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Playwright Collection (page 5)

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Noel Coward at Cannes

Noel Coward at Cannes
Noel Coward (1899-1973) at Cannes. His play This Happy Breed was due to premier in October. The outbreak of World War II caused this to be delayed until 1942. The play was turned into a film in 1944

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Cartoon, Mr James Willing and the Ghost

Cartoon, Mr James Willing and the Ghost
Cartoon, Mr James Willing, Jun, is busy writing another stirring drama. Our artist has caught him at that moment when the " ghost" comes in

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Constance Smedley, founder of the Lyceum Club

Constance Smedley, founder of the Lyceum Club
Anne Constance Smedley, married name Constance Armfield, (20 June 1876 9 March 1941) British artist, playwright, author and founder of the International Lyceum Clubs. Date: 1903

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Cartoon, Oscar Wilde and William Wilde

Cartoon, Oscar Wilde and William Wilde
Cartoon, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), poet and playwright, comforted by his brother William Wilde (1852-1899) in the face of American criticism of his play, Vera

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Cartoon, George Conquest outside the Eagle Tavern

Cartoon, George Conquest outside the Eagle Tavern
Cartoon, George Conquest -- I wonder if I shall ever be back there! George Augustus Oliver Conquest (1837-1901), playwright, theatre manager, acrobat and pantomimist

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Russian Literary Giants - Chekov, Tolstoy and Gorky

Russian Literary Giants - Chekov, Tolstoy and Gorky
Three Russian Literary Giants - (left) Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904), Playwright and short story writer (centre) Count Lev (Leo) Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910)

Background imagePlaywright Collection: The Host by Titus Maccius Plautus. Act I. 1518. Colored

The Host by Titus Maccius Plautus. Act I. 1518. Colored
Titus Maccius Plautus (250-184). Latin playwright. The Host (Amphitryo). Engraving. Act I. Edition of 1518. Colored

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Terence (195-159 BC). Engraving. Colored

Terence (195-159 BC). Engraving. Colored
Terence (195-159 BC). Playwright during the Roman Republic. Portrait. Engraving in an edition of his works of 1518. Colored

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Juan Antonio Mateos (1831-1913). Writer and Mexican liberal

Juan Antonio Mateos (1831-1913). Writer and Mexican liberal
Juan Antonio Mateos Lozada (1831-1913). Playwright, novelist, poet and Mexican liberal politician. Engraving by A. Carretero. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1879. Colored

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Pedro Calderon de la Barca (1600-1681). Engraving. Colored

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

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Felice Cavallotti (1842-1898). Engraving. Colored

Felice Cavallotti (1842-1898). Engraving. Colored
Felice Cavallotti (1842-1898). Italian politician, poet and playwright. Engraving by Pla y Valor. Engraving at the Iberian Illustration, 1886. Colored

Background imagePlaywright Collection: John Burgoyne (1722-1792). Colored engraving

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

Background imagePlaywright Collection: The Host by Titus Maccius Plautus. Act I. 1518

The Host by Titus Maccius Plautus. Act I. 1518
Titus Maccius Plautus (250-184). Latin playwright. The Host (Amphitryo). Engraving. Act I. Edition of 1518. Library University of Barcelona. Spain

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Caricature of Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright

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

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Euripides / Rovi / Day

Euripides / Rovi / Day
EURIPIDES Greek playwright Date: 5th Century BC

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Baroness Emma Orczy

Baroness Emma Orczy
Baroness Emma Magdolna Rozalia Maria Jozefa Borbala Emmuska Orczy de Orczi (1865-1947), Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright, writer of The Scarlet Pimpernel series. Date: 1925

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Jean Cocteau

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

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Matheson Alexander Lang - Canadian-born actor

Matheson Alexander Lang - Canadian-born actor
Matheson Alexander Lang (18791948) - Canadian-born stage and film actor and playwright. Date: 1926

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Edward G. Hemmerde, Vanity Fair, Spy

Edward G. Hemmerde, Vanity Fair, Spy
EDWARD GEORGE HEMMERDE (1871-1948) English rower, barrister, playwright and politician. Liberal Party Member of Parliament for East Denbighshire

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Richard Brin. Sheridan

Richard Brin. Sheridan
RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN Playwright, whose The rivals and The school for scandal have proved enduring classics. Date: 1751 - 1816

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Schiller Silhouette

Schiller Silhouette
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH SCHILLER German poet and playwright Date: 1759 - 1805

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Victorien Sardou Photo

Victorien Sardou Photo
VICTORIEN SARDOU The veteran French playwright towards the end of his life. Date: 1831 - 1908

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Ferenc Molnar

Ferenc Molnar
FERENC MOLNAR Hungarian playwright, whose works were banned by the communists. Date: 1878 - 1952

Background imagePlaywright Collection: AGUILAR, Gaspar de (1561-1623). Poet and playwright

AGUILAR, Gaspar de (1561-1623). Poet and playwright
" AGUILAR, Gaspar de (1561-1623). Poet and playwright. Arte de principios de canto llano" (Plainsong art). Early 16th century. Religious music treatise

Background imagePlaywright Collection: William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Auguste Vacquerie / Gill

Auguste Vacquerie / Gill
Auguste Vacquerie (1819-1895) French journalist, poet, playwright and lifelong friend and relation to Victor Hugo (through the marriage of his brother to Lopoldine Hugo, the writers daughter)

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Richard Brinsley Sheridan
RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN playwright and politician. With Signature

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Noel Coward / Postcard

Noel Coward / Postcard
NOEL COWARD Actor, playwright and songwriter

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Mr Noel Coward at Cap d Antibes

Mr Noel Coward at Cap d Antibes
Photograph of Sir No묠 Coward (16 December 1899 26 March 1973) sitting on a rock in Antibes on the fashionable French Riviera in 1928

Background imagePlaywright Collection: The Blue Bird for Happiness by M. Maeterlinck

The Blue Bird for Happiness by M. Maeterlinck
The Blue Bird for Happiness by Belgian playwright Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck, translated by A. Texeira de Mattos. First produced at the Haymarket Theatre on 8th December 1909

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Cartoon, The Sailor and His Lass

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

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Cartoon, A W Pinero and Sir Squire Bancroft

Cartoon, A W Pinero and Sir Squire Bancroft
Cartoon, Sir Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934), English actor, playwright and stage director, and Sir Squire Bancroft (1841-1926), English actor-manager

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Cartoon, Claude Carton and A W Pinero

Cartoon, Claude Carton and A W Pinero
Cartoon, Richard Claude Carton (Richard Claude Critchett, 1856-1928), British actor and playwright, and Sir Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934), English actor, playwright and stage director

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Cartoon, The Gaiety Rocket, Pinero

Cartoon, The Gaiety Rocket, Pinero
Cartoon, The Gaiety Rocket, with a caricature of Sir Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934), English actor, playwright and stage director, whose play, The Rocket

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Cartoon, Edward and Clement

Cartoon, Edward and Clement. Edward: Let us no longer be estranged, dear Clement! Clement: Let us be like brothers, dear Edward

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Cartoon, Wilson Barrett, actor, manager and playwright

Cartoon, Wilson Barrett, actor, manager and playwright
Cartoon, Wilson Barrett (William Henry Barrett; 1846-1904), actor, manager and playwright. Seen here wondering whether to take advantage of Henry Irvings absence from London during the latters visit

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Cartoon, G F Rowe, American playwright

Cartoon, G F Rowe, American playwright
Cartoon of the American playwright, G F Rowe -- Yankee Freedom. 1883

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Felix Lope de Vega y Carpio - Spanish playwright

Felix Lope de Vega y Carpio - Spanish playwright
Felix Lope de Vega y Carpio (1562-1635) - Spanish playwright and poet, one of the key figures in the Spanish Golden Century. Date: circa 1610

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Pamela Hansford Johnson

Pamela Hansford Johnson
Portrait of Pamela Hansford Johnson, Baroness Snow (1912 1981) - English novelist, playwright, poet and critic. 1967

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Portrait of Henry Sambrooke Leigh, author and playwright

Portrait of Henry Sambrooke Leigh, author and playwright
Portrait of Henry Sambrooke Leigh (1837-1883), author and playwright. 1883

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Dodie Smith

Dodie Smith
Dorothy Gladys (Dodie) Smith (1896 - 1990), English novelist and playwright, author of the plays Autumn Crocus and Dear Octopus and the books, I Capture the Castle and One Hundred and One Dalmatians

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Voltaire (1694-1778)

Voltaire (1694-1778). French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher. Portrait. Engraving by Etienne Fiquet (1719-1797). Colored

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Titus Maccius Plautus. Colored. Engraving

Titus Maccius Plautus. Colored. Engraving
Titus Maccius Plautus (250-184). Latin playwright. Bacchides. Act I. Bacchides and Pistoclerus. Engraving. 1518. Colored

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Comedies by Titus Maccius Plautus. Engraving. Paris, 1759. C

Comedies by Titus Maccius Plautus. Engraving. Paris, 1759. C
Titus Maccius Plautus (250-184). Latin playwright. Engraving of his Comedies. Paris, 1759. Colored

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Maarten Maartens, Dutch writer

Maarten Maartens, Dutch writer
Maarten Maartens (real name Jozua Marius Willem van der Poorten Schwartz, 1858-1915), Dutch writer who wrote in English (novels, short stories, plays and poems). circa 1890s

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Mor Jokai, Hungarian dramatist and novelist

Mor Jokai, Hungarian dramatist and novelist
Mor Jokai (Moric Jokay de Asva, 1825-1904), Hungarian dramatist and novelist. circa 1900

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Robert Hichens, English writer

Robert Hichens, English writer
Robert Smythe Hichens (1864-1950), English journalist, novelist, music lyricist, short story writer, music critic and dramatist. circa 1900s

Background imagePlaywright Collection: Winston Churchill, American novelist

Winston Churchill, American novelist
Winston Churchill (1871-1947), American best-selling novelist and playwright. circa 1900s



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