Famous Playwrights Trivia Questions
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In which East German capital did Bertolt Brecht found his famous acting ensemble after World War II?
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berlin
Which playwright wrote the play featuring a defrocked minister-turned-tour guide titled 'The Night of the Iguana'?
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tennessee williams
Whose plays are performed 'In the Park' near a garden named for him in New York City's Central Park?
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william shakespeare
Which British playwright, whose original family name was Da Pinta, would have his plays described as 'Da Pintaesque'?
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harold pinter
Which playwright initially titled his work 'Death of a Salesman' as 'The Inside of His Head'?
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arthur miller
Which playwright won the Pulitzer Prize in 1991 for his work 'Lost in Yonkers'?
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neil simon
Which playwright, after being discharged from the military in 1946, worked in the Warner Bros. mailroom and later wrote 'The Odd Couple'?
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neil simon
Who wrote, 'Poor people know poor people, & rich people know rich people,' in 'Act One'?
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moss hart
Which playwright, known for his work 'Look Back in Anger', hated school and left after a conflict with his headmaster?
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john osborne
Who is the 20th century playwright best known for works such as 'The Glass Menagerie' but also wrote poems and short stories?
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tennessee williams
Which British playwright, born on July 3rd, co-wrote the award-winning script for 'Shakespeare in Love'?
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tom stoppard
Which playwright's work featured Laurence Olivier as the Button-Moulder in a 1944 revival of 'Peer Gynt'?
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henrik ibsen
Who is the French playwright known for casting his mistresses in his plays and whose name is often followed by 'Pere'?
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alexandre dumas
Which playwright, known for creating the character Henry Higgins, also invented an enduring alphabet?
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george bernard shaw
Who is the playwright of 'Come Back, Little Sheba' who received help from Tennessee Williams to get his first play produced?
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william inge
Which playwright gained international acclaim with the 1897 play 'Cyrano de Bergerac'?
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edmond rostand
Who is the real playwright who wrote 'The Imaginary Invalid' during the 17th century?
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molière
Which Russian playwright, known for works such as 'The Cherry Orchard,' died in July, 1904?
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anton chekhov
Which playwright married Arthur Kober but did not marry Dashiell Hammett?
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lillian hellman
Which playwright wrote 'Don Juan in Hell', Act III of 'Man and Superman', often performed separately?
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george bernard shaw
Which author founded the Berliner Ensemble in East Berlin in 1949 and is known for writing 'The Threepenny Opera'?
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bertolt brecht
Who is the actor-playwright that acted in community theater before writing hit plays like 'Glengarry Glen Ross'?
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david mamet
Which famous playwright, who reviewed books and worked as a play reader, wrote 'The Children's Hour'?
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lillian hellman
Who is the playwright whose first play, 'Tamburlaine the Great', opened in 1587, and who was killed in 1593?
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christopher marlowe
Which playwright's father, James O'Neill, toured for years in the stage version of 'The Count of Monte Cristo'?
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eugene o'neill
Which playwright wrote the play 'A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur' set in a St. Louis amusement park named Creve Coeur?
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tennessee williams
Which actor-playwright, known for writing plays like 'The Birthday Party,' acted in England under the name David Baron?
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harold pinter
Which playwright, who married and divorced actress Diane Lander twice in the late 80s and early 90s, is known for his work 'The Odd Couple'?
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neil simon
Who was the playwright born in 1897 in Madison, Wisconsin, and not in Grover's Corners?
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thornton wilder
Who wrote the screenplay for Marilyn Monroe's last completed film?
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arthur miller
Which playwright had three plays on Broadway in 1948, including 'John Bull's Other Island,' 'You Never Can Tell,' and 'Man and Superman'?
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george bernard shaw
Who is the playwright of the 1992 off-Broadway production 'The Sisters Rosensweig'?
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wendy wasserstein
Who was the resident playwright at the National Theatre in Bergen when he wrote 'The Feast at Solhaug'?
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henrik ibsen
Who wrote the play 'Look Back In Anger' and had Mary Eure, his second wife, in the original cast?
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john osborne
Who is the playwright who died in 1673 while performing the title role of his play 'The Imaginary Invalid'?
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molière
Which playwright had their first Broadway show in 1996 with a production of 'Buried Child' after three decades in the theater?
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sam shepard
Which playwright had his last play, 'What The Butler Saw', produced in 1969, two years after he was killed?
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joe orton
Who is the Tony-winning playwright known for his epic play 'Angels In America' and drew large crowds?
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tony kushner
Who wrote the 1956 play 'Look Back in Anger,' which was described as 'a landmark in the history of the theatre'?
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john osborne
Which playwright and wit remarked that, during difficult times, Oscar Wilde maintained his 'gaiety of soul'?
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george bernard shaw
Who is the playwright of 'Picnic' who won a 1961 Oscar for his screenplay of 'Splendor In The Grass'?
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william inge
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