Tag: playwright

Antonio Machado

(1875–1939) Antonio Cipriano José María y Francisco de Santa Ana Machado y Ruiz Works: • Páginas escogidas (Spanish) Born July 26 1875 Sevilla (España) Died February 22 1939 Collioure (France) Wife (1909-1912) Leonor Izquierdo (1894-1912) Occupation Poet Playwright Occupation Professor Writer

Anton Chekhov

(1860–1904) Anton Pavlovich Chekhov Works: • Avioliittoja (Finnish) • Der Bär (German) • Der persische Orden und andere Grotesken (German) • Ein Heiratsantrag (German) • Eine langweilige Geschichte (German) • Eno Vanja (Finnish) • Ivanoff (English) • Kaksikymmentä (Finnish) •…

Jean de La Fontaine

(1621–1695) Tombe de Jean de La Fontaine (cimetière du Père Lachaise, division 25). Works: • Elektitaj fabloj de J. de La Fontaine (Esperanto) • Fables de La Fontaine (French) • Fables of La Fontaine (English) • Tales and Novels of…

Victor Henri Rochefort

(1831–1913) Victor Henri de Rochefort-Luçay Marquis de Rochefort-Luçay Rochefort in Art: Desboutin, Marcellin (1823-1902) Henri Rochefort 1880 National Gallery of Art, Washington     Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) L’évasion de Rochefort 1880–1881 Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich     Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) L’évasion de Rochefort…

Gertrude Stein

(1874–1946) Gertrude Stein in Art: Laurencin, Marie (1883-1956) Réunion à la campagne 1909 Musée Picasso, Paris     Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Gertrude Stein 1905–1906 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York     Works acquired by her: Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Canal du Midi 1898 Museo…

Thomas Middleton

(1580–1627) Works: • The Revenger’s Tragedy (1606) Baptized April 18 1580 London (England) Died July 4 1627 Newington Butts, London (England) Occupation Playwright Poet Writer

Thomas Dekker

(c.1572-c.1632) Works: • The Noble Spanish Soldier (English) • Satiro-Mastix; or, the Vntrussing of the Humorous Poet (English) • Thomas Dekker Edited (English)   Born c.1572 London (England) Died August 25 c.1632 London (England) Occupation Playwright Writer

Ben Jonson

(1572–1637) Benjamin Jonson Works: • A Tale of a Tub (English) • Bartholomew Fair (1614) • Cynthia’s Revels (English) • Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter and Some Poems (English) • Epicoene; Or, The Silent Woman (English) • Every Man…

John Webster

(c.1580-c.1632) Works: • The Duchess of Malfi (English) • Webster & Tourneur (English) • The White Devil (English) Webster in Film: Shakespeare in Love 1998 Director: John Madden Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes   Born c.1580 London (England) Died c.1632 London (England) Occupation Actor Playwright…

Christopher Marlowe

(1564–1593) Works: • Accurs’d be he that first invented war! (English) • Edward the Second (English) • Hero and Leander and Other Poems (English) • Hero and Leander and Other Poems (Latin) • I Must Have Wanton Poets (English) •…