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.

Jacques Etienne Victor Arago
France
FranceA famous French playwright, writer, artist and traveler of the 19th century

William Motter Inge
USA
USAAmerican writer, playwright

Stefan Zeromski
Poland
PolandPolish novelist and playwright

Ramon Maria del Valle-Inclan
Spain
SpainSpanish writer, playwright

Adolphe Ribbing de Leuven
France
FranceFrench playwright and theater director

Michael Klapp
Austria
AustriaAustrian writer and playwright

Kisfaludy Sandor
Hungary
HungaryHungarian romantic poet and playwright

Lope de Vega
Spain
SpainSpanish playwright, poet and novelist

Joseph Stein
USA
USAAmerican playwright, best known as the author of the libretto for the musicals Fiddler on the Roof and Zorba.

Christoph Friedrich Bretzner
Germany
GermanyGerman playwright

Rodney Ackland
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish playwright, actor, theatre director and screenwriter

Jaroslav Vrchlicky
Czech
CzechCzech poet, playwright, translator

Yan Krulikovskiy
Poland
PolandPolish artist of the Warsaw stage.

Alexandr Fredro
Poland
PolandPolish playwright, known to us from the film adaptation of his comedy "Ladies and Hussars".

Alty Karliev
Soviet actor, theater and film director, playwright

Eve Ensler
USA
USAAmerican playwright

Francois Guillaume Jean Stanislas Andrieux
France
FranceFrench poet, dramatic writer, member of the French Academy.

James Matthew Barrie
Great Britain
Great BritainScottish playwright and writer

Bernhard Severin Ingemann
Denmark
DenmarkDanish writer, poet and playwright

Henrik Hertz
Denmark
DenmarkDanish playwright and poet

Friedrich Kaiser
Austria
AustriaAustrian playwright

Brendan Behan
Ireland
IrelandIrish playwright

Arvids Grigulis
Latvian Soviet writer, poet and playwright

Gianfrancesco Guarnieri
Brazil
BrazilBrazilian actor and playwright of Italian origin.

Casimir Delavigne
France
FranceFrench poet and playwright

Jean Regnard
France
FranceFrench playwright and author of situation comedies

Jean-Richard Bloch
France
FranceFrench writer, playwright, public and theater activist, anti-fascist.

Mokuami Kawatake
Japan
JapanJapanese playwright

Erwin Piscator
Germany
GermanyGerman theatre director

George Colman jr.
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish playwright

Vitaly Korolev
Belarus
BelarusBelarusian playwright and prose writer

Boris Lavrenev
Novelist, playwright

Friedrich Wolf
Germany
GermanyGerman writer, playwright, public and political figure.

Osvald Zahradnik
Slovakia
SlovakiaSlovak playwright.

Robert Sturua
Georgia
GeorgiaChief director and artistic director of the Tbilisi Theater named after Shota Rustaveli

Zoran Stefanovic
Serbia
SerbiaSerbian writer, playwright, publisher and international cultural activist

Jan Zawicki
Poland
PolandPolish poet and playwright of the era of Sigismund III.

Kosta Trifkovich
Serbia
SerbiaSerbian playwright

Semen Zlotnikov
Uzbekistan
UzbekistanSoviet and Russian playwright, screenwriter, prose writer

William Saroyan
USA
USAAmerican novelist and playwright

Artur Kopit
USA
USAAmerican playwright

Frank Wedekind
Germany
GermanyGerman playwright

Jean-Nicolas Bouilly
France
FranceFrench writer, playwright and librettist

Galiasgar Kamal
Tatar Soviet writer, classic of Tatar drama and public figure

Salvatore Cammarano
Italy
ItalyItalian poet, playwright and librettist.

Joao Ricardo Cordeiro
Portugal
PortugalPortuguese playwright and translator

Miroslav Krajnik
Czech
CzechCzech lyric poet and playwright.

Bhasa
One of the first ancient Indian playwrights in Sanskrit

Joe DiPietro
USA
USAAmerican playwright, lyricist and novelist

Pierre Corneille
France
FranceFrench playwright, representative of classicism