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Anybody who went to an English-speaking school knows the Bard, maybe the odd Greek, and Mamet. let's fill in the blanks. Who is your choice for best of the best. Ever. Well, OK, who can you remember, anyway. I'll settle for notoriety, then ( Edited by srlong )
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10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008. English. 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature. Best-known plays include The Birthday Party (1957), The Caretaker (1959), The Homecoming (1964), and Betrayal (1978), each of which he adapted to film.
Spanish. 5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936. The finest Spanish dramatist.
Born 12 April 1939. English. Of the 70+ plus plays he has created, the best known are: Absurd Person Singular (1975), The Norman Conquests trilogy (1973), Bedroom Farce (1975), Just Between Ourselves (1976), A Chorus of Disapproval (1984), Woman in Mind (1985), A Small Family Business (1987), Man Of The Moment (1988), House & Garden (1999) and Private Fears in Public Places (2004)
1898-1956
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622-1673)
Ireland has produced a disproportionate number of fine dramatists, but Samuel Beckett stands above them all.
France. 1909-1994
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The best: Sophocles, Aeschylus, Euripides and Aristophanes. Shakespeare, in fourth place. Though most of the work of the Greek quartet was lost, what remains is top class. Shakespeare\'s authorship is obscure and a group of people early on and throughout the years contributed to each of his plays in diverse ways.
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