SettingsWomen dramatists and playwrights
Adrienne Kennedy
Adrienne Kennedy is an African-American playwright and was a key figure in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
Adrienne Kennedy is an African-American playwright and was a key figure in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
Amy Fox (playwright)
Amy Fox is a playwright and screenwriter based in New York.
Amy Fox is a playwright and screenwriter based in New York.
Amy Rosenthal
Amy Rosenthal is a British playwright from Muswell Hill, London.
Amy Rosenthal is a British playwright from Muswell Hill, London.
Anne Donovan (author)
Anne Donovan is a Scottish author from Coatbridge most known for her award-winning Buddha Da.
Anne Donovan is a Scottish author from Coatbridge most known for her award-winning Buddha Da.
Anne Downie
Anne Downie is a Scottish actor and writer.
Anne Downie is a Scottish actor and writer.
Anne Plumptre
Anne Plumptre (1760–1818) was an English writer and translator.
Anne Plumptre (1760–1818) was an English writer and translator.
Antoinette Henriette Clémence Robert
Antoinette Henriette Clémence Robert was a prolific French novelist, and a writer of historical fiction, poetry, non-fiction, stage plays, and short stories.
Antoinette Henriette Clémence Robert was a prolific French novelist, and a writer of historical fiction, poetry, non-fiction, stage plays, and short stories.
Anya Reiss
Anya Reiss (born 1991 in London) is an award-winning British playwright who has also voiced ambitions to become an actress.
Anya Reiss (born 1991 in London) is an award-winning British playwright who has also voiced ambitions to become an actress.
Aphra Behn
Aphra Behn (baptised 14 December 1640 – 16 April 1689) was a prolific dramatist of the English Restoration and was one of the first English professional female writers.
Aphra Behn (baptised 14 December 1640 – 16 April 1689) was a prolific dramatist of the English Restoration and was one of the first English professional female writers.
Augusta, Lady Gregory
Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory (15 March 1852 – 22 May 1932), born Isabella Augusta Persse, was an Irish dramatist and folklorist.
Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory (15 March 1852 – 22 May 1932), born Isabella Augusta Persse, was an Irish dramatist and folklorist.
Barbarina Brand
Brand (née Ogle), Barbarina, Lady Dacre (1768–1854) was an English poet, playwright, and translator.
Brand (née Ogle), Barbarina, Lady Dacre (1768–1854) was an English poet, playwright, and translator.
Becky Mode
Becky Mode is an American playwright, actress and television producer based in New York City.
Becky Mode is an American playwright, actress and television producer based in New York City.
Bola Agbaje
Bola Agbaje (born c. 1981) is an award-winning British playwright of Nigerian origin.
Bola Agbaje (born c. 1981) is an award-winning British playwright of Nigerian origin.
Caroline Norton
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (22 March 1808 – 15 June 1877) was a famous British society beauty, feminist, social reformer, and author of the early and mid-nineteenth century.
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (22 March 1808 – 15 June 1877) was a famous British society beauty, feminist, social reformer, and author of the early and mid-nineteenth century.
Caryl Churchill
Caryl Churchill (born 3 September 1938) is an English dramatist known for her use of non-naturalistic techniques and feminist themes, the abuses of power, and sexual politics.
Caryl Churchill (born 3 September 1938) is an English dramatist known for her use of non-naturalistic techniques and feminist themes, the abuses of power, and sexual politics.
Catharine Trotter Cockburn
Catharine Trotter Cockburn (16 August 1679 – 11 May 1749) was a novelist, dramatist, and philosopher.
Catharine Trotter Cockburn (16 August 1679 – 11 May 1749) was a novelist, dramatist, and philosopher.
Catherine Gore
Catherine Grace Frances Gore was a British novelist and dramatist, daughter of a wine merchant at Retford, where she was born.
Catherine Grace Frances Gore was a British novelist and dramatist, daughter of a wine merchant at Retford, where she was born.
Catherine Grosvenor
Catherine Grosvenor (born 1978) is a Scottish playwright and translator.
Catherine Grosvenor (born 1978) is a Scottish playwright and translator.
Catherine Tregenna
Catherine Tregenna is a Welsh playwright, television scriptwriter and actress.
Catherine Tregenna is a Welsh playwright, television scriptwriter and actress.
Catherine Trotter Cockburn
Catharine Trotter Cockburn (16 August 1679 – 11 May 1749) was a novelist, dramatist, and philosopher.
Catharine Trotter Cockburn (16 August 1679 – 11 May 1749) was a novelist, dramatist, and philosopher.
Charlotte Charke
Charlotte Charke (née Cibber, also Charlotte Secheverell, aka Charles Brown) (13 January 1713 – 6 April 1760) was an English actress, playwright, novelist, autobiographer, and ...
Charlotte Charke (née Cibber, also Charlotte Secheverell, aka Charles Brown) (13 January 1713 – 6 April 1760) was an English actress, playwright, novelist, autobiographer, and ...
Charlotte Lennox
Charlotte Lennox (c. 1730 – January 4, 1804) was an English author and poet.
Charlotte Lennox (c. 1730 – January 4, 1804) was an English author and poet.
Colet Abedi
Colet Abedi is an Iranian-American writer and producer.
Colet Abedi is an Iranian-American writer and producer.
Dael Orlandersmith
Dael Orlandersmith is an actress, poet and playwright who is best known for her Obie Award-winning Beauty's Daughter and the 2002 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Drama, Yellowman.
Dael Orlandersmith is an actress, poet and playwright who is best known for her Obie Award-winning Beauty's Daughter and the 2002 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Drama, Yellowman.
Deborah Wallace
Deborah Wallace is a Scottish born actress and playwright.
Deborah Wallace is a Scottish born actress and playwright.
Delarivier Manley
Delarivier (sometimes spelt Delariviere, Delarivière or de la Rivière) Manley (1663 or c. 1670–1724) was an English novelist of amatory fiction, playwright, and political...
Delarivier (sometimes spelt Delariviere, Delarivière or de la Rivière) Manley (1663 or c. 1670–1724) was an English novelist of amatory fiction, playwright, and political...
Diana Morgan (screenwriter)
Mary Diana Morgan (29 May 1910, Cardiff, Wales – 9 December 1996) was a Welsh playwright and screenwriter, mostly associated with her work for Ealing Studios as Diana Morgan.
Mary Diana Morgan (29 May 1910, Cardiff, Wales – 9 December 1996) was a Welsh playwright and screenwriter, mostly associated with her work for Ealing Studios as Diana Morgan.
Dorothea Celesia
Dorothea Celesia (bap. 1738, died 1790) was a poet and playwright best known for Almida, her translation of Voltaire's Tancrède (1760).
Dorothea Celesia (bap. 1738, died 1790) was a poet and playwright best known for Almida, her translation of Voltaire's Tancrède (1760).
Dorothy Miles
Dorothy Miles is regarded as a key figure in the literary heritage of sign language and the Deaf community.
Dorothy Miles is regarded as a key figure in the literary heritage of sign language and the Deaf community.
Dulcie Deamer
Mary Elizabeth Kathleen Dulcie Deamer was an Australian novelist, poet, journalist and actor.
Mary Elizabeth Kathleen Dulcie Deamer was an Australian novelist, poet, journalist and actor.
Eliza Haywood
Eliza Haywood (1693 – 25 February 1756), born Elizabeth Fowler, was an English writer, actress and publisher.
Eliza Haywood (1693 – 25 February 1756), born Elizabeth Fowler, was an English writer, actress and publisher.
Eliza Lanesford Cushing
Eliza Lanesford Cushing (October 19, 1794 - May 4, 1886) was an American-Canadian dramatist, short story writer, and editor.
Eliza Lanesford Cushing (October 19, 1794 - May 4, 1886) was an American-Canadian dramatist, short story writer, and editor.
Elizabeth Cary, Lady Falkland
Elizabeth Cary, Lady Falkland (1585–1639), née Tanfield, was an English poet, translator, and dramatist.
Elizabeth Cary, Lady Falkland (1585–1639), née Tanfield, was an English poet, translator, and dramatist.
Elizabeth Craven
Elizabeth Craven, Princess Berkeley, previously "Lady Craven" of Hamstead Marshall, was an author, playwright, traveller, and socialite, perhaps best known for her travelogues.
Elizabeth Craven, Princess Berkeley, previously "Lady Craven" of Hamstead Marshall, was an author, playwright, traveller, and socialite, perhaps best known for her travelogues.
Elizabeth Egerton
Elizabeth Egerton, countess of Bridgewater, was an English writer.
Elizabeth Egerton, countess of Bridgewater, was an English writer.
Elizabeth Griffith
Elizabeth Griffith, sometimes also credited Elizabeth Griffiths, was an 18th-century Irish dramatist, fiction writer, essayist and actress, best known for her edition of Shakespeare's come...
Elizabeth Griffith, sometimes also credited Elizabeth Griffiths, was an 18th-century Irish dramatist, fiction writer, essayist and actress, best known for her edition of Shakespeare's come...
Elizabeth Inchbald
Elizabeth Inchbald (née Simpson) (1753–1821) was an English novelist, actress, and dramatist.
Elizabeth Inchbald (née Simpson) (1753–1821) was an English novelist, actress, and dramatist.
Elizabeth Meriwether
Elizabeth Meriwether is an American playwright and screenwriter, television producer and writer.
Elizabeth Meriwether is an American playwright and screenwriter, television producer and writer.
Elizabeth Polack
Elizabeth Polack was an English playwright of the 1830s, notable for having been described by chroniclers of the period as England's first Jewish woman melodramatist.
Elizabeth Polack was an English playwright of the 1830s, notable for having been described by chroniclers of the period as England's first Jewish woman melodramatist.
Elizabeth Polwheele
Elizabeth Polewhele (ca. 1651–ca. 1691), playwright, was one of the first women to write for the professional stage in London.
Elizabeth Polewhele (ca. 1651–ca. 1691), playwright, was one of the first women to write for the professional stage in London.
Elizabeth Watkin-Jones
Elizabeth Watkin-Jones (13 July 1887 - 9 June 1966) was a Welsh children's book author, who wrote in the Welsh language.
Elizabeth Watkin-Jones (13 July 1887 - 9 June 1966) was a Welsh children's book author, who wrote in the Welsh language.
Emma Donoghue
Emma Donoghue (born 24 October 1969) is an Irish-born playwright, literary historian and novelist now living in Canada.
Emma Donoghue (born 24 October 1969) is an Irish-born playwright, literary historian and novelist now living in Canada.
Ena Lamont Stewart
Ena Lamont Stewart (10 February 1912, Glasgow - 9 February 2006, Dalmellington) was a Scottish playwright and the daughter of a Church of Scotland minister whose family was originally from Canad...
Ena Lamont Stewart (10 February 1912, Glasgow - 9 February 2006, Dalmellington) was a Scottish playwright and the daughter of a Church of Scotland minister whose family was originally from Canad...
Eve Ensler
Eve Ensler is an American playwright, performer, feminist and activist, best known for her play The Vagina Monologues.
Eve Ensler is an American playwright, performer, feminist and activist, best known for her play The Vagina Monologues.
Frances Boothby
Frances Boothby (fl. 1669–1670), playwright, was the first woman to have a play produced in London: her tragicomedy, Marcelia, or, The Treacherous Friend, was performed by the King's Company...
Frances Boothby (fl. 1669–1670), playwright, was the first woman to have a play produced in London: her tragicomedy, Marcelia, or, The Treacherous Friend, was performed by the King's Company...
Frances Burney
Frances Burney, also known as Fanny Burney and, after her marriage, as Madame d’Arblay, was an English novelist, diarist and playwright.
Frances Burney, also known as Fanny Burney and, after her marriage, as Madame d’Arblay, was an English novelist, diarist and playwright.
Frances Burney (1776–1828)
Frances Burney (1776–1828) was a playwright and governess.
Frances Burney (1776–1828) was a playwright and governess.
Frances Sheridan
Frances Sheridan (née Chamberlaine) (1724–1766) was an Anglo-Irish novelist and playwright.
Frances Sheridan (née Chamberlaine) (1724–1766) was an Anglo-Irish novelist and playwright.
Françoise Sagan
Françoise Sagan – real name Françoise Quoirez – was a French playwright, novelist, and screenwriter.
Françoise Sagan – real name Françoise Quoirez – was a French playwright, novelist, and screenwriter.
Gillian Slovo
Gillian Slovo is a South African born novelist, playwright and memoirist.
Gillian Slovo is a South African born novelist, playwright and memoirist.
Gina Gionfriddo
Gina Gionfriddo is an American playwright and television writer.
Gina Gionfriddo is an American playwright and television writer.
Gloria Calderon Kellett
Gloria Calderon Kellett (born April 11, 1975 in Portland, Oregon) is an American writer and actress.
Gloria Calderon Kellett (born April 11, 1975 in Portland, Oregon) is an American writer and actress.
Grace Cavalieri
Grace Cavalieri (born 1932) is an award-winning American poet, playwright and radio host of "The Poet and the Poem" from the Library of Congress.
Grace Cavalieri (born 1932) is an award-winning American poet, playwright and radio host of "The Poet and the Poem" from the Library of Congress.
Griselda Gambaro
Griselda Gambaro (born July 28, 1928) is an Argentine playwright, whose works often concern the political violence in her home country that would develop into the Dirty War.
Griselda Gambaro (born July 28, 1928) is an Argentine playwright, whose works often concern the political violence in her home country that would develop into the Dirty War.
Hannah Brand
Hannah Brand (1754–1821), actress and playwright, was born in Norwich where she ran a "young Ladies Boarding School, No. 18, St. Giles's Broad-street" with her sister, Mary, until she turned to ...
Hannah Brand (1754–1821), actress and playwright, was born in Norwich where she ran a "young Ladies Boarding School, No. 18, St. Giles's Broad-street" with her sister, Mary, until she turned to ...
Hannah Cowley
Hannah Cowley (14 March 1743 – 11 March 1809) was an English dramatist and poet.
Hannah Cowley (14 March 1743 – 11 March 1809) was an English dramatist and poet.
Harriet Lee
Harriet Lee was a novelist and playwright.
Harriet Lee was a novelist and playwright.
Hattie Gossett
Hattie Gossett is an African-American feminist playwright, poet, and magazine editor.
Hattie Gossett is an African-American feminist playwright, poet, and magazine editor.
Heidi Thomas
Heidi Thomas (born 13 August 1962, Garston, Liverpool) is an English screenwriter and playwright.
Heidi Thomas (born 13 August 1962, Garston, Liverpool) is an English screenwriter and playwright.
Helen Griffin
Helen Griffin is a Welsh actress, playwright and screenwriter.
Helen Griffin is a Welsh actress, playwright and screenwriter.
Jane Anderson
Jane Anderson (born c. 1954 in California) is an American actress-turned-award-winning playwright, screenwriter and director.
Jane Anderson (born c. 1954 in California) is an American actress-turned-award-winning playwright, screenwriter and director.
Jane Cavendish
Daughter of William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle, and later the wife of Charles Cheyne, Viscount Newhaven, Lady Jane Cavendish (1621–1669) was a noted poet and playwright.
Daughter of William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle, and later the wife of Charles Cheyne, Viscount Newhaven, Lady Jane Cavendish (1621–1669) was a noted poet and playwright.
Jane Lumley
Jane (or Joanna), Lady Lumley (née Fitzalan) (1537–1578) was the first person to translate Euripides into English.
Jane (or Joanna), Lady Lumley (née Fitzalan) (1537–1578) was the first person to translate Euripides into English.
Jane Scott (theatre manager)
Jane M. Scott (1779–1839) was a British theatre manager, performer, and playwright.
Jane M. Scott (1779–1839) was a British theatre manager, performer, and playwright.
Janet Paisley
Janet Paisley is an award-winning writer, poet and playwright from Scotland writing in Scots and English.
Janet Paisley is an award-winning writer, poet and playwright from Scotland writing in Scots and English.
Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston (born 12 January 1930 in Dublin) is an Irish novelist, winner of the Whitbread Book Award for The Old Jest in 1979, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1977.
Jennifer Johnston (born 12 January 1930 in Dublin) is an Irish novelist, winner of the Whitbread Book Award for The Old Jest in 1979, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1977.
Jesusa Rodríguez
Jesusa Rodríguez (born 1955, Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican director, actress, playwright, performance artist, and social activist.
Jesusa Rodríguez (born 1955, Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican director, actress, playwright, performance artist, and social activist.
Joan Ure
Joan Ure was the pen name of Elizabeth Thoms Clark, a Scottish poet and playwright.
Joan Ure was the pen name of Elizabeth Thoms Clark, a Scottish poet and playwright.
Joanna Laurens
Joanna Laurens is an English playwright.
Joanna Laurens is an English playwright.
Josephine Tey
Josephine Tey was a pseudonym used by Elizabeth Mackintosh a Scottish author best known for her mystery novels.
Josephine Tey was a pseudonym used by Elizabeth Mackintosh a Scottish author best known for her mystery novels.
Judith Malina
Judith Malina is a German-born American theater and film actress, writer, and director, who was one of the founders of The Living Theatre.
Judith Malina is a German-born American theater and film actress, writer, and director, who was one of the founders of The Living Theatre.
Judith Thompson
Judith Clare Thompson, OC is a prominent Canadian playwright who lives in Toronto, Ontario.
Judith Clare Thompson, OC is a prominent Canadian playwright who lives in Toronto, Ontario.
Julia Cho
Julia Cho is an American playwright, actress and television writer who has won national awards for her work.
Julia Cho is an American playwright, actress and television writer who has won national awards for her work.
Kitty Clive
Catherine "Kitty" Clive (née Raftor) (1711 – 6 December 1785) was a British actress of considerable repute on the stages of London.
Catherine "Kitty" Clive (née Raftor) (1711 – 6 December 1785) was a British actress of considerable repute on the stages of London.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
The Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (15 May 1689 – 21 August 1762) was an English aristocrat and writer.
The Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (15 May 1689 – 21 August 1762) was an English aristocrat and writer.
Leilah Assunção
Leilah Assunção, or Leilah Assumpção is a Brazilian dramatist, actress and writer.
Leilah Assunção, or Leilah Assumpção is a Brazilian dramatist, actress and writer.
Lillian Hellman
Lillian Florence "Lilly" Hellman was an American author of plays, screenplays, and memoirs and throughout her life, was linked with many left-wing political causes.
Lillian Florence "Lilly" Hellman was an American author of plays, screenplays, and memoirs and throughout her life, was linked with many left-wing political causes.
Liz Lochhead
Liz Lochhead is a Scottish poet and dramatist, originally from Newarthill in North Lanarkshire.
Liz Lochhead is a Scottish poet and dramatist, originally from Newarthill in North Lanarkshire.
Lizzie Hopley
Lizzie Hopley is a British actor and writer.
Lizzie Hopley is a British actor and writer.
Lynn Nottage
Lynn Nottage (born 1964) is an American playwright whose work often deals with the lives of women of African descent, African Americans and women.
Lynn Nottage (born 1964) is an American playwright whose work often deals with the lives of women of African descent, African Americans and women.
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623 – 15 December 1673) was an English aristocrat, a prolific writer, and a scientist.
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623 – 15 December 1673) was an English aristocrat, a prolific writer, and a scientist.
Margaret Turnbull (screenwriter)
Margaret Turnbull was a Scottish playwright and screenwriter.
Margaret Turnbull was a Scottish playwright and screenwriter.
Maria Adelaide Amaral
Maria Adelaide Amaral is a Portuguese Brazilian playwright, screenwriter, and novelist.
Maria Adelaide Amaral is a Portuguese Brazilian playwright, screenwriter, and novelist.
Mariana Starke
Mariana Starke (1761/2-1838) was an English author.
Mariana Starke (1761/2-1838) was an English author.
Marie Aspioti
Maria-Aspasia Aspioti, was a distinguished Corfiote writer, playwright, poet, magazine publisher and cultural figure who influenced the literary and cultural life of post-war Corfu.
Maria-Aspasia Aspioti, was a distinguished Corfiote writer, playwright, poet, magazine publisher and cultural figure who influenced the literary and cultural life of post-war Corfu.
Marietta Shaginyan
Marietta Sergeevna Shaginian was a Soviet writer and activist of Armenian descent.
Marietta Sergeevna Shaginian was a Soviet writer and activist of Armenian descent.
Marion Adams-Acton
Marian Adams-Acton was a Scottish novelist.
Marian Adams-Acton was a Scottish novelist.
Martha Morton
Martha Morton (1865–1925) was the first successful American woman to sustain a lengthy career as a professional playwright.
Martha Morton (1865–1925) was the first successful American woman to sustain a lengthy career as a professional playwright.
Mary Davys
Mary Davys (1674–1732) was a novelist and playwright.
Mary Davys (1674–1732) was a novelist and playwright.
Mary Devenport O'Neill
Mary Devenport O'Neill (3 May 1898 – 1957) was an Irish poet and dramatist and a friend and colleague of W. B. Yeats, George Russell,and Austin Clarke.
Mary Devenport O'Neill (3 May 1898 – 1957) was an Irish poet and dramatist and a friend and colleague of W. B. Yeats, George Russell,and Austin Clarke.
Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, known as "The Unhappy Countess", was the daughter and heiress of George Bowes.
Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, known as "The Unhappy Countess", was the daughter and heiress of George Bowes.
Mary Russell Mitford
Mary Russell Mitford (16 December 1787 – 10 January 1855), was an English author and dramatist.
Mary Russell Mitford (16 December 1787 – 10 January 1855), was an English author and dramatist.
Maureen Duffy
Maureen Patricia Duffy (born 21 Oct 1933 in Worthing, Sussex) is a contemporary British poet, playwright and novelist.
Maureen Patricia Duffy (born 21 Oct 1933 in Worthing, Sussex) is a contemporary British poet, playwright and novelist.
Mireya Cueto
Mireya Cueto (born Mexico City, February 3, 1922) is a Mexican puppeteer, writer and dramaturg.
Mireya Cueto (born Mexico City, February 3, 1922) is a Mexican puppeteer, writer and dramaturg.
Nancy Oliver
Nancy Oliver (born February 8 1955) is an American playwright and screenwriter.
Nancy Oliver (born February 8 1955) is an American playwright and screenwriter.
Naomi Iizuka
Naomi Iizuka is a playwright.
Naomi Iizuka is a playwright.
Nell O'Day
Nell O'Day (September 22, 1909 – January 3, 1989) was an accomplished equestrian and B-movie actress of the 1930s and 1940s.
Nell O'Day (September 22, 1909 – January 3, 1989) was an accomplished equestrian and B-movie actress of the 1930s and 1940s.
Nina Wilcox Putnam
Nina Wilcox Putnam was an American novelist, screenwriter and playwright.
Nina Wilcox Putnam was an American novelist, screenwriter and playwright.
Noelle Valdivia
Noelle Valdivia is an American playwright and television writer.
Noelle Valdivia is an American playwright and television writer.
Ntozake Shange
Ntozake Shange (pronounced N-TOH-ZAHK-KEH SHUNG-GEH; born October 18, 1948) is an American playwright, and poet.
Ntozake Shange (pronounced N-TOH-ZAHK-KEH SHUNG-GEH; born October 18, 1948) is an American playwright, and poet.
Olga Forsh
Olga Dmitryevna Forsh (О́льга Дми́триевна Форш; née Komarova; July 17, 1961) was a Russian/Soviet novelist, dramatist, memoirist, and scenarist.
Olga Dmitryevna Forsh (О́льга Дми́триевна Форш; née Komarova; July 17, 1961) was a Russian/Soviet novelist, dramatist, memoirist, and scenarist.
Oriel Gray
Oriel Gray (26 March 1920–30 June 2003) is an award winning Australian dramatist and playwright who wrote from the 1940s to 1960's.
Oriel Gray (26 March 1920–30 June 2003) is an award winning Australian dramatist and playwright who wrote from the 1940s to 1960's.
Pamela Hansford Johnson
Pamela Hansford Johnson, Baroness Snow (29 May 1912 – 18 June 1981) was an English novelist, playwright, poet, literary and social critic.
Pamela Hansford Johnson, Baroness Snow (29 May 1912 – 18 June 1981) was an English novelist, playwright, poet, literary and social critic.
Paula Vogel
Paula Vogel is an American playwright and university professor.
Paula Vogel is an American playwright and university professor.
Penina Muhando
Penina Muhando, also known as Penina Mlama (born 1948) is a Tanzanian Kiswahili playwright, and a theorist and practitioner of popular theatre in Tanzania.
Penina Muhando, also known as Penina Mlama (born 1948) is a Tanzanian Kiswahili playwright, and a theorist and practitioner of popular theatre in Tanzania.
Rona Munro
Rona Munro is a Scottish writer.
Rona Munro is a Scottish writer.
Sarah Kane
Sarah Kane (3 February 1971 – 20 February 1999) was an English playwright.
Sarah Kane (3 February 1971 – 20 February 1999) was an English playwright.
Sarah Phelps
Sarah Phelps is a British television, radio, film and freelance playwright who was working for the Royal Shakespeare Company when she took part in a BBC initiative to find new writers.
Sarah Phelps is a British television, radio, film and freelance playwright who was working for the Royal Shakespeare Company when she took part in a BBC initiative to find new writers.
Sarah Ruhl
Sarah Ruhl is an American playwright.
Sarah Ruhl is an American playwright.
Sharman Macdonald
Sharman Macdonald is a Scottish playwright, screenwriter, and former actress.
Sharman Macdonald is a Scottish playwright, screenwriter, and former actress.
Sharon Pollock
Sharon Pollock (born in Fredericton, New Brunswick 19 Apr 1936) is a Canadian playwright, actor, director, who lives in Calgary, Alberta.
Sharon Pollock (born in Fredericton, New Brunswick 19 Apr 1936) is a Canadian playwright, actor, director, who lives in Calgary, Alberta.
Sheila Callaghan
Sheila Callaghan (born 1973) is a New York City-based playwright and screenwriter who emerged from the RAT (Regional Alternative Theater) movement of the 1990s.
Sheila Callaghan (born 1973) is a New York City-based playwright and screenwriter who emerged from the RAT (Regional Alternative Theater) movement of the 1990s.
Shelley Silas
Shelley Silas is a British playwright born in Calcutta, India.
Shelley Silas is a British playwright born in Calcutta, India.
Sophia Lee
Sophia Lee (1750 – 13 March 1824) was an English novelist and dramatist.
Sophia Lee (1750 – 13 March 1824) was an English novelist and dramatist.
Susan Charlotte
Susan Charlotte is an American playwright, screenwriter and author.
Susan Charlotte is an American playwright, screenwriter and author.
Susanna Centlivre
Susanna Centlivre born Susanna Freeman, also known professionally as Susanna Carroll, was an English poet, actress and "the most successful female playwright of the eighteenth century".
Susanna Centlivre born Susanna Freeman, also known professionally as Susanna Carroll, was an English poet, actress and "the most successful female playwright of the eighteenth century".
Suzy Enoch
Suzy Enoch is a Scottish writer, director and actress based in Edinburgh.
Suzy Enoch is a Scottish writer, director and actress based in Edinburgh.
Tanya O'Debra
Tanya O'Debra (born Tanya Michele Ritchie, August 23, 1979), is a New York based writer and performer.
Tanya O'Debra (born Tanya Michele Ritchie, August 23, 1979), is a New York based writer and performer.
Wendy Wasserstein
Wendy Wasserstein (October 18, 1950 – January 30, 2006) was an American playwright and an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University.
Wendy Wasserstein (October 18, 1950 – January 30, 2006) was an American playwright and an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University.
Werewere Liking
Werewere Liking (b.1950, Cameroon) is a writer, playwright and performer based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
Werewere Liking (b.1950, Cameroon) is a writer, playwright and performer based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
Winnie Holzman
Winnie Holzman is an American dramatist, screenwriter and poet.
Winnie Holzman is an American dramatist, screenwriter and poet.
Young Jean Lee
Young Jean Lee is a Brooklyn-based playwright and director working in experimental theater.
Young Jean Lee is a Brooklyn-based playwright and director working in experimental theater.