Dramatist Collection (page 13)

George Chapman, English dramatist, translator, poet and classical scholar, (19th century)

Thomas Randolph, 17th century English poet and dramatist, (19th century)

Friedrich Schiller, German poet, philosopher, historian, and dramatist, (1900). Schiller (1759-1805) is regarded as one of the greatest figures of German literature

Matheson Lang, Canadian actor-manager and dramatist, 1926. Artist: Alick P F Ritchie
Matheson Lang, Canadian actor-manager and dramatist, 1926. Portrait of Lang (1879-1948) who became famous in Britain as a stage and film actor

John Dryden, 17th century English dramatist and Poet Laureate, (1803). Artist: J Chapman
John Dryden, 17th century English dramatist and Poet Laureate, (1803). Dryden (1631-1700) became Poet Laureate in 1668

Tom Taylor, dramatist and critic, 1881. Taylor (1817-1880) was a popular Victorian playwright who wrote some 70 plays in all

Elizabeth, Margravine of Anspach, late 18th century, (1912). Artist: Thomas Gainsborough
Elizabeth, Margravine of Anspach, late 18th century, (1912). A print from The Connoisseur, (London, 1912)

Sir James Matthew Barrie, Scottish novelist and dramatist, 1910. Artist: GC Beresford
Sir James Matthew Barrie, Scottish novelist and dramatist, 1910. JM Barrie (1860-1937) is best remembered as the author of Peter Pan. Supplement to The Bookman, 1910

Charles Reade, 19th century English novelist and dramatist, (1913). Reade (1814-1884) is best known for The Cloister and the Hearth. Supplement to The Bookman, 1913

Benjamin Jonson, English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor, (1834). Artist: E Scriven
Benjamin Jonson, English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor, (1834). Jonson (c1572-1637) is best known for his plays Volpone and The Alchemist, and for his lyric poems

Sir Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, poet, dramatist, and statesman, (1825). Artist: J Jenkins
Sir Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, poet, dramatist, and statesman, (1825). Greville (1554-1628) served in the courts of Elizabeth I and James I

John Home, Scottish poet and dramatist, (1870). Artist: J Rogers
John Home, Scottish poet and dramatist, (1870). Homes (1722-1808) best known work is Douglas, a tragedy first performed in Edinburgh in 1756

Jules Lemaitre, French critic and dramatist, late 19th century. Artist: Dornac
Jules Lemaitre, French critic and dramatist, late 19th century. Portrait of Lemaitre (1853-1914) whose critical reviews of plays and books were extremely influential

Joanna Baillie, Scottish poetess and dramatist, (1870). Artist: H Robinson
Joanna Baillie, Scottish poetess and dramatist, (1870). An engraving of Baillie (1762-1851) from Robert Chambers A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen, Blackie and Son, (Glasgow, Edinburgh)

Mercy Warren, American patriot and writer, 1872. During the time of the American Revolution, Mercy Otis Warren (1728-1814) hosted political meetings in her home

Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux, French novelist and dramatist, (1815). Artist: Page
Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux, French novelist and dramatist, (1815). Marivaux (1688-1763) was one of the most important French playwrights of the 18th century

Robert Browning, English poet and playwright, 1859. Artist: G Cook
Robert Browning, English poet and playwright, 1859. Born in Camberwell, London, Browning (1812-1889) published his first poem Pauline in 1833

Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish playwright and Whig statesman, c1788, (1830). Artist: R Hicks
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish playwright and Whig statesman, c1788, (1830). Portrait of Sheridan (1751-1816), Irish-born dramatist and author of The Rivals

Oliver Goldsmith, Irish writer and physician, (19th century). Irish-born British playwright, dramatist, poet and novelist Goldsmith (1730-1774)

John Dryden, English poet, literary critic, and playwright, (19th century). John Dryden (1631-1700) was an influential English poet, literary critic, and playwright

Adam Naruszewicz, Polish nobleman, 19th century. Artist: Camille Huard
Adam Naruszewicz, Polish nobleman, 19th century. Naruszewicz (1733-1798) was also a poet, historian, dramatist, translator, publicist, Jesuit and titular Bishop of Smolensk and Luck

Pierre Corneille, French tragedian and dramatist, 19th century. Artist: Woolnoth
Pierre Corneille, French tragedian and dramatist, 19th century. Corneille (1606-1684) was one of the three great 17th-century French dramatists, along with Moliere and Racine

Voltaire, French author, playwright, satirist and man of letters, 19th century. Artist: James Mollison
Voltaire, 18th century French author, playwright, satirist and man of letters, 19th century

Dryden, 1775. Artist: W Sharp
Dryden, 1775. John Dryden (1631-1700) was an influential English poet, literary critic, and playwright. A plate from The Copper-Plate Magazine or A Monthly Treasure, London, 1775

Portrait of the Dramatist Denis I Fonvizin, c1784-c1785. Artist: Armand Charles Caraffe
Portrait of the Dramatist Denis I Fonvizin, c1784-c1785. Denis Ivanovich Fonvizin (c1744-1792) was a playwright of the Russian Enlightenment whose best known works are satirical comedies mocking

Portrait of the Author Alexandre Dumas, 19th century. Artist: Georg Wilhelm Timm
Portrait of the Author Alexandre Dumas, 19th century. Dumas (1802-1870) was the author of popular historical adventure classics including The Man in the Iron Mask

Alexander Sukhovo-Kobylin, Russian playwright, 1850. Sukhovo-Kobylin (1817-1903) was the author of a trilogy of satirical plays on corruption in the Russian judicial system, Krechinskys Wedding

Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov, Russian poet and philosopher, late 1890s
Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov, Russian poet, playwright and philosopher, late 1890s. Ivanov (1866-1949) was associated with the Symbolist movement in Russian literature

Anton Chekhov, Russian author, Yalta, Crimea, Russia, c1900. Chekhov (1860-1904) is regarded as one of Russias finest playwrights and one of the greatest writers of short stories

Soviet leader Josef Stalin with French writer Romain Rolland, Moscow, USSR, 28 June 1935. Rolland (1866-1944) was a dramatist, novelist and essayist who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915

Leo Tolstoy and Anton Chekhov, Russian authors, 1902. Artist: Sophia Tolstaya
Anton Chekhov and Leo Tolstoy, Russian authors, 1902. Chekhov (1860-1904) and Tolstoy (1828-1910) at Tolstoys home in Gaspra, Crimea, where he lived in 1901-1902

Russian author Anton Chekhov in his studio, Yalta, Crimea, Russia, 1901. Artist: Leonid Sredin
Russian author Anton Chekhov in his studio, Yalta, Crimea, Russia, 1901. Chekhov (1860-1904) is regarded as one of Russias finest playwrights and one of the greatest writers of short stories

Anton Chekhov and Maxim Gorky, Russian authors, 1900. Artist: Leonid Sredin
Anton Chekhov and Maxim Gorky, Russian authors, 1900. Chekhov (1860-1904) and Gorky (1868-1936) in Yalta, Crimea, where Chekhov lived from 1899

Anton Chekhov, Russian author, 1899. Artist: Pyotr Petrovich Pavlov
Anton Chekhov, Russian author, 1899. Chekhov (1860-1904) is regarded as one of Russias finest playwrights and one of the greatest writers of short stories

The family of Russian author and playwright Anton Chekhov, Taganrog, Russia, 1874. Artist:s Isakovich
The family of Russian author and playwright Anton Chekhov, Taganrog, Russia, 1874. Chekhov (1860-1904) (second from left) is regarded as one of Russias finest playwrights

Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian playwright and poet, late 19th or early 20th century. Artist: Franz Hanfstaengl
Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian playwright and poet, late 19th or early 20th century. Ibsen (1828-1906) is often described as the father of modern theatre

Victor Hugo, French author, 1879. Artist: Count Stanislaw Walery
Victor Hugo, French author, 1879. Born in Besancon, Victor Hugo (1802-1885) was a central figure in the French Romantic movement

Russian playwrights, 1870s. Alexander Ostrovsky (centre) (1823-1886) with members of the Russian Playwrights Association. Found in the collection of the The State Central A Bakhrushin Theatre Museum

Gabriele D Annunzio, Italian poet, novelist and dramatist, 20th century. Artist: Studio Fotografico Ferrurio
Gabriele D Annunzio, Italian poet, novelist and dramatist, 20th century. Gabriele D Annunzio, Principe di Montenevoso (1863-1938)

George Bernard Shaw, British dramatist, 1923. Artist: C Vandyk Ltd
George Bernard Shaw, British dramatist, 1923. Published in The Outline of Literature, by John Drinkwater, London, 1923

John Dryden, English dramatist and Poet Laureate. Portrait of Dryden (1631-1700)

Moliere, French theatre writer, director and actor, (1833). Artist: J Posselwhite
Moliere, French theatre writer, director and actor, (1833). Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, better known as Moliere (1622-1673), was one of the masters of comic satire

Peter Corneille, 1774. Artist: W Walker
Peter Corneille, 1774. Corneille (1606-1684) was a French tragedian who was one of the three great 17th Century French dramatists, along with Moliere and Racine

Voltaire, 1774. Artist: W Walker
Voltaire, 1774. Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet), 18th century French author, playwright, satirist and man of letters. Voltaire (1694-1778) was a central figure in the French Enlightenment

John Racine, 1774. Artist: J Collyer
John Racine, 1774. Jean Racine (1639-1699) was a French dramatist, one of the big three of 17th century France (along with Moliere and Corneille)

Thomas Otway, 1776. Artist: Ryder
Thomas Otway, 1776. Otway (1652-1685) was an English dramatist of the Restoration period. A plate from The Copper-Plate Magazine or A Monthly Treasure, London, 1776

Portrait of Henri Meilhac, 1885. Artist: Jules Elie Delaunay
Portrait of Henri Meilhac, 1885. Henri Meilhac, (1831-1897), French dramatist, was born in Paris, Located in the collection at Museum Carnavalet

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 19th century. Artist: JJ Scheller
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 19th century. Goethe (1749-1832) German poet, dramatist and scientist, with his secretary

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