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Heimrich Ibson

-Norwegian


-Father of Realism


-A dolls, House, Hedda Gabler


-First Modern Playwright

August Strindberg

-Swedish


-Realism (miss julies)


-Class and gender issues\-dream pla


-Non realistic

George Bernard Shaw

-English


-Realist


-Pymalion, candida


-Social issues, prostitution, poverty, adultery

Antov Chekhov

-Russian


-Naturalist


-3 sisters, the cherry


-He actors playwright


-Boring as hell


Eugine O' Neil

-US


-Expressionist (The Hairy Ape)


-Realistic (Desire Under the Elms)


-Inconsistent

Bertolt Brecht

-German


-Epic Theater


-narration


-Emotional Detatchment


-Analytical


-Mother courage and her children

Thorton Wilder

-US


-Pulitzer Prize winner (Our Town)


-Universal Human Experience


Tennessee Williams

-US (Southern)


-Poetic


-Violent Situations


-Cat on a Hot Tin Roof


Arthur Miller

-US


-Social Dramatist


-Death of a Salesman


Death of the American Dream



Lorraine Hansberry

-US


-Black. Realist


-Prejudice


-Inspired by HSkaespeare and O'Casey


-Died at 34


Samuel Beckett

-Theater of the Absurd


-Wrote about messed up world due to the cold war

Neil Simon

-US


-Comedies: The Odd Couple


-Comedies don't have food for soul