Theatre theorists

Czech statesman, playwright, and former dissident, the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic (1936–2011)

British playwright (1930–2008)

American playwright and essayist (1915–2005)

Irish novelist and short story writer (1847–1912)

Russian Symbolist poet, playwright, theatre theorist, translator (1866–1949)

2nd century Greek grammarian and sophist

French cleric, author, theatre critic

Soviet theatre director (1879-1953)

Czech theatre director and director (1894–1953)

Russian actor and film director (1892-1961)

Australian dramatist and playwright

Romanan politician, playwright and prose writer (1860-1919)