Jane Cavendish and Elizabeth Egerton
JANE CAVENDISH and ELIZABETH EGERTON were a sister literary duo. They collaborated on a number of poems and plays throughout their lifetimes. Their father, William Cavendish, was a patron of the...
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Jane Cowl
JANE COWL (née Grace Bailey) was an American actor and playwright. Making her Broadway debut at 20, Cowl would have a fruitful acting career, ranging from Shakespearean heroines to sharing the...
Jane Lumley
JANE LUMLEY was a noblewoman, baroness, and translator. She came from a wealthy and powerful family, which gave her access to a fantastic education, as well as to her father’s vast library. Lumley...
Jane Murfin
JANE MURFIN was a screenwriter and playwright. The author of several successful plays, she wrote some of them with actress Jane Cowl—most notably Smilin' Through (1919), which was adapted three...
Janet McNeill
JANET MCNEILLwas a Dublin-born playwright and novelist. She earned her Masters degree from the University of St. Andrews in 1929 before moving to Belfast, where she worked as a secretary for the...
Jane Wiseman
JANE WISEMAN was a poet and playwright. Wiseman came from a modest background; she was self-taught and worked as a servant. She is regarded as the first self-educated working-class woman to have a...
Jay Presson Allen
JAY PRESSON ALLEN was a screenwriter, playwright, stage director, novelist, and producer. At 18, she moved from Texas to New York to pursue acting but soon found that she would rather be involved...
Jeanette Granberg
JEANETTE GRANBERG was a Swedish playwright. Her sister, Louise Granberg, was another prominent playwright during this era; they co-authored several plays together, both using male pseudonyms....