1000 Years Of Women Writing Plays

Dymphna Cusack

Dymphna Cusack

DYMPHNA CUSACK was a playwright and author. She spent several years teaching, but bounced from school to school due to the controversy of her literary themes: illegitimacy, abortion, the liberated...

Ebba Haslund

Ebba Haslund

EBBA HASLUND was a novelist, writer of short stories, playwright, essayist, children's writer, literary critic, radio speaker and politician. Her family traveled widely when she was a child and...

Edith Ellis

Edith Ellis

EDITH ELLIS was an American actress, director, and playwright. From a notable theatrical family, she began her career as a child. At the age of 21 she became a playwright out of necessity, as she...

Edna Ferber

Edna Ferber

EDNA FERBER was a celebrated novelist, short story writer, and playwright. She initially wanted to study acting, but quit to support her family as a reporter. Her first short stories and first...

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Edna St. Vincent Millay

EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY was an American lyrical poet and playwright. Encouraged to read the classics at home, she was too rebellious to make a success of formal education, but won prizes from an...

Efua Sutherland

Efua Sutherland

EFUA SUTHERLAND was a children’s author, poet, activist, and the earliest Ghanaian playwright-director. She was an advocate for children and developed educational curricula, literature, theatre,...

Elaine Sterne Carrington

Elaine Sterne Carrington

ELAINE STERNE CARRINGTON was an American screenwriter, playwright, and novelist. She was a pivotal figure in the radio soap opera genre and wrote more than 12,000 daily dramas during her career....

Eleanor Gates

Eleanor Gates

ELEANOR GATES spent her early years on the South Dakota prairie, where her family owned and operated a cattle farm. She met her first husband, playwright Richard Walton Tully, while she was a...

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