1000 Years Of Women Writing Plays

Gülten Akın

Gülten Akın

GÜLTEN AKIN was a poet, lawyer, and playwright. Akin moved around frequently within Turkey due to her husband’s position as a governor. Eventually, Akin and her family stayed in Ankara. Here, she...

Gwen Meredith

Gwen Meredith

GWEN MEREDITH was an author, dramatist, and radio writer who had a 33-year career with the Australian Broadcasting Commission, writing radio plays, serials, and documentaries. She is best known...

Gwen Pharis Ringwood

Gwen Pharis Ringwood

GWEN PHARIS RINGWOOD was a Canadian playwright whose career spanned over four decades. After graduating from the University of Alberta, she worked as a part-time secretary and then a registrar for...

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...

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