1000 Years Of Women Writing Plays

Dulcie Deamer

Dulcie Deamer

DULCIE DEAMER was a New Zealand-born Australian novelist, poet, journalist, playwright, and actor who also founded the Fellowship of Australian Writers. She began as a touring actor in the early...

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...

Edith Lyttelton

Edith Lyttelton

Edith Lyttelton was a playwright, biographer, translator, and political activist. She was born into a wealthy British family in Saint Petersburg, Russia but moved to London as an adult. After...

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,...

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