Dramatist

Discover the renowned playwrights and dramatists who have shaped the world of theater. Explore their iconic works and contributions to the art of storytelling.

Giovan Battista Corniani
Giovan Battista Corniani
Italy
Italian lawyer, playwright and literary historian
William Gilbert
William Gilbert
Great Britain
British playwright, librettist, poet and illustrator.
Francisco Candamo
Francisco Candamo
Spain
Spanish playwright
Jacques Etienne Victor Arago
Jacques Etienne Victor Arago
France
A famous French playwright, writer, artist and traveler of the 19th century
Einar Christiansen
Einar Christiansen
Denmark
Danish playwright and theatre figure
Yasmina Reza
Yasmina Reza
France
French playwright, actress, screenwriter and novelist
Guy Bolton
Guy Bolton
Great Britain
Anglo-American playwright and writer of musical comedies
Mikhail Kozakov
Mikhail Kozakov
Russian Soviet prose writer and playwright
Ignaz Franz Castelli
Ignaz Franz Castelli
Austria
Austrian poet and playwright.
Adrien-Pierre-Henri Decourcelle
Adrien-Pierre-Henri Decourcelle
France
French playwright
Francis Beaumont
Francis Beaumont
Great Britain
English poet and playwright.
Abdulah Sidran
Abdulah Sidran
Bosnian writer, poet and playwright
Wole Soyinka
Wole Soyinka
Nigeria
Nigerian playwright, writer, poet. Nobel Prize in Literature, 1986.
Jose Zorrilla y Moral
Jose Zorrilla y Moral
Spain
Spanish poet and playwright
Nazib Asanbayev
Nazib Asanbayev
Bashkir prose writer, poet and playwright
Jonas Zaborsky
Jonas Zaborsky
Slovakia
Slovak playwright and poet.
Vitaly Korolev
Vitaly Korolev
Belarus
Belarusian playwright and prose writer
Ivo Vojnovic
Ivo Vojnovic
Serbia
Croatian writer and playwright.
Josef Julius Wecksell
Josef Julius Wecksell
Finland
Finnish poet and playwright
Pierre Corneille
Pierre Corneille
France
French playwright, representative of classicism
Joachim Wilhelm Brawe
Joachim Wilhelm Brawe
Germany
German playwright
Pier Marivaux (de Chamblan)
Pier Marivaux (de Chamblan)
France
French playwright and novelist
Jean-Batiste Rasine
Jean-Batiste Rasine
France
French playwright, poet, representative of classicism.
Johan Nordahl Brun
Johan Nordahl Brun
Norway
Norwegian poet, playwright, politician, Bishop of Bergen
Rudolf Kneisel
Rudolf Kneisel
Germany
German playwright
William Saroyan
William Saroyan
USA
American novelist and playwright
Jahn Moliere
Jahn Moliere
France
Great French playwright and actor. His most famous plays are: "Tartuffe", "The Misanthrope", "The Misanthrope", "The Bourgeois in the Nobility", "The Imaginary Invalid". (53)
Ariel Dorfman
Ariel Dorfman
USA
American Argentine-Chilean writer, playwright, essayist, scholar and human rights activist
Nagib Mahfuz
Nagib Mahfuz
Egypt
Egyptian fiction writer and playwright, Nobel Prize in Literature, 1988
Lev Barskiy
Lev Barskiy
Moldova
Moldovan prose writer and playwright.
Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett
Great Britain
English playwright, screenwriter and novelist
Rafail Eristov
Rafail Eristov
Georgian poet, playwright and ethnographer
Adolphe Ribbing de Leuven
Adolphe Ribbing de Leuven
France
French playwright and theater director
Efim Brill
Efim Brill
Ukraine
Russian Soviet theater director
Cyril Northcote Parkinson
Cyril Northcote Parkinson
Great Britain
Writer, playwright, journalist, biographer and historian
Jean-Nicolas Bouilly
Jean-Nicolas Bouilly
France
French writer, playwright and librettist
Eugene Cormon
Eugene Cormon
France
French playwright
Hans Carl Artmann
Hans Carl Artmann
Austria
Austrian poet, novelist, playwright, translator
Richard Paul Jodrell
Richard Paul Jodrell
Great Britain
A little-known English playwright.
Michel Carre
Michel Carre
France
French playwright and librettist
Richard Cumberland
Richard Cumberland
Great Britain
English playwright and essayist
Bo Pu
Bo Pu
China
Chinese playwright (in the “zaju” genre) and poet (in the “tsi” and “qu” genres).
Anton Langer
Anton Langer
Austria
Austrian playwright, novelist, journalist and translator
Jan Zawicki
Jan Zawicki
Poland
Polish poet and playwright of the era of Sigismund III.
Adrian Mitchell
Adrian Mitchell
Great Britain
English poet, talented playwright and screenwriter.
Nurlan Abdykadyrov
Nurlan Abdykadyrov
Kyrgyzstan
Playwright, director, producer
Heinrich Kruse
Heinrich Kruse
Germany
German playwright and journalist, writer.
Alain Bosquet
Alain Bosquet
France
French writer and playwright.
Heinrich Laube
Heinrich Laube
Germany
German writer, playwright
Vittorio Alfieri,  conte di Cortemiglia
Vittorio Alfieri, conte di Cortemiglia
Italy
Italian poet and classicist playwright, “father of Italian tragedy.”