[{"n": "August Strindberg", "u": "/e/playwrights-and-dramatists/august-strindberg/", "s": "Swedish playwright and novelist, father of modern Swedish literature."}, {"n": "Brendan Behan", "u": "/e/playwrights-and-dramatists/brendan-behan/", "s": "Irish writer and Republican whose work drew on prison experiences."}, {"n": "Carlo Gozzi", "u": "/e/playwrights-and-dramatists/carlo-gozzi/", "s": "Venetian playwright who revived Commedia dell'arte through fairy-tale dramas."}, {"n": "Chikamatsu Monzaemon", "u": "/e/playwrights-and-dramatists/chikamatsu-monzaemon/", "s": "Japanese dramatist of bunraku and kabuki, famed for love-suicide plays."}, {"n": "Dario Fo", "u": "/e/playwrights-and-dramatists/dario-fo/", "s": "Italian playwright, actor, and Nobel laureate known for satirical political theatre."}, {"n": "David Williamson", "u": "/e/playwrights-and-dramatists/david-williamson/", "s": "Australian playwright of political and family dramas."}, {"n": "Antonio García Gutiérrez", "u": "/e/playwrights-and-dramatists/antonio-garc-a-guti-rrez/", "s": "Spanish Romantic dramatist whose play El trovador inspired Verdi's Il trovatore."}, {"n": "Martha Rountree", "u": "/e/playwrights-and-dramatists/martha-rountree/", "s": "Pioneering broadcast journalist and creator of Meet the Press."}, {"n": "Maxwell Anderson", "u": "/e/playwrights-and-dramatists/maxwell-anderson/", "s": "American dramatist known for historical plays and verse."}, {"n": "Mbongeni Ngema", "u": "/e/playwrights-and-dramatists/mbongeni-ngema/", "s": "South African playwright and composer known for apartheid-era works."}, {"n": "Nicholas Rowe (writer)", "u": "/e/playwrights-and-dramatists/nicholas-rowe-writer/", "s": "English dramatist, poet, and first editor of Shakespeare"}, {"n": "R. C. Sherriff", "u": "/e/playwrights-and-dramatists/r-c-sherriff/", "s": "English playwright and novelist best known for Journey's End."}, {"n": "Renato Simoni", "u": "/e/playwrights-and-dramatists/renato-simoni/", "s": "Italian journalist and playwright, collaborator on Puccini's Turandot."}, {"n": "Robert E. Sherwood", "u": "/e/playwrights-and-dramatists/robert-e-sherwood/", "s": "American playwright and screenwriter, winner of multiple Pulitzer Prizes and an Academy Award."}, {"n": "Robert Graves", "u": "/e/playwrights-and-dramatists/robert-graves/", "s": "English poet, novelist, and critic known for I, Claudius and The White Goddess."}, {"n": "Athol Fugard", "u": "/e/playwrights-and-dramatists/athol-fugard/", "s": "South African playwright known for anti-apartheid works."}, {"n": "August Wilson", "u": "/e/playwrights-and-dramatists/august-wilson/", "s": "American playwright known for The Pittsburgh Cycle."}, {"n": "Ben Jonson", "u": "/e/playwrights-and-dramatists/ben-jonson/", "s": "English playwright, poet and actor of the Jacobean and Caroline eras."}, {"n": "Carlo Goldoni", "u": "/e/playwrights-and-dramatists/carlo-goldoni/", "s": "Italian playwright and librettist who reformed comedy with wit and honesty."}, {"n": "Caryl Churchill", "u": "/e/playwrights-and-dramatists/caryl-churchill/", "s": "British playwright known for dramatising abuses of power, non-naturalistic techniques, and feminist themes."}, {"n": "Christopher Fry", "u": "/e/playwrights-and-dramatists/christopher-fry/", "s": "English poet and playwright known for verse dramas."}, {"n": "Clifford Odets", "u": "/e/playwrights-and-dramatists/clifford-odets/", "s": "American playwright whose 1930s dramas shaped modern theater."}, {"n": "David Belasco", "u": "/e/playwrights-and-dramatists/david-belasco/", "s": "American theatrical producer who pioneered realistic stage lighting and naturalism."}, {"n": "David Mamet", "u": "/e/playwrights-and-dramatists/david-mamet/", "s": "Pulitzer-winning playwright, screenwriter, and film director."}, {"n": "David Storey", "u": "/e/playwrights-and-dramatists/david-storey/", "s": "English playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and rugby league player."}, {"n": "Martin McDonagh", "u": "/e/playwrights-and-dramatists/martin-mcdonagh/", "s": "British-born Irish playwright and filmmaker known for dark humour."}, {"n": "Martyna Majok", "u": "/e/playwrights-and-dramatists/martyna-majok/", "s": "Polish-born American playwright; 2018 Pulitzer winner for Cost of Living."}, {"n": "Menander", "u": "/e/playwrights-and-dramatists/menander/", "s": "Greek playwright, best-known representative of Athenian New Comedy."}, {"n": "Neil Simon", "u": "/e/playwrights-and-dramatists/neil-simon/", "s": "American playwright, screenwriter, and author of more than 30 plays and nearly as many screenplays."}, {"n": "Nick Enright", "u": "/e/playwrights-and-dramatists/nick-enright/", "s": "Australian dramatist, playwright and theatre director"}, {"n": "Noël Coward", "u": "/e/playwrights-and-dramatists/no-l-coward/", "s": "English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer known for wit and style."}, {"n": "Plautus", "u": "/e/playwrights-and-dramatists/plautus/", "s": "Roman playwright of the Old Latin period; earliest surviving Latin comedies."}]