The Town is a 1903 oil painting by August Strindberg. It is shown at the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm. August Strindberg was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter. had no training in art. He painted only in periods.

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"Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind."

English author and playwright, Daphne Du Maurier died in 1989

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1906 (Good Friday): Birth in of Samuel Beckett, avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director & poet, who lived in Paris for most of his adult life & wrote in English & French. laureate. '84, Saoi of Aosdána 📷 Samuel Beckett bridge, Dublin

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🎂Happy Birthday 🎁
To Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, born January 24, 1732 in Paris. Beaumarchais was a French playwright, financier, spy, and revolutionary, and was the author of the play The Barber of Seville, upon which Rossini’s famous opera is based.

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English satirical novelist, diarist and playwright, Frances Burney (Madame d'Arblay), died 1840.

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Rachel Charlotte Williams Biggs survived being a victim and prisoner (before & during the to reinvent herself as a playwright, a ‘female politician' and a spy. Discover her incredible life in A Heroine, with 77% off RRP in US.
https://t.co/u90kmHtuNH

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Rachel Charlotte Williams Biggs survived being a victim and prisoner (before and during the to reinvent herself as a playwright, a ‘female politician' and a spy. Discover her incredible life in A Heroine.
https://t.co/q18qVg6pnh

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How about another portrait? This time, it's Wim Wenders, the filmmaker, playwright, author, and photographer, made for Magazine. Thanks to my AD for the assignment!

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"It is only through fiction that facts can be made instructive or even intelligible." - - George Bernard Shaw, prolific playwright, political activist. Photo: US Library of Congress

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in 1869, Stanisław the Polish playwright, poet, painter and so much more, was born. As a key figure in the Young movement, he succesfully connected the upcoming modernism with Polish folklore and culture, in both literature and visual arts

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Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish playwright, poet, theatre director, painter & designer, was born in 1869. Wyspiański was one of the most outstanding & multifaceted artists of his time in Poland under the partitions --> https://t.co/kZRIYeVWqN

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a multi talented actor, director, playwright, and screenwriter who will inspire generations to come.

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Oscar Wilde - acclaimed novelist, playwright, wickedly witty fellow

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David Garrick, English actor, playwright, theater manager, producer. https://t.co/dZRH9H3d09

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Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist… https://t.co/laRfz8G1FM

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The many faces of John Byrne- Artist, playwright, workaholic, genius! (B.1940 Scottish) I love

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Here's Henry Arthur Jones, playwright, friend of Talk tomorrow: https://t.co/RcyDA6qLAV

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Mercedes de Acosta, American poet, playwright, and novelist, died at age 75 in poverty in 1968.

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