Playwright Collection (#96)

MENANDER (343-291 B. C. ). Athenian dramatist. Engraving of antique bust
MENANDER (343-291 B.C.). Athenian dramatist. Engraving of antique bust

VOLTAIRE: MAHOMET, 1742. Title page of Mahomet, a play by Voltaire, 1742

TENNESSEE WILLIAMS (1911-1983). Williams and actress Claire Bloom relax before starting the first rehearsal of Williamss new play, " The Red Devil Battery Show

PEDRO CALDERON DE LA BARCA (1600-1681). Spanish playwright and poet. A signed manuscript in the authors hand

NOEL COWARD (1899-1973). English actor and playwright

ALEXANDRE SOUMET (1788-1845). French poet and playwright. Contemporary lithograph

COLLEY CIBBER (1671-1757). English actor and dramatist. Etching, English, 1882

NOEL COWARD (1899-1973). English actor, composer and playwright

MARC CONNELLY (1890-1980). Marcus Cook Connelly. American playwright

HENRY ARTHUR JONES (1851-1929). English playwright. Photographed c1886

BJORNSTJERNE BJORNSON. (1832-1910). Norweigan poet, dramatist, novelist, and political and social leader. Line engraving, 1886

MARTHA MORTON (1865-1925). American playwright. Original cabinet photograph, New York, 1890s

NOEL COWARD (1899-1973). English actor, composer, and playwright

LYRE OF PINDAR, 1896. The Lyre of Pindar: The Play at Olympia. Watercolor by Corwin Knapp Linson, 1896

ALAN JAY LERNER (1918-1986). American composer and dramatist. Lerner, right, and Frederick Loewe (1901-1989), American (Austrian-born) composer

GEORGE M. COHEN (1878-1942). George Michael Cohen. American actor, composer and producer. Photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1933

MOLIERE (1622-1673). Pseudonym of Jean Baptiste Poquelin. French actor and playwright. Steel engraving, English, 1833

CARLO GOLDONI (1707-1793). Italian playwright. Line engraving, Italian, 18th century, after a painting by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (1682-1854)

MAX FRISCH (1911-1991). Swiss dramatist

FREDERICK LONSDALE (1881-1954). English playwright

JAMES MATTHEW BARRIE (1860-1937). Scottish novelist and dramatist. Caricature lithograph, 1899

DuMAURIER: TRILBY, 1894. Illustration by George DuMaurier to his much-celebrated work, Trilby, 1894

GEORGE M. COHAN (1878-1942). American actor, playwright, and producer. Photographed c1910

PHILEMON (c368-c264 B. C. ). Greek playwright. Copper engraving, English, 18th century
PHILEMON (c368-c264 B.C.). Greek playwright. Copper engraving, English, 18th century

GEORGE ABBOTT (1887-1995). American theatrical director, producer, and playwright. Photographed in the 1920s by Nickolas Muray

LOPE DE VEGA (1562-1635). Spanish dramatic poet and founder of the Spanish national drama. Line engraving, French, 18th century

CHARLES SIMON FAVART (1710-1792). French playwright. Copper engraving, French, 18th century

MACARTHUR & HAYES, 1934. American journalist and playwright Charles MacArthur and his wife, actress Helen Hayes, at the premiere of the film, The Merry Widow, 1934

THOMAS OTWAY (1652-1685). English playwright. Stipple engraving, English, c1800

LORD DUNSANY & WIFE. 18th Baron. Also known as Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett. Irish writer photographed with his wife

MOLIERE (1622-1773). Pseudonym of Jean Baptiste Poquelin. French actor and playwright. Frontespiece of Molieres comedy Monsieur de Pourceaugnac, 1670

JOHN M. SYNGE (1871-1909). Irish playwright. Drawing, 1905, by John Butler Yeats (1839-1922)

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