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Playwrights, a Website Directory


Playwrights (a selection). See also Theatre
See also: Writers . Literature, by Country


Directories, portals for playwrights

British playwrights and plays.
Theatre History

British playwrights link page.
British Theatre Guide

Classical playwrights

Contemporary playwrights web index.
The Open Directory Project.

Doollee.com
A free online guide to modern playwrights and theatre plays which have been written, or translated, into English since the production of Look Back in Anger in 1956.

Elizabethan plays and playwrights.
A site dedicated to providing information about Elizabethan plays and playwrights.

National Theatre, U.K.

19th Century playwrights web index.
The Open Directory Project.

The Playwrights Center (US)
For writers seeking artistic and professional support.

Playwrights, dramatists name indexes

British playwrights and plays.
Theatre History

British playwrights link page.
British Theatre Guide

Contemporary playwrights web index.
The Open Directory Project

French playwrights web index.
Wikipedia

18th Century playwrights web index.
The Open Directory Project.

19th Century playwrights web index.
The Open Directory Project.

Playwrights of Ancient Greece to playwrights of the 20th Century.
The Open Directory Project

Playwights on the Web.
Name index, noticeboard, E-zine, Playwrights' Forum.

Wikipedia entries on playwrights.
The Playwrights' Center
The Playwrights’ Center is America’s premier incubator of new work for the
stage, and the nation's most powerful resource for playwrights.

The Playwrights' Center of San Francisco

The Playwrights Foundation of America

Suite 101 Playwrights
A page is dedicated to helping the world's playwrights, from beginning amateur to seasoned veteran,learn how to more effectively write, edit, rewrite, market, and produce their plays.

Young Playwrights Org
For those 18 years old or younger interested in playwriting.


Famous Playwrights

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Ayckbourn, Allan

Ayckbourn, Allan. Alan Ayckbourn. Wikipedia entry.

Artaud, Antonin

Antonin Artaud Wikipedia entry.
To Have Done with the Judgement of God (the renowned radio-play scenario)
Works by Antonin Artaud (public domain in Canada)

Beckett, Samuel

Beckett, Samuel. Samuel Beckett Endpage. A Beckett website.
The Beckett International Foundation
A Piece of Monologue: Index page dedicated to Beckett's life and work
Samuel Beckett. Lacan. Slavoj Zizek
Samuel Beckett, Wikipedia entry.

Rough for Radio I (Audio)

Rough for Radio II (Audio)
Cascando (Audio)
Embers (Audio)

Castrophe (text)

Act Without Words I

Act Without Words I

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Bennett, Alan

Bennett, Alan. Alan Bennett. Wikipedia entry.
Alan Bennett. BFI Screenonline
Alan Bennett. The Guardian, news and comment.
Alan Bennett. British Council Literature
Alan Bennett. The Museum of Broadcast Communications
The truth behind the History Boys. The Telegraph

Berkoff, Steven

Berkoff, Stephen. Stephen Berkoff short biography.

Brecht, Bertold

Brecht, Bertolt. Bertolt Brecht. The International Brecht Society Homepage
Bertolt Brecht. Wikipedia entry.
Brecht's works in English: A bibliography.
The Brecht Yearbook

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Chekov, Anton P

Chekov, Anton P. Anton Chekov web sites. Theatre Database.
Chekov biography. Theatre History.
Chekhov plays online. Ebooks
The Cherry Orchard (in the original Russian)
Project Gutenberg eTexts, English translations of several Checkov plays, including Cherry Orchard.
The Cherry Orchard. A English version of the play.
Anton Chekhov, Wiikipedia entry.

Churchill, Caryl

Churchill, Caryl. Caryl Churchill
Caryl Churchill. Wikipedia entry.

Cocteau, Jean

Cocteau, Jean. Jean Cocteau biography, bibliography, a filmography, movie stills and selected quotations.
Jean Cocteau. A look at the director's Orphic Trilogy and brief profile.
Jean Cocteau, Wikipedia entry.

Coward, Sir Noel

Coward, Sir Noel.  A Noel Coward Tribute Page. Noel Coward biography, Noel Coward quotes, performances, bibliography, photos.

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Dürrenmatt, Friedrich

Dürrenmatt, Friedrich. Friedrich Dürrenmatt

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Frayn, Michael

Frayn, Michael. Micahel Frayn. Copenhagen.Articles and photographs. G

Genet, Jean

Genet, Jean. Jean Genet Wikipedia entry.
Jean Genet. Biography from Books and Writers.
Jean Genet. Patrice Bougon: academic research, symposium. Société des Amis et Lecteurs de Genet 

Hare, David

Hare, David. David Hare, a biography.
David Hare, Wikipedia entry.

Ibsen, Henrick

Ibsen, Henrik. Henrik Ibsen web page. Ibsen plays, links, stage history.
The Ibsen Society of America Official Website
Ibsen Studies, an international academic journal devoted to Ibsen.
Online course by Ibsen scholar Brian Johnston author of The Ibsen Cycle and To the Third Empire: Ibsen's Early Drama
Ibsen. Extensive resource from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ibsen. Works by or about Henrik Ibsen at Internet Archive. Scanned books, original editions, illustrated.
Henrik Ibsen. Online works at at Project Gutenberg.

Ionesco, Eugene

Ionesco, Eugene. Eugene Ionesco. Biography plus links to all of his works currently in print.
Eugene Ionesco at infoplease.com

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Middleton, Thomas

Middleton, Thomas. Thomas Middleton. Works, life, essays, books.
Thomas Middleton. The plays of Thomas Middleton.
Thomas Middleton. Wikipedia entry.

Moliere, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin

Molière. Works by Moliere at Project Gutenberg
Molière's works online. Tout Moliere.net
Molière. Site Moliere
Moliere biography, bibliography, analysis, plot overview.
Moliere's Verses Plays

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Pinter, Harold

Pinter, Harold. The Harold Pinter Webpage
Harold Pinter. An introduction and bibliography.

Pirandello, Luigi

Luigi Pirandello. Biography by the Nobel Foundation.
Pirandello. ClassicNotes: Henry IV
Pirandello. ClassicNotes: Six Characters in Search of an Author

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Rattigan, Terence

Terence Rattigan. Wikipedia entry.
Terence Rattigan, a dedicated website.
Terence Rattigan - IMDb
The fall and rise of Terence Rattigan. The Telegraph
Terence Rattigan. The Guardian

Shaffer, Peter

Shaffer, Peter. Peter Shaffer, Wikipedia entry.

Shakespeare, William

See also:  Shakespeare
Shakespeare, William. William Shakespeare Oxford Society homepage. Information, life, resources, articles.
Mr. Shakespeare and the Internet

Shepherd, Sam

Shepherd, Sam. Sam Shepherd, Wikipedia entry.
Sam Shepard Web Site

Stoppard, Tom

Stoppard, Tom. Tom Stoppard, biography and background.
Tom Stoppard, Wikipedia entry.
Tom Stoppard. Guardian interview.

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Wesker, Sir Arnold

Wesker, Sir Arnold. Sir Arnold Wesker

Williams, Tennesse

Tennessee Williams, Wikipedia entry.
Tennessee Williams at the Internet Broadway Database
Tennessee Williams at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Monologues by Tennessee Williams at Monologue Search
A Streetcar Named Desire: Study Guide
Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival
Tennessee Williams biography.
Interpreting Tennessee Williams - Working in the Theatre Seminar video at American Theatre Wing.org, April 2005
American Experience on PBS.
Tennessee Williams Annual Review
Tennessee Williams Collection. University of Mississippi.
Tennessee Williams' papers collection. The Harry Ransom Center




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