Who Are Some of Your Favorite Playwrights?

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It is time to continue this series about favorite writers, and I do not think I am close to finishing it! I have many ideas in mind about writers and questions about which ones you like.

For this post, I am wondering about playwrights. I have been involved with theater and drama since I was very young. I have been an actor, a director, an acting coach, and I teach drama at college, mainly at the Wescoe School of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA.

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The first of my favorite playwrights begins with the one who is the center of literature, William Shakespeare. I have also been involved with Shakespeare most of my life. I have read his plays many times, and it is difficult to choose the ones I think most important, but I will try. My favorite Shakespeare plays are A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Henry V, and Hamlet.

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Arthur Miller, a modernist American playwright, worked in the 20th Century. Among his best plays are Death Of A Salesman, All My Sons, and The Crucible. His work is powerful, and he explores major themes of America and the world.

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My third choice is Brian Friel, a playwright who lived from 1929-2015. He emerged as an Irish playwright and became one of the most well known and important writers in the world. Among his plays are Translations, Dancing At Lughnasa, and Philadelphia, Here I Come!

My question to all of you then is — who are some of your favorite playwrights?

32 thoughts on “Who Are Some of Your Favorite Playwrights?”

  3. I would also put Shakespeare on my list of favorite playwrights, with King Lear and The Tempest being my favorites. (I was very taken with Hamlet when I read it in the ninth grade, but when I read it again in college, I completely lost my patience with Hamlet: Get a grip and make up your mind, already!!) Arthur Miller is another favorite and, of course, Tennessee Williams. I have a special place in my heart for Thornton Wilder; I played Sabina in Skin of Our Teeth in high school. I would also add David Mamet for Glengarry Glen Ross.

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