Dramatist Collection (page 2)

Anthony Shaffer, English playwright and screenwriter
Anthony Joshua Shaffer (1926-2001), English barrister, advertising executive, novelist, playwright and screenwriter, identical twin brother of the writer and dramatist Peter Shaffer

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008), Russian novelist, dramatist and historian, awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1970. Date: circa 1940s

Hanif Kureishi, English writer
Hanif Kureishi (b 1954), English playwright, screenwriter and filmmaker, novelist and short story writer. Date: circa 1980s

Jacquetta Hawkes, Bertrand Russell and Stephen King-Hall
Jacquetta Hawkes (1910-1996), British writer and archaeologist, Bertrand Russell (Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, 1872-1970), British philosopher, logician, mathematician

Samuel Beckett, Irish playwright, novelist and poet
Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), Irish avant-garde playwright, novelist and poet. Photographed in the year he won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Date: 1969

Thomas Lovell Beddoes Poet Dramatist Death Jest
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William Schwenck Gilbert (1836 - 1911) English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator. Date: 1904

Max Beerbohm (1872 - 1956), writer and dramatist, pictured in his study at home in 1905, part of a series of photographs in The Tatler showing literary figures in their homes. Date: 1905

Joanna Baillie (1762-1851) was a Scottish poet and dramatist, known for such works as Plays on the Passions (three volumes, 1798-1812) and Fugitive Verses (1840). Date: 1875

Sir Richard Steele, pseud. Isaac Bickerstaff, (1672-1729) was an English essayist, dramatist, journalist, and politician, best known as principal author (with Joseph Addison)

Samuel Foote (1720-1777), a British dramatist, actor and theatre manager from Cornwall. He was known for his comedic acting and writing

Cartoon portrait, E L Blanchard, English writer
Cartoon portrait, Pantomime - Edward Litt Laman Blanchard (1820-1889), English writer, dramatist and drama critic, best known for his Drury Lane pantomimes. 1880s

Portrait of Arthur Matthison, playwright
Portrait of Arthur Matthison (?-1883), playwright. 1880s

Cartoon, Only One, Henry Pettitt and George Sims
Cartoon, Only One, Henry Pettitt (actor and dramatist, right) and George Sims (journalist, poet, dramatist and novelist). Am I to stand in next time, George? I shouldn t like to promise, Henry! 1885

Cartoon, Gus Harris and Tom Thorne
Cartoon, Mr Gus Harris - I m blest if there isn t Tom Thorne doing my Clergy-Testimonial trick! Augustus Harris (1852-1896), British actor, dramatist and impresario

Cartoon, Messrs Stephens and Yardley don t like being harassed, and are now running the " Vicar" themselves. Possibly a reference to the comic operetta, The Vicar of Bray

Cartoon, Wilson Barrett and G R Sims, Called Back
Cartoon, Called Back. Wilson Barrett (left), actor, manager and playwright - Glad to have you back, Mr Sims. George Robert Sims (right), English journalist, poet, dramatist and novelist

Henry Vernon Esmond, British actor and playwright
Henry Vernon Esmond (1869-1922), British actor and playwright, at his desk. circa 1900

Richard Cumberland, English writer
Richard Cumberland (1732-1811), English dramatist, essayist, pamphleteer and novelist. 1809

Moliere reading his comedies to his housekeeper
The French dramatist Moliere reading his comedies to his housekeeper. 17th century

General John Burgoyne, British army officer
General John Burgoyne (1722-1792), British army officer, dramatist and politician. circa 1770s

John O Keefe, Irish actor and dramatist
John O Keefe (1747-1833), Irish actor and dramatist. early 19th century

Charles Reece Pemberton, British actor and dramatist
Charles Reece Pemberton (1790-1840), British actor, dramatist and lecturer. Date: circa 1830s

Stephen Phillips, English poet and dramatist
Stephen Phillips (1864-1915), English poet and dramatist. 1900

Frank C Burnand, plawyright and Editor of Punch
Frank C Burnand, playwright and Editor of Punch - in The Theatre Magazine, February 1883. 1883

E L Blanchard - The Theatre magazine
E L Blanchard - English playwright, in The Theatre Magazine, October 1885. 1885

Augustus Harris - The Theatre magazine
Augustus Harris, British actor and dramatist, at the time of the debut of his play (co-written with Pettitt) Human Nature - in The Theatre Magazine, June 1886. 1886

SEYMOUR HICKS (Sir Edward Seymour Hicks) (1871 - 1949), English actor-manager and dramatist

Cartoon, New drama by Reade and Pettitt
Cartoon, New drama by Charles Reade and Henry Pettitt -- Star actors sometimes get very dainty. Their melodrama, Love and Money, was in production at the Adelphi Theatre, London

MENANDER
Menander (343-291 BC), Greek author of more than 100 comedies, considered the finest of their kind. Date: 343 - 291 BC

Hall Caine, British author, poet and critic
Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine (1853-1931), British author, poet and critic. Date: 1901

Henry Arthur Jones - English Dramatist
Henry Arthur Jones (1851-1929) - English Dramatist. His works included The Liars (897) and the society play Mrs Danes Defence (1900). Date: circa 1904

Charles Dibdin - Actor, Dramatist and Songwriter
Charles Dibdin (1745-1814) - Actor, Dramatist and Songwriter. Date: circa 1790

William Shakespeare's Will on a Christmas card -- a local habitation and a name. Date: circa 1890s

Pedro Calderon de la Barca (1600-1681). Dramatist, poet and writer of the Spanish Golden Age. Statue by Juan Figueras Vila (1829-1881) in 1876. Marble. Saint Anne Square. Madrid. Spain

Socrates (470-399 BC) and Seneca the Younger (4 BC-65 AD). D
Socrates (470-399 BC). Athenian philosopher and Seneca the Younger (4 BC-65 AD). Roman stoic philosopher. Double bust. Roman copy of 3rd century AD after a greek original of 1st century AD

Pedro Calderon de la Barca (1600-1681). Engraving. Colored
Pedro Calderon de la Barca (1600-1681). Spanish poet and playwright. Engraving by J. Serra Pausas. History of Spain, 1882. Colored

John Burgoyne (1722-1792). Colored engraving
John Burgoyne (1722-1792). British General and playwright. Engraving in The American Revolution. Colored

Caricature of Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright
Caricature of Oscar Fingal O Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854-1900), Irish poet, novelist, essayist and playwright. 1881

Lucius Annaeus Seneca. Bust
SENECA, Lucius Annaeus (4 BC-65). Latin philosopher, statesman, politician and dramatist. Oil

Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) - French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker. Date: circa 1924

Gerhart Hauptmann - German author, dramatist and novelist
Gerhart Hauptmann (1862-1946) - German author, dramatist and novelist. Date: circa 1910

Statue of Henrik Wergeland, Oslo, Norway
Statue of Henrik Wergeland (1808-1845), Norwegian writer, in Eidsvoll Square, Oslo, Norway. Date: circa 1905

Cartoon, Henry James Byron, dramatist
Cartoon of Henry James Byron (1835-1884), the English dramatist, editor, journalist, director, theatre manager, novelist and actor. Seen here surrounded by posters advertising plays by other writers

Cartoon, The Sailor and His Lass -- Augustus Harris (1852-1896), British actor, dramatist and impresario, holding his newborn baby daughter, with the midwife in the background. 1883

Cartoon, George Robert Sims, writer
Cartoon, George Robert Sims (1847-1922), English journalist, poet, dramatist and novelist, seen here dressed as a policeman

Cartoon, Hamilton Aide, writer, artist and composer
Cartoon, Charles Hamilton Aide (1826-1906), French-born writer, artist and composer -- described here as All-Round Talent. 1884

Cartoon, Augustus Harris, British actor and dramatist
Cartoon, Augustus Harris (1852-1896), British actor, dramatist and impresario. Why should that figure of Shakespeare be kept on the facade? Augustus Harris would look quite as well! 1883

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