1000 Years Of Women Writing Plays

Sarah Anne Curzon

Sarah Anne Curzon

SARAH ANNE CURZON was a journalist, editor, playwright and political activist. She was born in England, but moved to Canada as a toddler. One of the first self-declared feminists in Canada, Curzon...

Sarah Pogson Smith

Sarah Pogson Smith

SARAH POGSON SMITH was an English and American playwright, essayist, and poet. Very little is known about Pogson’s personal life, but several pieces of her writing endured. In 1807, she wrote The...

Senedu Gebru

Senedu Gebru

SENEDU GEBRU was an Ethiopian writer and politician. She attended schools in Switzerland and France, earning a degree in Literature from Lausanne University. She became politically active in the...

Sevim Burak

Sevim Burak

SEVIM BURAK was an author, model, and playwright. Burak’s literary works are described as ‘avant-garde and post-structuralist’. The significance of her work was highlighted through an exhibit...

Shanta Gandhi

Shanta Gandhi

SHANTA GANDHI was a dancer, playwright, theatre director, and founding member of the Indian People's Theatre Association ballet troupe. As a child, she attended an experimental residential school...

Sharon Pollock

Sharon Pollock

SHARON POLLOCK was a playwright, actor, and director born in New Brunswick. She was deeply interested in theatre and writing from a young age. After leaving her abusive husband and returning to...

Shauneille Perry

Shauneille Perry

SHAUNEILLE PERRY was an American director and playwright. Born in Chicago, she was the cousin of playwright Lorraine Hansberry. She received a BA in Drama from Howard University and an MFA from...

Sheila Bhatia

Sheila Bhatia

SHEILA BHATIA was a playwright and poet born in British India, in present day Pakistan. A teacher of mathematics, she was active in the struggle for Indian independence until Partition when she...

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