Georges Feydeau
French playwright of the era known as the Belle Époque, born in 1862.
Eugene Ionesco
Romanian French playwright & one of the foremost figures of the French Avant-garde theatre, born in 1909.
Voltaire
French Enlightenment writer, historian, & philosopher famous for his wit & criticism of Christianity.
Gerhart Hauptmann
German writer & promoter of literary naturalism born in 1862. Won Nobel Prize in Literature (1912).
Giovacchino Forzano
Italian playwright, librettist, stage & film director born in 1884.
Friedrich Schiller
German poet, philosopher, physician, historian, & playwright born in 1759.
François Porché
French poet, dramatist, & literary critic born in 1877. Winner of 1923 Grand Prix de Literature.
Antonin Artaud
French dramatist, writer, actor, & theatre director best known for conceptualizing a “Theatre of Cruelty”.
Alfred Jarry
French symbolist writer born in 1873 & best known for his play Ubu Roi.
Ennio Flaiano
Italian screenwriter, playwright, novelist, journalist, & critic best known for his work with Federico Fellini.