He became known as " The Playboy Playwright " and specialized in comedies and farces, some of them with material considered risqué at the time.

* 1895 – Playwright, poet, and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of " committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons " and sentenced to serve two years in prison.

Playwright Jane Taylor, responsible for the acclaimed Ubu and the Truth Commission, found fault with the Commission's lopsided influence:

Diary of a Mad Playwright: Perilous Adventures on the Road with Mary Martin and Carol Channing, about production of the play " Legends " ( Dutton )

* Playwright Erik Jackson acquired King's consent to stage a non-musical spoof, which premiered Off-Broadway in 2006 with female impersonator Keith Levy ( also known as Sherry Vine ) in the lead role.

In 2010 The Playwright, a collaboration with Daren White, was published.

* The Playwright ( with Daren White, 2010 )

Playwright Patrick Marber, whose early collaborations with Coogan included The Day Today and being the principal writer of both radio and TV versions of Knowing Me, Knowing You ... with Alan Partridge, has also been working on the script, but the pair put their plans on hold following the London bombings, for fear the screenplay would appear in bad taste.

* Playwright Judy Upton was born in Shoreham-by-Sea in 1966 and has written several plays associated with Brighton Beach.

Playwright John Guare became interested in Hampton's story through his friendship with two of his duped hosts — Osborn and Inger Elliott, who were outraged to find " David Poitier " in bed with another man the morning after they let him into their home.

Her play Comfort me with Apples won the Evening Standard Most Promising Playwright award in 2005, and was shortlisted for the Susan Smith Blackburn Award.

Playwright Green, however, was not happy with the more hopeful, upbeat ending that the Group had imposed on his brooding work.

* Playwright Jean Giraudoux combined tragedy, humor and fantasy in Intermezzo ( 1937 ), where a timid ghost revolutionizes a small town, and Ondine ( 1939 ) about a water sprite who falls in love with a mortal.

National Public Radio called Mee the " Public-Domain Playwright " in 2000 and credited him with touching " a raw cultural nerve " by making his work freely available.

Playwright George Bernard Shaw was impressed with his acting, casting him in the first production of Man and Superman, and subsequently in five more of his plays.

Each year VSA sponsors many notable programs such as the " International Young Soloists Program ," " Playwright Discovery " program, Call for Children's art, internships across the nation for students with disabilities.

Playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan was also descended from this family, while othor reputable Virginian's from the nineteenth century were Thomas Fitzpatrick a noted London physician, and entrepreneur Joseph Rathborne the son of local mill owner Henry Talbot Rathborne, Joseph went to America and created the world's biggest lumber mill with the Rathborne Cypress Lumber Company in Louisiana.

Playwright Greenberg has stated that one of the compulsions for creating a baseball play was his complete immersion into the sport in 1999 after following the New York Yankees ' ( then -) record 114-win season the previous year, beginning with David Wells ' perfect game.

She is an Emerging Voice with the California Indian Storytellers Association and a mentor for the Native Voices Youth Playwright Project.

In 1955, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll gained first prize in the Playwright Advisory Board Competition with Oriel Gray ’ s The Torrents and was subsequently presented by the Union Theatre.

Playwright Charles MacArthur, co-author of the play The Front Page was a former City Press reporter ; several of the characters in the play were based on City Press personalities, notably the skittish managing editor Larry Mulay.

* Playwright / Composer Lionel Bart lived the latter part of his life in an apartment on Churchfield Road, citing the area as the closest thing he could find to the community feel of the East London " of old ".

* Playwright Daniel Caffrey's play Gregor and the Squonk is loosely based on the tale of J. P. Wentling.

Playwright Lillian Garrett-Groag stated in Newsday on 1993 February 22 that " It is possibly the most spectacular moment of resistance that I can think of in the 20th century ...

Playwright and theatre director, Ratan Thiyam, stage his production based on the poem as closing production of 4th Bharat Rang Mahotsav in 2002.

Playwright Eric Coble's 2004 stage adaptation was broadcast on 16 November 2007 on WCPN 90. 3 FM in Cleveland.

Playwright, Westminster Parliament member, and son of Thomas, Richard Brinsley Sheridan was born on this street at number 12 in 1751 ; Brinsley Sheridan's works include The Critics and A School for Scandal.

I decided to make that weekend all about studying my body issues ”— and went on to include another frequently cited reaction: “ I ’ ve always used Mich as a place to charge my batteries for the rest of the year, planning my life around being there in August and learning my lessons, both fun and hard .” Playwright Carolyn Gage would later give voice to another key appeal motivating campers to return: “ At Michfest, she can experience a degree of safety that is not available to any woman any time anywhere except at the festival.

He also published a book on his work Playwright at Work just after World War II.

Playwright John Sable's Multiple O, a play adaptation of The Ethical Slut, opened on May 2, 2008, at the Broom Street Theater.

Depending on culture the differences between the meaning of " Dramatist " and the meaning of " Playwright " are perceived otherwise, so please do not use the " Playwrights " and " Dramatists " subcategories of this category any more, but move articles from either " Dramatists " or " Playwrights " to this category instead.

Playwright Terrence McNally, a gay man, received death threats when it was played in the U. S. Its production in New York City was canceled then reinstated, finally opening on 13 October 1998, directed by Joe Mantello.

Playwright David Auburn skillfully introduces an oddly balanced group of characters whose lives merge on the rooftop of an old Chicago building marked for demolition.

* Palestinian-Born Playwright Offers Insight and Hope for the Peace in the Middle East ( September 9, 2003 )-Article on Saleem by Michael Austin.

Playwright John Sable chose Women on Top ( another book by Nancy Friday ) as the play's title largely due to its more provocative connotation.

Playwright Matthew Hancock is the author of several stage adaptations, including Window, based on the short story by Haruki Murakami, and The Body Artist, taken from the novella by Don DeLillo.

Bogart has won two Best Director Obie Awards, one for No Plays No Poetry But Philosophical Reflections Practical Instructions Provocative Opinions and Pointers From a Noted Critic and Playwright ( 1988 ) based on the theories of Bertolt Brecht and the other for Paula Vogel ’ s The Baltimore Waltz ( 1990 ).

Playwright Girish Karnad's debut play Yayati ( 1961 ) is based on the story of King Yayati found in the Mahabharat.

" Playwright August Wilson used the term " ghetto " in Ma Rainey ’ s Black Bottom ( 1984 ) and Fences ( 1987 ), both of which draw upon the author ’ s experience growing up in the Hill district of Pittsburgh, a black ghetto.

Playwright A. Stein who in his Last Parade play used several of Vysotsky ’ s songs, was chastised by a Ministry of Culture official for " providing a tribune for this anti-Soviet scum ".

" Playwright August Wilson used the term " ghetto " in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom ( 1984 ) and Fences ( 1987 ), both of which draw upon the author's experience growing up in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, an African-American ghetto.

Playwright and screenwriter David Mamet, speaking of his book Bambi Meets Godzilla: On the Nature, Purpose and Practice of the Movie Business, used The Gilded Age as a metaphor for Hollywood.

Playwright David Hare notioned that the site be used as an art gallery as opposed to an expected privatised redevelopment.

Playwright Tom Stoppard used this phrase as the title of a 1981 farce, On the Razzle, which he adapted from an earlier play by Johann Nestroy.