1000 Years Of Women Writing Plays

Haila Stoddard

Haila Stoddard

HAILA STODDARD was an American actor, producer, playwright and director. She acted in a number of plays, movies, and appeared in over 100 teleplays in principal roles for CBS and NBC in the early...

Hallie Flanagan

Hallie Flanagan

HALLIE FLANAGAN was a director, playwright, and educator who headed the Federal Theater Project, America's first national, federally-funded theater organization, from 1935 to 1939. Flanagan...

Han Moo-sook

Han Moo-sook

HAN MOO-SOOK (한무숙) was a playwright and novelist born in Seoul, South Korea during the Japanese Occupation. A gifted painter as a child, her work was showcased in Berlin. She chose a literary...

Hannah Brand

Hannah Brand

HANNAH BRAND was an actor, playwright, and poet raised in Norwich, an important cultural center at the time which boasted a Theatre Royal, the second oldest in England. Before turning to theatre...

Hannah Cowley

Hannah Cowley

HANNAH COWLEY was a playwright and poet. Cowley was inspired to start writing while attending a play with her husband. The day after the performance, Cowley had already drafted the first act of...

Hannah More

Hannah More

HANNAH MORE was born into a highly religious family and taught at the school they ran. Upon receiving an extensive annuity, she turned her focus to literary pursuits. She began writing pastoral...

Harriet Earhart Monroe

Harriet Earhart Monroe

HARRIET EARHART MONROE was an educator, lecturer, novelist, playwright, and producer of religious plays. She began her career teaching in Kansas and Iowa, eventually opening a private school in...

Harriet Ford

Harriet Ford

HARRIET FORD began her career as an actor and then became a prolific playwright. Her first play propelled its lead actress, Sarah Cowell LeMoyne, into public recognition. This sparked Ford’s...

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