1000 Years Of Women Writing Plays

Neith Boyce

Neith Boyce

NEITH BOYCE was a journalist, novelist, and playwright from the United States. She was one of the founding members of the famous Provincetown Players. Boyce wrote, directed, and performed for the...

Netta Syrett

Netta Syrett

NETTA SYRETT was an English author and playwright. Syrett explored themes such as women’s independence and sexuality in her writing, often reflecting her own life experiences. Her play The Finding...

Nigâr Hanım

Nigâr Hanım

NİGAR HANIM was a poet and playwright. At a young age, Hanim was able to speak eight different languages. She was very well versed in both the cultures of the East and the West. Her poetry...

Nilima Ibrahim

Nilima Ibrahim

NILIMA IBRAHIM was an educator, social worker, and writer. Born in modern-day Bangladesh before the Partition of India, Ibrahim studied at Scottish Church College, then received her MA from...

Nina Annenkova-Bernár

Nina Annenkova-Bernár

NINA ANNENKOVA-BERNÁR was a Russian actor, writer, and playwright. She acted with the Moscow Goreva Theatre before beginning her writing career. Annenkova-Bernár eventually left acting to focus on...

Nini Roll Anker

Nini Roll Anker

NINI ROLL ANKER was a Norwegian "new realist" author who published her first novel in 1898, under the pseudonym Jo Nein. She wrote eighteen novels in total, for which she is best remembered. Many...

Norah Richards

Norah Richards

NORAH RICHARDS was an Irish-born actress, playwright, and theatre director who pursued formal education around the world, including in Belgium, Oxford, and Sydney. In 1911, she moved to Punjab...

Okada Yachiyo

Okada Yachiyo

OKADA YACHIYO (岡田八千代) was a Japanese playwright, novelist, and publisher. She published her first play in 1906 in Myojo magazine and wrote two more over the next six years. Her most well-known...

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