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 Butler Yeats

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Sherman Yellen

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Karen Zacarias

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Charlotte Zaltzberg

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Suzan Zeder

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Florian Zeller

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Paul Zindel

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Émile Zola

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Don Zolidis

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