民 榎本 21 Feb 1930 日本東京府 - 16 Jan 2003

虎彦 榎本 24 Feb 1866 日本伊勢国 - 16 Nov 1916

壽賀子 (橋田) 岩崎 10 May 1925 大韓民国セオウル - 04 Apr 2021

實篤 武者小路 12 May 1885 日本東京府 - 09 Apr 1976

邦夫 清水 17 Nov 1936 日本新潟県 - 15 Apr 2021

太郞 益田 25 Sep 1875 日本東京府 - 18 May 1953

ももこ 細川 abt 1940 - 1968

Living 藤沢

菊丸 藤澤 10 Apr 1875 日本東京府 - 29 Nov 1945

琢郞 遠藤 04 Dec 1928 日本神奈川県平塚市 - 07 Feb 2020

幹彦 長田 01 Mar 1887 日本東京府 - 06 May 1964

善郞 (長與) 長与 06 Aug 1888 日本東京府 - 29 Oct 1961

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George Ade 09 Feb 1866 Kentland, Jefferson, Newton, Indiana, United States - 16 May 1944

Malcolm Afford 08 Apr 1906 Parkside, South Australia, Australia - 02 Nov 1954

Edward Albee 12 Mar 1928 Washington, District of Columbia, United States - 16 Sep 2016

Ira Aldridge 24 Jul 1807 New York City, New York, United States - 07 Aug 1867

Inger Maria Alfvén 24 Feb 1940 Solna, Stockholm, Sverige - 26 Jul 2022

Marguerite Allan 05 Aug 1894 Montréal, Quebec, Canada - 04 Apr 1942

James Allen 07 Oct 1926 Miles Platting, Manchester, England, United Kingdom - 24 Jun 1999

Augustus (Andrews) Arliss 10 Apr 1868 London, England, United Kingdom - 05 Feb 1946

John Antill 26 Jan 1866 Jarvisfield, New South Wales (Australia) - 04 Mar 1937

Roxanne (Arlen) Shaffer 10 Jan 1931 Detroit, Michigan, United States - 22 Feb 1989

Howard Ashman 17 May 1950 Baltimore, Maryland, United States - 14 Mar 1991

John Atwell 02 May 1878 Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United States - 06 Feb 1962

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Delia Bacon 02 Feb 1811 Tallmadge, Ohio, United States - 02 Sep 1859

James Baldwin 02 Aug 1924 Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States - 01 Dec 1987

John Bay 30 Nov 1928 Evanston, Cook, Illinois, United States - 07 Nov 1982

Francis Beaumont 1584 England - 06 Mar 1616

Edward Beeby 1892 Leichhardt, New South Wales (Australia) - 1984

Paul Benjamin 04 Feb 1938 Pelion, Lexington, South Carolina, United States - 28 Jun 2019

Enoch Bennett 27 May 1867 Hanley,Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom - 27 Mar 1931

Auguste Émile Bergerat 29 Apr 1845 Paris, Seine, France - 13 Oct 1923

Nicolaas Thomas Bernhard 09 Feb 1931 Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland - 12 Feb 1989

Maurice Bernhardt 22 Dec 1864 Paris, Seine, France - 21 Dec 1928

Eloise (Bibb) Thompson abt 26 Jun 1878 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States - 08 Jan 1928

Earl Biggers 26 Aug 1884 Warren, Trumbull, Ohio, United States - 05 Apr 1933

Patricia (Biow) Broderick 23 Feb 1925 New York, New York, United States - 18 Nov 2003

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson 08 Dec 1832 Bjørgan, Kvikne, Hedmark, Norge - 26 Apr 1910

Joseph Bologna 30 Dec 1934 Brooklyn, New York, USA - 13 Aug 2017

Ann (Boothe) Luce 10 Mar 1903 New York City, New York, United States - 09 Oct 1987

Chadwick Boseman 29 Nov 1976 Anderson, South Carolina, United States - 28 Aug 2020

Aubrey Boucicault 23 Jun 1869 London, England, United Kingdom - 10 Jul 1913

Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht 10 Feb 1898 Augsburg, Königreich Bayern, Deutsches Reich - 14 Aug 1956

Louis Bromfield 27 Dec 1896 Mansfield, Ohio, United States - 18 Mar 1956

Myron Brundage 29 Nov 1903 Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States - 18 Oct 1990

Karl Georg Büchner 17 Oct 1813 Goddelau, Großherzogtum Hessen - 19 Feb 1837

B cont.

Leicester Buckingham 29 Jun 1825 London, England, United Kingdom - 15 Jul 1867

John Burgoyne 24 Feb 1722 Sutton, Bedfordshire, England - 04 Aug 1792

Mary Burrill 30 Aug 1881 Washington, District of Columbia, United States - 13 Mar 1946

John Byrne 1940s

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Jan Carew 24 Sep 1920 Guyana - 06 Dec 2012

Nancy Cato 11 Mar 1917 Glen Osmond, South Australia, Australia - 03 Jul 2000

Living Chin

Pierre Corneille 06 Jun 1606 Rouen, Normandie, France - 01 Oct 1684

Thomas Corneille 20 Aug 1625 Rouen, Normandie, France - 08 Dec 1709

Noël Coward 16 Dec 1899 Teddington, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom - 26 Mar 1973

Richard Cumberland 19 Feb 1732 Master's Lodge of Trinity College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England - 07 May 1811

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Jean (Dalrymple) Ginder 09 Feb 1902 Morristown, Morris, New Jersey, United States - 15 Nov 1998

Gabriele D'Annunzio 12 Mar 1863 Pescara, Italy - 01 Mar 1938

Meta (Davis) Cumberbatch 04 May 1900 San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, British West Indies - 29 Dec 1978

James Dawley 04 Oct 1877 Del Norte, Rio Grande County, Colorado - 30 Mar 1949

Maria De Camp 17 Jan 1774 Vienna, Austria - 03 Sep 1838

Marian DeForest 27 Feb 1864 Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States - 17 Feb 1935

William de Mille 25 Jul 1878 Washington, North Carolina, United States - 05 Mar 1955

Donatien de Sade 02 Jun 1740 Paris, Île-de-France, France - 02 Dec 1814

Rose de Warren - 1937

Massa Diabaté 12 Jun 1938 Kita, Mali - 27 Jan 1988

Paul Dickey 12 May 1882 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - 07 Jan 1933

Enrique Santos Discépolo 27 Mar 1901 Buenos Aires, Argentina - 23 Dec 1951

Françoise Dorin 23 Jan 1928 Paris XVII, Seine, France - 12 Jan 2018

John Drinkwater 01 Jun 1882 Leytonstone, Essex, England, United Kingdom - 25 Mar 1937

Carol Duffy 1950s

Daphne (du Maurier) Browning 13 May 1907 Regents Park, London, England - 19 Apr 1989

Christopher Durang 02 Jan 1949 Montclair Town, Essex, New Jersey, United States - 02 Apr 2024

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José (Echegaray) Echegaray y Eizaguirre 19 Apr 1832 Madrid, Madrid, Spain - 04 Sep 1916

Richard (Edwards) Edwardes - 31 Oct 1566

Thomas Eliot 26 Sep 1888 St. Louis, Missouri, United States - 04 Jan 1965

Kenneth Englund 05 May 1914 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - 10 Aug 1993

Henry Ephron 26 May 1911 The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States - 06 Sep 1992

Martha (Evans) Evans-Charles 31 Jul 1936 New York City, New York, United States - 14 Dec 2006

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Rainer Fassbinder 31 May 1945 Bad Wörishofen, Unterallgäu, Bavaria, Germany - 10 Jun 1982

Edna Ferber 15 Aug 1885 Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States - 16 Apr 1968

Joseph Fields 21 Feb 1895 New York City, New York County, New York, United States - 04 Mar 1966

Irving (Fishman) Fiske 05 Mar 1908 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States - 25 Apr 1990

Elaine (Floyd) Morgan 07 Nov 1920 Hopkinstown, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom - 12 Jul 2013

Paul Fox 13 Mar 1894 Yonkers, Westchester, New York, United States - 01 Nov 1954

David French 18 Jan 1939 Coley's Point, Newfoundland - 04 Dec 2010

William Fulham 04 Oct 1894 Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, United States - 07 Mar 1966

Charles Fuller 05 Mar 1939 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - 03 Oct 2022

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Zona Gale 26 Aug 1874 Portage, Wisconsin, United States - 27 Dec 1938

Mabel (Ganson) Luhan 26 Feb 1879 Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA - 13 Aug 1962

Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca 05 Jun 1898 Fuente Vaqueros, Granada, Andalucía, España - 18 Aug 1936

David Garrick 19 Feb 1716 Herefordshire, England - 20 Jan 1779

Mary Gates 26 Sep 1874 Shakopee, Scott, Minnesota, United States - 07 Mar 1951

William Alexander Gerhardi 21 Nov 1895 - 15 Jul 1977

Frank Gilroy 13 Oct 1925 New York City, New York, United States - 12 Sep 2015

Madeleine (Gĩthae) Mũgo 12 Dec 1942 Baricho, Central, Kenya - 30 Jun 2023

Charles Goddard 26 Nov 1879 Portland, Maine, United States - 11 Jan 1951

William Golding 19 Sep 1911 Newquay, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom - 19 Jun 1993

Cosmo Gordon-Lennox 17 Aug 1869 London, England - 31 Jul 1921

Marie (Gouze) de Gouges 07 May 1748 Montauban, Quercy, France - 03 Nov 1793

Lola (Graham) Graham Du Bois 11 Nov 1896 Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States - 27 Mar 1977

Mary (Gunner) Van Dunk 09 Nov 1894 Kentucky, United States - 13 May 1954

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Lorraine Hansberry 19 May 1930 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - 12 Jan 1965

Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann 15 Nov 1862 Bad Salzbrunn, Schlesien, Preußen, Deutscher Bund - 06 Jun 1946

Marie Marguerite Claire Louise Anne Hébert 01 Aug 1916 Sainte-Catherine-de-Fossambault, Québec, Canada - 22 Jan 2000

Lillian Hellman 20 Jun 1905 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States - 30 Jun 1984

Barney (Henry) Smith abt 07 Aug 1914 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - 02 May 2000

Dorothy (Hewett) Lilley 21 May 1923 Perth, Western Australia, Australia - 25 Aug 2002

Norman (Hoeffer) Foster 13 Dec 1903 Richmond, Indiana, United States - 07 Jul 1976

Sylvia (Hofferberg) Regan 15 Apr 1908 New York City, New York, United States - 04 Feb 2003

Ludvig Holberg 03 Dec 1684 Bergen, Norway - 27 Jan 1754

Pieter Cornelisz Hooft bef 16 Mar 1581 Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland - 21 May 1647

H cont.

Ronald (Horwitz) Harwood 09 Nov 1934 Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa - 08 Sep 2020

Sidney Howard 26 Jun 1891 Oakland, California, USA - 23 Aug 1939

William Howells 01 Mar 1837 Martins Ferry, Belmont, Ohio, United States - 11 May 1920

Mykhailo Hrushevsky 29 Sep 1866 Kholm, Congress Poland, Russian Empire - 24 Nov 1934

James Hughes 01 Feb 1901 Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, United States - 22 May 1967

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Henrik Ibsen 20 Mar 1828 Skien, Telemark, Norge - 23 May 1906

Momoko Iko 30 Mar 1940 Wapato, Yakima, Washington, United States - 19 Jul 2020

William Inge 03 May 1913 Independence, Kansas, United States of America - 10 Jun 1973

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Living Jackson

Cyril James 04 Jan 1901 Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago - 31 May 1989

Henry Jones 20 Sep 1851 Granborough, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom - 07 Jan 1929

Ruth (Jones) Kanin 30 Oct 1896 Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States - 28 Aug 1985

Edward Judson 20 Mar 1821 Harpersfield, Delaware, New York, United States - 16 Jul 1886

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Hiroshi Kashiwagi 08 Nov 1922 Sacramento, California, United States - 29 Oct 2019

Nikos Kazantzakis 18 Feb 1883 Kandiye, Crete, Ottoman Empire - 26 Oct 1957

Jesse Kellerman 1970s

Frances Kemble 27 Nov 1809 Newman St, Paddington, Greater London, England - 15 Jan 1893

Edward Kidder 15 Sep 1847 Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States - 16 Nov 1927

John Killens 14 Jan 1916 Macon, Bibb, Georgia, United States - 27 Oct 1987

Frederick (Kittel) Wilson 27 Apr 1945 Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States - 02 Oct 2005

Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm (Kleist) von Kleist 18 Oct 1777 Frankfurt an der Oder, Brandenburg, Preußen, Heiliges Römisches Reich - 21 Nov 1811

Lesya (Kosach) Ukrainka 25 Feb 1871 Novohrad-Volynskyi, Volhynian Governorate, Russian Empire - 01 Aug 1913

Laurence Kramer 25 Jun 1935 Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States - 27 May 2020

Harvey Krefetz 10 May 1930 Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States - 03 Dec 2017

Tony Kushner 1950s

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Coral Lansbury 14 Oct 1929 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 03 Apr 1991

Jean Marie Pierre Étienne (Legrand) Nohain 16 Feb 1900 Paris, Seine, France - 25 Jan 1981

Fritz Leiber 24 Dec 1910 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - 05 Sep 1992

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing 22 Jan 1729 Kamenz, Saxony, Germany - 15 Feb 1781

Phillip (Lever) Hinton 19 Mar 1942 Brighton, Sussex, England, United Kingdom - 29 Jul 2021

Friedrich Adolf Axel (Liliencron) von Liliencron 03 Jun 1844 Kiel, Holstein, Deutscher Bund - 22 Jul 1909

George Lippard 10 Apr 1822 West Nantmeal Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States - 09 Feb 1854

Corinne Loos 28 Apr 1889 Mount Shasta, Siskiyou, California, United States - 18 Aug 1981

Aubrey Lyles 08 Jan 1884 Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, United States - 28 Jul 1932

M

Charles MacArthur 05 Nov 1895 Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States - 21 Apr 1956

James MacKaye 06 Jun 1842 Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States - 25 Feb 1894

Rodger Mais 11 Aug 1905 Kingston, Jamaica - 20 Jun 1955

Joséphine Marchand 05 Dec 1861 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Bas-Canada - 02 Mar 1925

Gianfrancesco Sigfrido Benedetto Marinenghi Guarnieri 06 Aug 1934 Milano, Lombardia, Italia - 22 Jul 2006

Edgar Masters 23 Aug 1868 Garnett, Anderson, Kansas, United States - 05 Mar 1950

Everett Maxwell 19 May 1884 Canton, Fulton, Illinois, United States - 03 Oct 1962

Marion McClinton 26 Jul 1954 Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States - 28 Nov 2019

Owen McGiveney 04 May 1884 Preston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 31 Jul 1967

Michael McNally 03 Nov 1939 Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, United States - 24 Mar 2020

Gian Carlo Menotti 07 Jul 1911 Cadegliano-Viconago, Provincia di Varese, Lombardia, Italy - 01 Feb 2007

Jean Jacques Philippe Martin Decius Métellus 30 Apr 1937 Jacmel, Sud-Est, Haïti - 04 Jan 2014

Arthur Miller 17 Oct 1915 Harlem (Manhattan), New York - 10 Feb 2005

Flournoy Miller 14 Apr 1885 Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, United States - 06 Jun 1971

John Miller 22 Apr 1939 Queens, New York City, New York, United States - 13 May 2001

Thomas Mitchell 11 Jul 1892 Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey, United States - 17 Dec 1962

Thomas Moore abt 28 May 1779 Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland - 25 Feb 1852

Efua (Morgue) Sutherland 27 Jun 1924 Cape Coast, Gold Coast - 02 Jan 1996

Dominique Morisseau 1970s

Rosa (Murray-Prior) Praed 27 Mar 1851 Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia - 10 Apr 1935

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Wakako (Nakamura) Yamauchi 24 Oct 1924 Westmoreland, Imperial, California, United States - 24 Aug 2018

Living Navan

Djibril Tamsir Niane 09 Jan 1932 Conakry, Guinée - 08 Mar 2021

O

Robert O'Connor 27 Sep 1937 Kilgore, Gregg, Texas, United States - 23 Apr 2023

Clifford Odets 18 Jul 1906 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - 14 Aug 1963

Adam Oehlenschläger 14 Nov 1779 Frederiksberg Sogn, København, Denmark - 20 Jan 1850

Blanche Oelrichs 01 Oct 1890 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA - 05 Nov 1950

Anna (Ogden) Ritchie 05 Mar 1819 Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France - 28 Jul 1870

Eugene O'Neill 16 Oct 1888 New York City, New York, United States - 27 Nov 1953

Mary (Orr) Denham 21 Dec 1910 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States - 22 Sep 2006

Paul Osborn 04 Sep 1901 Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States - 12 May 1988

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