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Biography: English playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language, known for his sonnets and plays. Notable works: 'Hamlet', 'Macbeth', 'Romeo and Juliet'.

Biography: Norwegian playwright and theatre director, known as the 'father of realism.' Notable works: 'A Doll’s House', 'Hedda Gabler', 'Ghosts'.

Biography: American playwright and author of many stage classics. Notable works: 'A Streetcar Named Desire', 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof', 'The Glass Menagerie'.

Biography: Ancient Greek tragedian, one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. Notable works: 'Oedipus Rex', 'Antigone', 'Electra'.

Biography: American playwright, essayist, and a significant figure in twentieth-century American theatre. Notable works: 'Death of a Salesman', 'The Crucible', 'A View from the Bridge'.

Biography: German poet, playwright, and theatre director, known for his development of epic theatre. Notable works: 'The Threepenny Opera', 'Mother Courage and Her Children', 'Life of Galileo'.

Biography: Russian playwright and short-story writer, considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction in history. Notable works: 'The Cherry Orchard', 'The Seagull', 'Three Sisters'.

Biography: French playwright, actor and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language. Notable works: 'Tartuffe', 'The Misanthrope', 'The Imaginary Invalid'.

Biography: American playwright whose work includes a series of ten plays, The Pittsburgh Cycle, for which he received two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama. Notable works: 'Fences', 'The Piano Lesson', 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'.

Biography: American playwright, screenwriter, and author, he wrote more than 30 plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays. Notable works: 'The Odd Couple', 'Lost in Yonkers', 'Barefoot in the Park'.

Biography: French dramatist, one of the three great tragedians of 17th-century France, alongside Molière and Corneille. Notable works: 'Phèdre', 'Andromaque', 'Bajazet'.

Biography: English playwright and screenwriter, his dramatic work often deals with themes of human passion and jealousy. Notable works: 'Equus', 'Amadeus', 'The Royal Hunt of the Sun'.

Biography: British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor, famous for his unique writing style known as 'Pinteresque.' Notable works: 'The Birthday Party', 'The Homecoming', 'Betrayal'.

Biography: French dramatist, poet, essayist, actor, and theatre director, known for his theory of the Theatre of Cruelty. Notable works: 'The Cenci', 'The Theater and Its Double'.

Biography: Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet, known for his bleak, tragicomic outlook on human nature. Notable works: 'Waiting for Godot', 'Endgame', 'Krapp's Last Tape'.

Biography: African American playwright and writer, first black woman to have a play performed on Broadway. Notable works: 'A Raisin in the Sun', 'The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window'.

Biography: English playwright, known for her plays that deal with themes of redemptive love, sexual desire, pain, and torture. Notable works: 'Blasted', 'Phaedra's Love', '4.48 Psychosis'.

Biography: One of classical Athens’ three great tragic playwrights, known for his portrayal of strong female characters and intelligent slaves. Notable works: 'Medea', 'The Bacchae', 'Hippolytus'.

Biography: Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter, knighted in 1997. Known for works that include sharp dialogues and deep philosophical themes. Notable works: 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead', 'Arcadia', 'The Coast of Utopia'.