Catherine Gore
CATHERINE GORE was an English novelist, dramatist, and playwright. The daughter of a wine merchant in Nottinghamshire, England, Gore was interested in writing from a young age, nicknamed “the...
Celia Logan
CELIA LOGAN was an actress, playwright, and journalist. Born in Philadelphia into a prominent theatre family, she grew up in cincinatto where her father ran the National Theatre. Widowed at the...
Charlotta Dorothea Biehl
CHARLOTTA DOROTHEA BIEHL (1731-1788) was an actress, translator, and playwright from Copenhagen, taught to read by her grandfather. After his death, her parents forbade her from reading, leading...
Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer
CHARLOTTE BIRCH-PFEIFFER was an actress, writer, and director. When her father went blind, she learned to read classics for him and became literate. He also enjoyed theatre, instilling passion in...
Charlotte Blair Parker
CHARLOTTE BLAIR PARKER was a playwright and actress, beginning her career in theatre as an actress with the Boston Theatre. She began playwriting when her one-act, White Roses, received honorable...
Charlotte Charke
CHARLOTTE CHARKE was an actress and playwright, following in the footsteps of her father, Colley Cibber. After the end of an early and short-lived marriage, Charke began her theatrical career at...
Charlotte Chorpenning
CHARLOTTE CHORPENNING (nee Barrows) was a pioneer in American Children’s Theatre, a playwright, director, educator, theorist and critic. She was born in 1872 and attended Iowa Agricultural...
Charlotte Eilersgaard
CHARLOTTE EILERSGAARD was a Danish writer and editor. She was born in Hjørring, Denmark, in 1858 and became passionate about poetry and writing while attending a girl’s school. At 20, she married...