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Famous Playwrights

Author Nationality Year
Marcel Achard, Tiny Marcel Achard French 1899 - 1974
Maxwell Anderson American 1888 - 1959
Mercy Otis Warren, Tiny Mercy Otis Warren American 1728 - 1814
Michael Frayn English 1933
Moliere, Tiny Moliere French 1622 - 1673
Moss Hart American 1904 - 1961
Neil Simon American 1927 - 2018
Noel Coward, Tiny Noel Coward English 1899 - 1973
Paddy Chayefsky, Tiny Paddy Chayefsky American 1923 - 1981
Pam Gems English 1925 - 2011
Peter Barnes English 1931 - 2004
Peter Shaffer, Tiny Peter Shaffer English 1926 - 2016
Philip Massinger, Tiny Philip Massinger British 1583 - 1640
Plautus, Tiny Plautus Roman 254 BC - 184 BC
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Tiny Richard Brinsley Sheridan Irish 1751 - 1816
Richard Foreman American 1937
Robert Bolt British 1924 - 1995
Robert E. Sherwood American 1896 - 1955
Robert Greene English 1558 - 1592
Robert Riskin American 1897 - 1955
Ronald Harwood South African 1934 - 2020
Rose Franken American
Sam Shepard, Tiny Sam Shepard American 1943 - 2017
Samuel Beckett, Tiny Samuel Beckett Irish 1906 - 1989
Sean O'Casey, Tiny Sean O'Casey Irish 1880 - 1964
Terence, Tiny Terence Roman 185 BC - 159 BC
Tristan Bernard French 1866 - 1947
Ugo Betti Italian 1892 - 1953
W. Somerset Maugham, Tiny W. Somerset Maugham British 1874 - 1965
Wendy Wasserstein American 1950 - 2006
Zona Gale American 1874 - 1938
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