1000 Years Of Women Writing Plays

Mary Leonora Carrington

Mary Leonora Carrington

MARY LEONORA CARRINGTON was a British-born surrealist painter, novelist, and playwright. She grew up in England, where she began to pursue a career in art. In 1938, Carrington moved to France with...

Mary Manning

Mary Manning

MARY MANNING was a novelist, playwright, and film critic born in Dublin. She studies acting at the Abbey Theatre. Throughout the 1920s and 30s, Manning worked as a film critic for the Irish...

Mary O'Brien

Mary O'Brien

Mary O'Brien, was an Irish poet and playwright during the Regency period. Little is known about her life and work. Her first known published book The Glorious Revolutions of 1782, refers to...

Mary O’Malley

Mary O’Malley

MARY O’MALLEY was a theatre director who wrote her first play at thirteen years old. Inspired by her trip to the Abbey Theatre, she wrote and directed The Lost Princess. She became a key member of...

Mary P. Burrill

Mary P. Burrill

MARY P. BURRILL was an African-American educator and playwright. Born in Washington D.C., Burrill attended Emerson College. After graduation, Burrill returned to her high school alma mater, where...

Mary Pix

Mary Pix

MARY PIX emerged as a professional English writer at age thirty with publications of her only novel, The Inhumane Cardinal; or, Innocence Betrayed, and two plays, Ibrahim, the Thirteenth Emperour...

Mary Robert Rinehart

Mary Robert Rinehart

MARY ROBERTS RINEHART often called "the American Agatha Christie", was a novelist and playwright who also wrote hundreds of short stories, poems, travelogues and articles. In 1903, her first year...

Mary Robinson

Mary Robinson

MARY ROBINSON was a poet, playwright, and actress. Robinson’s life was circumscribed by financial hardship. In fact, she and her infant daughter accompanied her husband to prison, where she paid...

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