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Playwrights and dramatists


337 People in group

Frank Norman

Frank Norman

1930-1980
Playwright and novelist
Sitter in 13 portraits
Ivor Novello

Ivor Novello

1893-1951
Actor-manager, dramatist and composer
Sitter in 38 portraits
Edna O'Brien

Edna O'Brien

1930-
Novelist, short story writer and playwright
Sitter in 9 portraits
Joe Orton

Joe Orton

1933-1967
Playwright
Sitter in 13 portraits
John Osborne

John Osborne

1929-1994
Playwright, autobiographer and actor
Sitter in 21 portraits
Harold Pinter

Harold Pinter

1930-2008
Playwright, actor and director
Sitter in 21 portraits
Dennis Christopher George Potter

Dennis Christopher George Potter

1935-1994
Playwright, author and journalist
Sitter in 2 portraits
Terence Rattigan

Terence Rattigan

1911-1977
Playwright
Sitter in 31 portraits
Mark Ravenhill

Mark Ravenhill

1966-
Playwright
Sitter in 1 portrait
Brian Rix

Brian Rix

1924-2016
Actor-manager, playwright and campaigner; President, Mencap
Sitter in 5 portraits
Willy Russell

Willy Russell

1947-
Poet and playwright
Sitter in 3 portraits
Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Sartre

1905-1980
Novelist and playwright; philosopher and exponent of Existentialism
Sitter in 2 portraits
Sir Peter Levin Shaffer

Sir Peter Levin Shaffer

1926-2016
Playwright and critic
Sitter in 3 portraits
William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

1564-1616
Dramatist and poet
Sitter associated with 105 portraits
Margery Sharp

Margery Sharp

1905-1991
Novelist and playwright
Sitter in 3 portraits
George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw

1856-1950
Playwright
Sitter in 148 portraits | Artist associated with 8 portraits
Robert Shaw

Robert Shaw

1927-1978
Actor, playwright and author
Sitter in 8 portraits
Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

1751-1816
Dramatist and parliamentary orator
Sitter associated with 168 portraits
Alan Sillitoe

Alan Sillitoe

1928-2010
Novelist, screenwriter, poet and playwright
Sitter in 8 portraits
Lemn Sissay

Lemn Sissay

1967-
Author, poet and playwright
Sitter in 1 portrait

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