Playwright: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
Someone who writes plays, i.e. dramas, texts meant for performance. Famous [[Renaissance]] playwrights were [[William Shakespeare]], [[Ben Jonson]] or [[Christopher Marlowe]]. | Someone who writes plays, i.e. dramas, texts meant for performance. Famous [[Renaissance]] playwrights were [[William Shakespeare]], [[Ben Jonson]] or [[Christopher Marlowe]]. Famous Restoration playwrights were [[John Dryden]], [[George Etherege]], [[William Wycherley]], [[Aphra Behn]] and [[William Congreve]]. | ||
Revision as of 06:40, 20 May 2009
Someone who writes plays, i.e. dramas, texts meant for performance. Famous Renaissance playwrights were William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson or Christopher Marlowe. Famous Restoration playwrights were John Dryden, George Etherege, William Wycherley, Aphra Behn and William Congreve.