An English theatrical director instrumental in the founding of the Stratford Festival and the Guthrie Theater.

A Czech-born Brittish playwright who has won an Academy Award and four Tony Awards. Known for writing Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead as well as the film, Shakespeare in Love.

An American playwright who won three Pulitzer Prize awards. Known for writing Our Town and The Skin of our Teeth.

An Irish novelist, playwright and theatre director, who is best known for writing bleak, tragicomic, black comedy with gallows humor. Famous plays include Waiting for Godot, Endgame, and Happy Days.

An Irish poet and playwright who became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Best known for writing The Importance of Being Earnest.

An English playwright known for plays such as Hay Fever, Private Lives, Design for Living, Present Laughter, and Blithe Spirit.

An American playwright who won the Pulitzer Prize for the play, 'night Mother, and the Tony Award for the book and lyrics of The Secret Garden. Also wrote the libretto for The Color Purple and the book for The Bridges of Madison County.

An African-American playwright who is known for writing A Raisin in the Sun.

An American playwright who helped to advance the Off-Off-Broadway theater movement. Was one of the first playwrights to move from Off-Off-Broadway to Off-Broadway, then Broadway and beyond. Received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Talley's Folley.