Lucretia Wilhelmina van Merken
LUCRETIA WILHELMINA VAN MERKEN was a Dutch poet and playwright. Influenced by the Enlightenment, Van Merken’s theatrical tragedies were classicist in style and performed throughout the...
Luisa Josefina Hernández
LUISA JOSEFINA HERNÁNDEZ was a playwright, translator, and essayist. She studied theory and dramatic composition under Rodolfo Usigli at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and earned a...
Luise Gottsched
LUISE GOTTSCHED was a German poet, playwright, essayist, and translator remembered as “the mother of German comedy.” Gottsched began writing poetry as a child, and in adulthood, she amassed praise...
Lydia Koidula
LYDIA KOIDULA is credited with founding Estonian theatre. She began her career writing anonymous articles for her father, who established the first local Estonian language newspaper. She moved on...
Lydia Zinovieva-Annibal
LYDIA ZINOVIEVA-ANNIBAL was a prose-writer and dramatist. She received an education through private tutors, but also attended the Saint Petersburg women’s gymnasium. Her time at the gymnasium was...
Madeleine-Angélique de Gomez
MADELEINE-ANGÉLIQUE DE GOMEZ was a Parisian playwright and poet. The daughter of an actor, she married a Spanish nobleman, anticipating a life of financial security, but in fact discovered that...
Madeleine Lucette Ryley
MADELEINE LUCETTE RYLEY was an English actor, director, playwright, and librettist. Ryley began as an actor and toured operas and plays throughout England and the US. Much of her early writing was...
Mae West
MAE WEST was an American actress, singer, playwright, screenwriter and pioneering "sex symbol" whose genius with a double entendre made her a legend. West started performing in vaudeville at the...