1. Aeschylus (c. 523 B.C. – c. 456 B.C.)

He is among the three well-known historic Greek tragedians. In actual fact, he’s perhaps an important of them, as a result of he’s thought-about to be the founding father of tragedy. His tragedies typically gained competitions on the festivals held within the honor of Greek god Dionysus. It’s estimated that solely seven of his performs survived, whereas it’s fairly potential that he wrote from seventy to ninety performs. He’s the primary playwright to make use of trilogies when making his tragedies (“Oresteia”). Additionally, his play “The Persians” is the one historic Greek tragedy that cope with up to date warfare and occasions (on this one notably, it’s the Persian invasion from 480 B.C to 479. B.C.). His affect is inevitable, and it’s typically thought-about that he’s the one which launched skenographia – higher know because the ornament of scene. Nevertheless, that is disputable, as a result of Aristotle acclaims it to Sophocles.

2. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)

No checklist like this may very well be full with out the Bard of Avon himself. He was English playwright, and many individuals contemplate him to be the very best author ever in English literature. His most necessary work comprise 38 performs, 154 sonnets, and two poems. He was partial proprietor of the appearing troop referred to as King’s Males, and well-known Globe theater. It’s fascinating, although, that there are little or no data of his personal life. Due to this, he was a topic of most totally different accusations and theories, regarding his sexuality, faith, and a few individuals even questioned if it was actually one man who wrote the entire works attributed to Shakespeare. He wrote comedies and historic dramas at first, however since his son Hamnet has died, Shakespeare wrote principally tragedies. He typically collaborated with different notable playwrights of his time, comparable to Thomas Nashe and John Fletcher.

3. Moliere (1622 – 1673)

Moliere was French playwright, and it’s typically mentioned that he is among the finest comedians that Western Europe has ever had. Though he was very talked-about amongst his fellow Parisians, his comedies have been topic of fixed critics, principally coming from the Catholic church. He had nice affect on French tradition, and he launched some symbols that folks typically use even right now, comparable to tartuffe (hypocrite) or harpagon (low cost, grasping man). His life was fascinating, however his demise was one of the unlucky occasions within the historical past of playwrights. Whereas appearing in certainly one of his performs, he was in a task of a hypochondriac, and he began coughing badly through the play. Individuals thought that he was performing, and so they applauded whereas in truth, Moliere suffered from lung tuberculosis and the coughing was actual. So, with applauses, one of many biggest comedians succumbed to demise on stage.

4. Samuel Beckett (1906 – 1989)

He was an Irish playwright, most notable for his work as a member of avant-garde motion in Europe. His performs have been regarding among the hardest topics that human thoughts has to cope with, such because the which means of life, love and existence, and his work is essential for understanding the idea of “Theater of absurd”. Beckett had an affect on many various writers, and most notably, beat technology in America. In 1969, he gained Nobel Prize in Literature, for his most well-known play “Ready for Godot”. Along with James Joyce, he is among the most well-known and most mentioned Irish writers of twentieth century.