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Alan BennettAlan BleasdaleAlan Jay LernerAlexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas PèreAnton ChekhovAntonin ArtaudAphra Behn
Arnold WeskerAugust StrindbergBrendan BehanChristopher Marlowe
Clare Boothe LuceCyril TourneurDavid MalletDavid Mamet
Dennis PotterDion BoucicaultDodie SmithDouglas William Jerrold
Edward AlbeeEdward MooreEugene IonescoEugene O'neill
George Bernard ShawGeorge ColmanGeorge Colman, The YoungerGeorge Farquhar
George S. KaufmanGeorges CourtelineHannah CowleyHarold Pinter
Henry PorterJ. P. DonleavyJames ShirleyJean Genet
Jean GiraudouxJohn CiardiJohn FletcherJohn Heywood
Jules RenardLady GregoryLillian HellmanMarcel Pagnol
Marsha NormanMarsha NormandMaurice MaeterlinckOscar Wilde
Paddy ChayefskyPaul ClaudelPedro Calderon De La BarcaPierre Corneille
Richard Steele, Sr.Samuel FooteSir Henry TaylorSir Richard Steele
Tennessee WilliamsThomas DekkerThomas KydThomas Lodge
Thomas OtwayThomas ShadwellTom StoppardVittorio Alfieri
William CartwrightWilliam RowleyWilliam ShakespeareWilliam Wycherley
Wilson MiznerZora Neale Hurston