Qoodles

Playwright

NameNationalityDate of BirthDate of Death
Adolph Green American December 2, 1914 October 23, 2002
Alan Ayckbourn English April 12, 1939
Arthur Adamov Russian August 23, 1908 March 15, 1970
Arthur Laurents American July 14, 1918 May 5, 2011
Arthur Miller American October 17, 1915 February 10, 2005
August Wilson American April 27, 1945 October 2, 2005
Beth Henley American August 8, 1952
Brendan Francis
Cao Yu Chinese September 24, 1910 December 13, 1996
Carl Zuckmayer German December 27, 1896 January 18, 1977
Carlo Goldoni Italian February 25, 1707 February 6, 1793
Charles MacArthur American November 5, 1895 April 21, 1956
Christopher Durang American January 2, 1949
Christopher Fry English December 18, 1907 June 30, 2005
Christopher Hampton British January 26, 1946
Clifford Odets American July 18, 1906 August 18, 1963
Colley Cibber English November 6, 1671 December 12, 1757
Cyrano de Bergerac French March 6, 1619 July 28, 1655
Dario Fo Italian March 24, 1926
David A. Stockman American November 10, 1946
David Belasco American July 25, 1853 May 14, 1931
David Hare English June 5, 1947
David Ives American 1950
Derek Walcott Trinidadian January 23, 1930
Donald Freed American 1933
Edward Bond English July 18, 1934
Elfriede Jelinek American October 20, 1946
Elmer Rice American September 28, 1892 May 8, 1967
Ernst Toller German December 1, 1893 May 22, 1939
Euripedes Greek 480 406
Frances Hodgson Burnett English November 24, 1849 October 29, 1924
Francis Beaumont English 1584 1616
Francoise Sagan French June 21, 1935 September 24, 2004
Frank Wedekind German July 24, 1864 March 9, 1918
Garson Kanin American November 24, 1912 March 13, 1999
George Ade American February 9, 1866 May 16, 1944
George Seaton American April 17, 1911 July 28, 1979
Graham Greene British October 2, 1904 April 3, 1991
Hanns Johst German July 8, 1890 November 23, 1978
Harry Segall American April 10, 1892 November 25, 1975
Howard Barker British June 28, 1946
James Kirkwood American August 22, 1930 April 22, 1989
James M. Barrie British May 9, 1860 June 19, 1937
James Pinckney Miller American December 18, 1919 November 1, 2001
Jean Anouilh French June 23, 1910 October 3, 1987
Jean Kerr American July 10, 1923 January 5, 2003
Jerome Lawrence American July 14, 1915 February 29, 2004
Joe Orton English January 1, 1933 August 9, 1967
John B. Keane Irish July 21, 1928 May 30, 2002
John Guare American February 5, 1938
John Hay Beith Scottish
John Osborne English December 12, 1929 December 24, 1994
John Patrick American May 17, 1905 November 7, 1995
John Webster English 1578 1634
Ken Hill British January 28, 1937 January 23, 1995
Lanford Wilson American April 13, 1937
Laurence Housman English July 18, 1865 February 20, 1959
Leonid Andreyev Russian August 9, 1871 September 12, 1919
Lope de Vega Spanish November 25, 1562 August 27, 1635
Lorraine Hansberry American May 19, 1930 January 12, 1965
Luigi Pirandello Italian June 28, 1867 December 10, 1936
Marcel Achard French July 5, 1899 September 4, 1974
Maxwell Anderson American December 15, 1888 February 28, 1959
Mercy Otis Warren American September 14, 1728 October 19, 1814
Michael Frayn English September 8, 1933
Moliere French January 15, 1622 February 17, 1673
Moss Hart American October 24, 1904 December 20, 1961
Neil Simon American July 4, 1927
Noel Coward English December 16, 1899 March 26, 1973
Pam Gems English August 1, 1925
Peter Barnes English January 10, 1931 July 1, 2004
Peter Shaffer English May 15, 1926
Plautus Roman 254 184
Richard Brinsley Sheridan Irish October 30, 1751 July 7, 1816
Richard Foreman June 10, 1937
Richard Sheridan Irish October 30, 1751 July 7, 1816
Robert Bolt British August 15, 1924 February 12, 1995
Robert E. Sherwood American April 4, 1896 November 14, 1955
Robert Greene English 1558 1592
Robert Riskin American March 30, 1897 September 20, 1955
Ronald Harwood South African November 9, 1934
Rose Franken American
Sam Shepard American November 5, 1943
Samuel Beckett Irish April 13, 1906 December 22, 1989
Sean O'Casey Irish March 30, 1880 September 18, 1964
Shelagh Delaney English November 25, 1939
Sidney Howard American June 26, 1891 August 23, 1939
Thomas Heywood English 1570 1641
Tristan Bernard French September 7, 1866 December 7, 1947
Ugo Betti Italian February 4, 1892 June 9, 1953
W. Somerset Maugham British January 25, 1874 December 16, 1965
Wendy Wasserstein American October 18, 1950 January 30, 2006
Zona Gale American August 26, 1874 December 27, 1938