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Susanna Centlivre can be named in the same coherence as Aphra Behn. Centlivre was a dramatist and she wrote about nineteen plays for the stage during her career.
November 1667 - 1 December 1723. Dramatist. Together with [[Aphra Behn]] one of the first (professional) women authors.  
She was born in November 1667 in Lincolnshire, England. During her career at theatres she was as famous as Aphra Behn. Unfortunately today only a few people know her name.
Most of her plays were comedies but she also wrote two tragical plays: "The Perjured Husband" in 1700 and "The Cruel Gift" in 1716.


Her plots were always funny and a lot of people loved watching them on stage.
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Susanna Centlivre died on December 1 in the year 1723. Her plays were still performed long after her death.

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November 1667 - 1 December 1723. Dramatist. Together with Aphra Behn one of the first (professional) women authors.