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1996 Cao Yu, playwright, dramatist, dies at 86
1996 Marin Sorescu, poet/dramatist, dies at 60 1995 Heiner Muller, dramatist, dies at 66 1995 Robertson Davies, novelist essayist/dramatist, dies 1993 Carleton Morse, radio dramatist (One Man's Family), dies at 91 1993 Max Croiset, Dutch actor/dramatist/director (Zeekant), dies at 80 1990 Claude Spaak, Belgian dramatist, dies 1989 Herwig Hensen [Flor Mielants], Flemish dramatist/poet, dies at 72 1986 Jean Genet, French criminal/novelist/dramatist, dies at 75 1984 Denis Johnston, Irish Dramatist 1977 Denys Amiel, French dramatist/playwright (Le mouton noir), dies at 92 1974 Marcel Achard, French dramatist (La forges the Paris), dies at 75 1970 Nelly Sachs, born in Schoenberg, Berlin, writer, poet, dramatist, Jewish, works include, 'Eli: Ein Mysterienspiel vom Leiden Israels', dies at 78 1963 John Whiting, British dramatist/actor (Devils), dies 1961 Moss Heart, U.S. dramatist (You can't take it with you), dies at 57 1961 Yme C Schuitmaker, potato farmer/dramatist, dies 1960 Zora Neale Hurston, American Dramatist 1959 Maxwell Anderson, U.S. dramatist (Key Largo, Bath Seed), dies at 70 1955 Robert E Sherwood, dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois), dies at 59 1953 Ugo Betti, dramatist, dies 1952 Roger Vitrac, French poet/dramatist (Mysteries of Love), dies at 52 1951 James Bridie, Osborne Henry Mavor, dramatist, dies 1950 Balthazar H Verhagen, Netherlands/South African dramatist/writer, dies 1949 Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian Dramatist 1947 Ursula Krechel, born in Trier, Germany, writer, poet, radio dramatist, winner, Joseph-Breitbach-Preis 2009, works include, 'Der Ubergriff' 1945 Bruno Frank, born in Stuttgart, Germany, writer, dramatist, novelist, wrote 'Trenchk', 'The Days of the King', dies at 58 in Beverly Hills, California 1944 Max Halbe, born in Guttland, now Kozliny, Germany, writer, dramatist, Naturalist movement literary style, works include 'Jugend', dies in Neuotting, Bavaria, at age 79 1944 Jean Giraudoux, French Dramatist 1943 Mike Leigh, dramatist/director, High Hopes, Secrets and Lies 1936 Marin Sorescu, poet/dramatist 1935 Bent Lorentzen, born in Stenvad, Denmark, prolific composer, dramatist, wrote 18 operas to date, compared to Richard Vagner 1934 Wole Soyinka, born in Nigeria, dramatist, Road, Kongi's Harvest-Nobel 1986 1933 Karl Friedrich Paul Ernst, writer, journalist, dramatist, critic, works include 'Die Hochzeit', 'Canossa', dies at 67 in Sankt Georgen, Austria 1933 Joe Orton, England, actor/dramatist, Prick Up Your Ears 1932 Lady Gregory, Irish Dramatist 1929 Arno Holz, poet, dramatist, freelance writer, wrote book of poetry 'Phantaesus', dies at 66 1929 Heiner Muller, dramatist 1923 Erland Josephson, Stockholm Sweden, actor/dramatist, Utflykt 1923 Paddy Chayevsky, Sydney, U.S., dramatist, Marty, Hospital 1923 Paddy Chayefsky, American Dramatist 1917 John Whiting, British dramatist/actor, Saint's Day 1916 Peter Weiss, Germany, Swedish author/dramatist/novelist, Marat/Sade 1913 Ernst Schnabel, German sailor/dramatist, Anne Frank 1913 Robertson William Davies, novellist essayist/dramatist 1912 Joseph Stein, dramatist/playwright, Fiddler on the Roof 1911 Jan Lode Cantens, Flemish dramatist, God's Murderer 1910 Jean Genet, born in Paris, France, criminal/novelist/dramatist, The Blacks 1910 Cao Yu, born in China, born Wan Jiabao, playwright, dramatist, celebrated for Thunderstorm, Sunrise, and Peking Man, responsible for spoken theater in 20th century Chinese literature 1910 Jean Anouilh, born in France, dramatist, Thieves' Carnival 1909 John Millington Synge, Irish dramatist/playwright/poet, dies at 37 1906 Hendrik J Schimmel, author/dramatist, dies 1906 Clifford Odets, U.S., dramatist, 1961 Award of Merit-Golden Boy 1905 Emlyn Williams, Welsh Dramatist 1904 Philip Burton, teacher/writer/dramatist 1904 Anton Chekhov, Russian Dramatist 1902 Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian poet/dramatist/novelist, The Defeat 1901 Denis Johnston, Irish Dramatist 1899 Roger Vitrac, French poet/dramatist, Coup of Trafalgar 1898 Federico Garcia Lorca, born in Spain, poet/dramatist, Blood Wedding 1896 Philip Barry, U.S., dramatist, Philadelphia Story 1896 Robert Sherwood, dramatist, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Idiot's Delight 1896 Arnold Ridley, Bath England, actor/dramatist, The Ghost Train 1892 Archibald MacLeish, Glencoe, Illinois, polit essayist/poet/dramatist, JB 1892 Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet/dramatist, Harp Weaver-Pulitzer Prize 1891 Nelly Sachs, born in Schoenberg, Berlin, writer, poet, dramatist, Jewish, works include, 'Eli: Ein Mysterienspiel vom Leiden Israels' 1891 Sidney Coe Howard, U.S., dramatist, Swords, Pulitzer 1925 1891 Par Lagerkvist, Sweden, novelist/dramatist, Barabbas, Nobel 1951 1891 Zora Neale Hurston, American Dramatist 1889 George S. Kaufman, American Dramatist 1888 Maxwell Anderson, U.S., dramatist, Winter Set, High Tor 1888 Eugene O'Neill, New York City, dramatist, Desire Under the Elms-Nobel 1936 1888 T. S. Eliot, St. Louis poet/dramatist/critic, Waste Land-Nobel 1948 1887 Bruno Frank, born in Stuttgart, Germany, writer, dramatist, novelist, wrote 'Trenchk', 'The Days of the King' 1886 Henry Taylor, English Dramatist 1884 James Elroy Flecker, English poet/dramatist, Hassan 1884 Denys Amiel, French dramatist/playwright, Cafe Tabac 1884 Henry James Byron, English Dramatist 1881 Stefan Zweig, Vienna Austria, poet/essayist/dramatist, Beware of Pity 1881 Balthazar H. Verhagen, Netherlands/South African dramatist and writer 1877 Harley Granville-Barker, London, dramatist/producer/critic 1877 Yme C Schuitmaker, Dutch potato salesman/dramatist 1874 Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austria, poet/dramatist/essayist 1873 Joaquin Alvarez Quintero, Spanish dramatist/playwright, Los Galeotes 1871 John Millington Synge, Ireland, dramatist/poet, Riders to the Sea 1871 Serafin Alvarez Quintero, Spanish dramatist/playwright, El Flechazo 1866 Karl Friedrich Paul Ernst, born in Elbingerode, Germany, writer, journalist, dramatist, critic, works include 'Die Hochzeit', 'Canossa' 1865 Max Halbe, born in Guttland, now Kozliny, Germany, writer, dramatist, Naturalist movement literary style, works include 'Jugend' 1863 Arno Holz, born in Germany, poet, dramatist, freelance writer, wrote book of poetry 'Phantaesus' 1862 Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian Dramatist 1860 Anton Chekhov, Russian Dramatist 1856 George Bernard Shaw, Dublin Ire, dramatist, Pygmalion-Nobel 1925 1852 Lady Gregory, Irish Dramatist 1850 Harishchandra, India, poet/dramatist/father of modern Hindi 1849 August Strindberg, Sweden, dramatist and novelist, 'Apologia' 1840 Abraham Goldfaden, Eastern European Yiddish dramatist 1836 Christian Dietrich Grabbe, writer, dramatist, anti-Semite, idolized by the Nazis, works include, 'Hannibal', 1835, dies at 34 1835 Henry James Byron, English Dramatist 1832 Jose Echegaray y Eizaguirre, mathematician/dramatist, Nobel 1904 1823 Hendrik Jan Schimmel, Dutch writer/dramatist, 2 Tudors 1817 Jose Zorrilla y Moral, Vallodolid Spain, poet/dramatist, El rey Loco 1812 Andrew Cherry, Irish Dramatist 1811 Heinrich J von Collin, Austria dramatist/poet (Coriolan), dies 1809 Thomas Holcroft, English Dramatist 1803 Vittorio Alfieri, Italian Dramatist 1801 Christian Dietrich Grabbe, born in Detmold, Germany, writer, dramatist, anti-Semite, idolized by the Nazis, works include, 'Hannibal', 1835 1800 Mihaly Vorosmarty, Hungary, poet/dramatist, "To a Day-Dreamer" 1800 Henry Taylor, English Dramatist 1799 Pierre de Beaumarchais, dramatist, dies 1792 Charles Simon Favart, French Dramatist 1791 A Eugene Scribe, French dramatist, Bertrand et Raton 1791 Franz Gillparzer, Austrian tragic dramatist, Golden Fleece 1781 Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, writer, dramatist, art critic, Enlightenment era writer, influenced development of German literature, dies at 52 in Braunschweig, Germany 1777 Heinrich von Kleist, Germany, dramatist/poet, Penthesilea 1771 Heinrich J von Collin, Austria dramatist/poet, Regulus 1762 Andrew Cherry, Irish Dramatist 1757 Edward Moore, English Dramatist 1749 Vittorio Alfieri, Italian Dramatist 1745 Thomas Holcroft, English Dramatist 1739 George Lillo, English dramatist (Fatal Curiosity), dies at 46 1730 Oliver Goldsmith, Ireland, novelist/dramatist, She Stoops to Conquer 1729 Richard Steele, British Dramatist 1729 Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, born in Kamenz, Germany, writer, dramatist, art critic, Enlightenment era writer, influenced development of German literature 1729 William Congreve, English dramatist (Love for Love), dies at 58 1720 Samuel Foote, England, actor/dramatist, Mirror 1716 William Wycherley, dramatist (The Country Wife), dies at about 75 1712 Edward Moore, English Dramatist 1710 Charles Simon Favart, French Dramatist 1709 Thomas Corneille, French dramatist, dies at 74 1707 George Farquhar, Irish Dramatist 1693 George Lillo, bourgeois English dramatist, London Merchant 1689 Aphra Behn, English Dramatist 1684 Pierre Corneille, French lawyer/dramatist (El Cid, Polyeucte), dies at 42 1681 Pedro Calderon de la Barca, writer, dramatist, Spanish Golden Age, works include, 'La vida es sueno', or, 'Life is a Dream', dies at 81 1671 Colley Cibber, England, dramatist/poet laureate, Love's Last Shift 1664 Andreas Gryphius, German writer, poet, dramatist, master of philosophy, works include historical tragedy 'Leo Armenius', dies at age 47 1664 John Vanbrugh, London, dramatist/architect, baptized 1655 Tristan l'Hermite, French dramatist/poet, dies (birth date unknown) 1655 Cyrano de Bergerac, French dramatist/novelist, dies at 36 in Paris 1643 William Cartwright, English Dramatist 1640 Philip Massinger, dramatist, dies 1637 Ben Johnson, dramatist/playwright, dies at 65 1635 Thomas Betterton, London, actor/dramatist, Coriolanus 1634 George Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies 1627 Thomas Middleton, Elizabethan dramatist (Women Beware Women), dies 1626 Cyril Tourneur, English poet/dramatist, dies at about 51 1616 Andreas Gryphius, born in Glogow, Silesia, German writer, poet, dramatist, master of philosophy, works include historical tragedy 'Leo Armenius' 1616 William Shakespeare, English Dramatist 1611 William Cartwright, English Dramatist 1609 John Suckling, English Cavalier poet/dramatist/courtier 1606 Pierre Corneille, France, dramatist, El Cid, Horace 1600 Pedro Calderon de la Barca, born in Madrid, Spain, writer, dramatist, Spanish Golden Age, works include, 'La vida es sueno', or, 'Life is a Dream' 1593 Christopher Marlowe, British dramatist (Tamburlaine the Great), murdered 1587 Joost van den Vondel, Cologne Germany, Dutch poet/dramatist, Jephtha 1586 John Ford, English dramatist, 'Tis Pity She's a Whore 1579 John Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist, Phylaster, baptized 1564 Christopher Marlowe, English Dramatist 1564 Christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist, Dr. Faustus 1562 Lope Felix de Vega, born in Madrid, Spain, dramatist/poet, Angelica, Arcadia 1558 Thomas Kyd, English dramatist, Spanish Tragedy 1558 Robert Greene, Elizabethan dramatist, Friar Bacon 1543 Juan de la Cueva, Spain, dramatist |
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