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Ippolit Vasilievich Shpazhinsky (Russian: Ипполит Васильевич Шпажинский) (22 April [O.S. 10 April] 1848 – 15 February [O.S. 2 February] 1917) was a Russian playwright and poet. He is best known for his play The Encha
Josep Maria Benet i Jornet (Barcelona, 1940) is a Catalan Spanish playwright and screenwriter.
Sharman Macdonald (born 8 February 1951) is a Scottish playwright, screenwriter, and former actress.
Martin Gerald Sherman (born December 22, 1938) is an American dramatist and screenwriter best known for his 20 stage plays which have been produced in over 55 countries. He rose to fame in 1979 with the production of his Pulitzer Prize-nominated play
William “Willy” Russell (born 23 August 1947) is an English dramatist, lyricist and composer. His best-known works are Educating Rita, Shirley Valentine, Blood Brothers and Our Day Out.
Joshua (Yehoshua) Sobol (Hebrew: יהושע סובול) (born August 24, 1939), is an Israeli playwright, writer, and director.
Mark Ravenhill (born 7 June 1966) is an English playwright, actor and journalist.
Christopher Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593) was an English dramatist, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. Marlowe was the foremost Elizabethan tragedian of his day. He greatly influenced William Shakespeare, who was born
Owen Gould Davis, Sr. (January 29, 1874 – October 14, 1956) was an American dramatist. He received the 1923 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his 1923 play Icebound, and penned hundreds of plays and scripts for radio and film. Before the First World War
Joseph Albert Fields (February 21, 1895 – March 4, 1966) was an American playwright, theatre director, screenwriter, and film producer.
John Howard Lawson (September 25, 1894 – August 11, 1977) was an American writer. He was for several years head of the Hollywood division of the Communist Party USA. He was also the organization’s cultural manager and answered directly to V.J. Jero