July 29 , 1878Walnut, Illinois December 29, 1937 New York City, New York Don Marquis, byname of Donald Robert Perry Marquis (born July 29 , 1878 Walnut, Ill., U.S. died Dec. 29, 1937, New York City) U.S. newspaperman, poet, and playwright, creator of the literary characters Archy, the cockroach, and Mehitabel, the cat, wry, down-and-out philosophers of the 1920s.
Eric is also a playwright, creator of the Full Disclosure sex-positive podcast, and fervent defender of sex-worker rights.
Here, it was immediately clear, was a born playwright, a creator of language that unscrolled across the stage like luminous skywriting.
And on Friday, Lin-Manuel Miranda, the Puerto Rican playwright and creator of the hit musical "Hamilton," released a new song, "Almost Like Praying," gathering the voices of mostly Puerto Rican stars for a heartfelt tribute to the island.
A year ago, he asked his friend Larry Gelbart, the playwright and creator of the television series "M*A*S*H," to come up with a new adaptation of "Lysistrata," Aristophanes' ribald comedy about Athenian women who withhold sex from their husbands to force them to end a war.
Ritchie: When the opportunity comes it may be hard for a playwright or creators to say no.
SIMON STEPHENS is a British playwright, the cheery creator of an impressive roster of gritty dramas such as "Punk Rock", "Port" and "Wastwater".
A hybrid form, it reaches back to the principles of ritual and myth, where the composer substitutes sounds for words and replaces the playwright as the creator of "plot" and motivation for activity on and off the stage.
Huff Post Gay Voices blogger, playwright, actor and creator Kit Williamson blogged in January about the overwhelming success of the Kick Starter campaign back he launched to fund the series.
"It was awesome – and so seemingly effortless," Sarah Gubbins, a playwright and co-creator with Soloway of the new Amazon series I Love Dick, said of the night's highly visible lesbian element.
The vision by Austrian director Georg Nussbaumer to fill a stage with music-playing rabbits eventually won over playwright Tom Patchett, co-creator of the 1980s TV series "Alf," about a furry space alien living with a suburban family.
