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WorksheetsWho's Who- Playwright Projects Test Review
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 22mins
Which writer was known as the "Queen of Crime" and wrote the longest running show in history, which has played at London's West End since 1952?
Agatha Christie
Caryl Churchill
Lauren Gunderson
Suzan Lori-Parks
Which playwright wrote over 80 novels, adapting most of the stageplay and screenplay versions herself?
Agatha Christie
Caryl Churchill
Lauren Gunderson
Suzan Lori-Parks
Which of these is NOT an Agatha Christie work?
Night of the Iguana
The Moustrap
Murder on the Orient Express
And Then There Were None
Which author is known for his works Uncle Vanya and The Cherry Orchard?
Anton Chekhov
George Bernard Shaw
Bertoldt Brecht
Samuel Beckett
Which author is known for his works Pygmalion, Major Barbara, and Man Versus Superman?
Anton Chekhov
George Bernard Shaw
Bertoldt Brecht
Samuel Beckett
Which author is known for his famous works Caucasian Chalk Circle, and the Threepenny Opera, as well as for the style of epic theatre which is named for him?
Anton Chekhov
George Bernard Shaw
Bertoldt Brecht
Samuel Beckett
Which author is known for being a major writer of "absurdist theatre," a style which is intended to leave the reader or audience with as many questions as answers?
Anton Chekhov
George Bernard Shaw
Bertoldt Brecht
Samuel Beckett
Which author (Irish by birth, but wrote mostly in French) is known for his works Waiting for Godot, about two men waiting for a person who never shows up, and Endgame?
Anton Chekhov
George Bernard Shaw
Bertoldt Brecht
Samuel Beckett
The 1913 play Pygmalion was turned into what 1960s musical (along with many other film adaptations) about two men who bet on whether they can raise a woman's social status by training her to be proper?
My Fair Lady
West Side Story
Playboy of the Western World
Helly, Dolly!
Which of these is NOT considered one of the greatest American playwrights?
Arthur Miller
Neil Simon
Tennessee Williams
Oscar Wilde
Which of these playwrights is associated with the works Night of the Iguana, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Glass Menagerie, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?
Arthur Miller
Neil Simon
Tennessee Williams
Oscar Wilde
Which of these playwrights is associated with the works Death of a Salesman, All My Sons, and The Crucible?
Arthur Miller
Neil Simon
Tennessee Williams
Oscar Wilde
Which of these playwrights is associated with the works Barefoot in the Park, Sweet Charity, The Odd Couple and many more?
Arthur Miller
Neil Simon
Tennessee Williams
Oscar Wilde
Which of these playwrights is the only person to ever have one of their plays open in the theatre named after them?
Arthur Miller
Neil Simon
Tennessee Williams
Oscar Wilde
Which of these playwrights is the most nominated and awarded writer (stage, television, and film) in American history?
Arthur Miller
Neil Simon
Tennessee Williams
Oscar Wilde
Which of these playwrights is most associated with The Importance of Being Earnest, a comedy about mixed identities and false representations?
Arthur Miller
Neil Simon
Tennessee Williams
Oscar Wilde
Which of these plays is most associated with August Strindberg?
Miss Julie
Top Girls
The Judas Kiss and Amy's View
All in the Timing (a series of short plays)
Which of these plays is most associated with Caryl Churchill?
Miss Julie
Top Girls
The Judas Kiss and Amy's View
All in the Timing (a series of short plays)
Which of these plays is most associated with David Hare?
Miss Julie
Top Girls
The Judas Kiss and Amy's View
All in the Timing (a series of short plays)
Which of these plays is most associated with David Ives?
Miss Julie
Top Girls
The Judas Kiss and Amy's View
All in the Timing (a series of short plays)
Which of these playwrights is most associated with The Buried Child, as well as many TV and film writing credits?
August Wilson
Sam Shepard
Horton Foote
Edward Albee
Which of these playwrights grew up in a biracial family and is associated with writing Fences and The Pittsburgh Cycle, which focus on life for African Americans in different periods of history?
August Wilson
Sam Shepard
Horton Foote
Edward Albee
Which of these playwrights is associated with writing The Young Man From Atlanta, about a Houston family dealing with the death of their son?
August Wilson
Sam Shepard
Horton Foote
Edward Albee
Which of these playwrights is associated with writing Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
August Wilson
Sam Shepard
Horton Foote
Edward Albee
Which playwright is mostly associated with writing Clybourne Park, a play inspired by and serving almost a sequel to A Raisin in the Sun?
Bruce Norris
David Henry Hwang
John Patrick Shanley
Noel Coward
Which playwright is mostly associated with writing M. Butterfly, in which one of the main characters plays the title character of Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly while serving as a spy? (he's also secretly a dude!)
Bruce Norris
David Henry Hwang
Noel Coward
Tom Stoppard
Which playwright is mostly associated with writing Doubt: A Parable, about self-righteous nun who accuses one the priests in her parrish of innapropriate relations with a young boy? (It was also made into a highly acclaimed movie of similar naming)
Tom Stoppard
David Henry Hwang
John Patrick Shanley
Noel Coward
Which playwright is mostly associated with writing Blithe Spirit and Private Lives (a comedy about two divorcees who end up honeymooning in adjoining rooms, only to find out the still love each other!)?
Bruce Norris
Tom Stoppard
John Patrick Shanley
Noel Coward
Which playwright is mostly associated with writing Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, a spin-off inspired by characters and events from Shakespeare's Hamlet?
Bruce Norris
David Henry Hwang
Noel Coward
Tom Stoppard
Which playwright is mostly associated with writing Our Town, a play described as a metaphysical "play within a play," with the main character being the stage manager?
Thornton Wilder
Lillian Hellman
Yasmina Reza
Henrik Ibsen
This playwright is mostly associated with writing The Little Foxes, a biblical reference to the spoiling of vines, about a woman who struggles for power in a weathy family and ends up with the family's wealth, but loses her family:
Thornton Wilder
Lillian Hellman
Yasmina Reza
Henrik Ibsen
This playwright is mostly associated with writing Art, a play about art and friendship, and what each really means. It was origianlly written in French, but has been translated into many languages:
Thornton Wilder
Lillian Hellman
Yasmina Reza
Henrik Ibsen
This playwright is mostly associated with writing A Doll's House, a Norwegian play about the struggles of a woman wanting to work in a society lacking ways for her to do so. On the 100th anniversary of the playwright's death, it became the most perfromed play in the world:
Thornton Wilder
Lillian Hellman
Yasmina Reza
Henrik Ibsen
This playwright’s personal childhood was channeled into one of his most famous works, The Marriage of Bette and Boo, where a mother and father deal with consistent infertility, miscarriages, and the struggles of alcoholism
Tony Kushner
John Patrick Shanley
David Lindsay-Abaire
Christopher Durang
This playwright is famous for 2 very different pieces: Shrek, The Musical is a loveable children's story and Rabbit Hole is the story of a couple dealing with the loss of a child and the struggle over how to grieve:
Tony Kushner
John Patrick Shanley
David Lindsay-Abaire
Christopher Durang
This playwright is famous for Angels in America, a two part story about the struggles of homesexuals against AIDS and bigotry in 1980's America:
Tony Kushner
John Patrick Shanley
David Lindsay-Abaire
Christopher Durang
What Spanish writer wrote the classic Don Quixote, about a man who dreams of becoming a galiant knight? The story was adapted into the popular musical The Man of La Mancha:
Nilo Cruz
Federico de Lorca
Miguel de Cervantes
Luigi Pirandello
What Hispanic writer is known for Anna in the Tropics, where the story of Anna Karenina is read to workers in a cigar factory, and then begins to become their reality as well?
Nilo Cruz
Federico de Lorca
Miguel de Cervantes
Luigi Pirandello
What Spanish writer is best known for Blood Wedding, about a woman who must choose between marrying for love, or honor and money (and also known for dying at the hands of a firing squad- either because of his homosexuality or for being on the wrong side of a civil war)?
Nilo Cruz
Federico de Lorca
Miguel de Cervantes
Luigi Pirandello
What Nobel Prize winning writer is best known for Six Characters in Search of an Author, where the actors on stage are searching for resolution to their unfinished stories?
Nilo Cruz
Federico de Lorca
Miguel de Cervantes
Luigi Pirandello
This playwright was known for the feminism in her writing, as well as her strong female protagonists in her plays.
Wendy Wasserstein
Suzan-Lori Parks
Agatha Christie
Sarah Ruhl
This modern playwright has made a name for herself writing about real women who changed history, such as Silent Sky, the story of Henrietta Swan Leavitt, a Harvard astronomer in the early 20th century whose discoveries provided the key to measuring the distance between Earth and other galaxies.
Agatha Christie
Caryl Churchill
Lauren Gunderson
Suzan Lori-Parks
This modern playwright is the first African American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her 2002 play Topdog/ Underdog.
Agatha Christie
Caryl Churchill
Lauren Gunderson
Suzan-Lori Parks
This actor and playwright, known for Tartuffe, collapsed on stage wearing the color green and died hours later, which caused people for many years to conisder it bad luck to have a green costume :
Moliere
de Lorca
Cervantes
