Warwick Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 Who is your favorite playwright in the history of literature? If it is too difficult to nominate just one, tell us your top 5 playwrights whose works you have found to be completely fascinating... What do you like in particular about his/her works ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emelee Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 1. William Shakespeare 2. August Strindberg 3. Henrik Ibsen 4. Oscar Wilde 5. Jean-Baptiste Moliere 6. Sophocles 7. Anton Chekhov 8. Arthur Miller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 George Bernard Shaw - my favourite of his plays is Arms and the Man followed closely behind by Candida, although I love Mrs. Warren's Profession as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cumberbabe Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Shakespeare John Webster Harold Pinter Samuel Beckett (even though he is difficult, I have a thing for the theatre of the absurd) August Strindberg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peahen Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 (edited) George Bernard Shaw, in particular John Bull's Other Island Oscar Wilde, anything really by this man W B Yeats attempts such as Kathleen Ni Houlihan Shakespeare - Hamlet in particular Kit Marlowe - soft spot for him, and feel he was robbed off much of his work Edited March 13, 2013 by Peahen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 1. William Shakespeare - who doesn't love old Shakey? 2. Oscar Wilde - such wit and intelligence. 3. George Bernard Shaw - I adore Pygmalian and St Joan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calexa Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 (edited) In no particular order: Tom StoppardOscar WildeShakespeareEugene O'NeillTennessee Williams Tom Stoppard would be my favourite amongst those I have named. Edited August 4, 2014 by Calexa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Begins Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 (edited) AH! Another Tom Stoppard fan! Tom Stoppard (Arcadia) Agatha Christie (Witness for the Prosecution) Federico Garcia Lorca (Blood Wedding) Tennessee Williams and, of course, Shakespeare (Love's Labor's Lost is my favorite). And how could I forget Arthur Miller (The Crucible)? Edited August 4, 2014 by Anna Begins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calexa Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 AH! Another Tom Stoppard fan! Tom Stoppard (Arcadia) Agatha Christie (Witness for the Prosecution) Federico Garcia Lorca (Blood Wedding) Tennessee Williams and, of course, Shakespeare (Love's Labor's Lost is my favorite). And how could I forget Arthur Miller (The Crucible)? Ooo I had forgotten about Arthur Miller! Tom Stoppard is multitalented. I love his play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. I also adore the film adaptation of the play with Gary Oldman and Tim Roth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Begins Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Ooo I had forgotten about Arthur Miller! Tom Stoppard is multitalented. I love his play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. I also adore the film adaptation of the play with Gary Oldman and Tim Roth. For some reason, I totally forgot he did Rosencrantz... (I just can not spell all that out- good job) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drislane Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 For me, Martin McDonagh - London Irish Playwright - Drama with an edge - "Someday I'll write a romantic comedy where hardly anyone gets murdered at all!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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