Elise Henle
ELISE HENLE was a dramatist and poet, the author of numerous dramatic comedies, opera libretti, poems, and cookbooks. Henle was born in Bavaria to a prominent and wealthy Jewish family. She was...
Eliška Pešková
ELISKA PESkOVA (Eliška Pešková) was a major stage actor and playwright. An influential actress during her era, she was best remembered for her portrayals of heroines, and was admired by many. She...
Elizabeth Backhouse
ELIZABETH BACKHOUSE was a novelist, screenwriter and playwright. She wrote her first three novels during WWII, when she was in the Women’s Auxiliary Australian Air Force. Although these novels...
Elizabeth Baker
ELIZABETH BAKER was an English playwright who explored class, gender, and the domestic lives of the lower middle classes. Baker was involved with the Women Writers Suffrage League and the National...
Elizabeth Cary
ELIZABETH CARY VISCOUNTESS FALKLAND (1585-1639) was a poet, dramatist, translator and historian. According to a biography written by her daughter, Cary considered poetry the highest literary form....
Elizabeth Craven
ELIZABETH CRAVEN, aka MARGRAVINE OF BRANDENBURG-ANSBACH, and previously BARONESS CRAVEN, was an English novelist and playwright. At 16, her family forced her to marry Earl William Craven. They had...
Elizabeth "Eliza" Ryves
ELIZABETH “ELIZA” RYVES lost her inheritance at the age of 25 by chicanery of the law. Poverty-stricken, she left her home in Ireland and went to London to petition the government over this...
Elizabeth Griffith
ELIZABETH GRIFFIN, also credited as Elizabeth Griffiths, was a Welsh-born essayist, fiction writer, actress, and dramatist, who lived and worked in Ireland. She found her love of the stage through...