David Mamet

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David Mamet (1947- ? )
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Wrote -Sexual Perversity in Chicago -American
Buffalo -Glengarry Glen Ross -Oleanna
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August Wilson (1945-2005)
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Wrote -Fences -Ma Raineys Black Bottom -The
Piano Lesson
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Tennesse Williams (1911-1983)
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Wrote -A Streetcar Named Desire -The Glass
Menagerie -Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
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Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965)
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1st play written by a black woman and produced on
Broadway Wrote -A Raisin in the Sun
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Arthur Miller (1915-2005)
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Wrote -The Death of a Salesman -The Crucible
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Thornton Wilder (1897-1975)
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Wrote -Our Town -The Skin of Our Teeth
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Royal Tyler (1757-1826)
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Writer of the 1st American play to be
professionally performed Wrote -The Contrast
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Terrence McNally (1939- ? )
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Wrote -Love! Valour! Compassion! -Frankie and
Johnny at the Claire de Lune -The Ritz
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Eugene ONeil (1888-19530
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Americas foremost dramatist 1st American
playwright to receive Nobel Prize for
literature Wrote -Desire Under the
Elms -Mourning Becomes Electra -The Iceman
Cometh -Long Days Journey Into Night
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Edward Albee (1928- ? )
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Wrote -Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf? -Three
Tall Women
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Neil Simon (1927- ? )
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Wrote -The Odd Couple -Lost in Yonkers -Promises
Promises -Sweet Charity
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Lillian Hellman (1905-1984)
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Wrote -The Childrens Hour -The Little Foxes
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William Gibson (1914- ? )
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Wrote two plays that were produced on Broadway
and made into big screen films Wrote -The
Miracle Worker -Two for the Seesaw