Modern meaning in the last 50 (maybe 100) years.
It can be someone not well known but with consistently
good reviews of their work, also.
2007-01-17 08:01:59 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
In addition to those already mentioned, here are a few more contemporary names:
Tony Kushner
August Wilson
Wendy Wasserstein
Mary Zimmerman
David Henry Hwang
David Hare
Suzan-Lori Parks
David Mamet
Caryl Churchill
Sam Shepard
Brian Friel
Christopher Durang
Paula Vogel
Googling "pulitzer prize plays" or "Tony award best play" will give you recent winners of those American prizes.
2007-01-17 10:43:10 · answer #1 · answered by waldy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Best Modern Playwrights
2016-11-07 11:21:20 · answer #2 · answered by nichols 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Who are considered the best modern playwrights?
Modern meaning in the last 50 (maybe 100) years.
It can be someone not well known but with consistently
good reviews of their work, also.
2015-08-19 14:09:02 · answer #3 · answered by Lust 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eugene O'Neill
Harold Pinter
Tennessee Williams
Edward Albee
Tom Stoppard
... to name a few
2007-01-17 08:10:05 · answer #4 · answered by Dendryte88 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How about David Mamet? Arthur Miller? Harold Pinter? Edward Albee? Here's a great website for you: www.doollee.com.
2007-01-17 08:20:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There have already been a lot of essential names listed. I'll add a few from off the beaten path:
Eric Overmyer -- his "On the Verge, or the Geography of Yearning," is probably my favorite play of the last 30 years.
Steven Dietz -- consistently brilliant. My favorite is "Private Eyes," which is just astonishingly good.
2007-01-17 16:44:52 · answer #6 · answered by shkspr 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neil Simon should be.
2007-01-17 08:08:06 · answer #7 · answered by yezznoyezzno 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋