Playwright Biographies

*List of playwrights is in order of popularity with the StageAgent community.

Playrights

What is a playwright?

A playwright is a person who writes plays for the stage. Another word for this is dramatist. The word 'wright' comes from the ancient English term for a builder.

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William Shakespeare

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Richard Rodgers

Playwright, Composer

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Tennessee Williams

Playwright, Author

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Oscar Wilde

Playwright, Author

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Jason Robert Brown

Playwright, Composer, Lyricist

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Jonathan Larson

Playwright, Librettist, Composer, Lyricist

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Arthur Miller

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Bob Fosse

Playwright, Librettist, Lyricist

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Neil Simon

Playwright, Author

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Lorraine Hansberry

Playwright, Author

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T.S. Eliot

Playwright, Lyricist, Author

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Anton Chekhov

Playwright, Author