Happy birthday to American novelist, playwright and poet, Gertrude Stein! This illustration is from our new book, Writers and Their Pets by Kathleen Krull with Art by

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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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At the risk of letting her steal my thunder somewhat - my 11 year old daughter painted this portrait of playwright R.C.Sheriff as part of her school WW1 project today. I am rather impressed and more than a little proud.

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From the country's favourite playwright comes the country's favourite play!
Huddersfield Thespians are back with Alan Bennett's classic play The History Boys (Tues 2 - Sat 6 Oct). Don't be disappointed - get your tickets now! https://t.co/4bTEFUfnfk

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'Tennessee Williams: Playwright and Painter' at Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, Miami Beach https://t.co/E5PzlQYo9G

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‘#Tennessee_Williams: Playwright and Painter’ at Miami Beach: See images from one notable show every weekday. Read More The post ‘#Tennessee_Williams: Playwright and Painter’ at Miami Beach… https://t.co/vpwnByeNmJ

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Before that Shigematsu Narumi worked on the 2-vol. Hanakoi Shōnen, a Muromachi-era romance between Oniyasha (young Noh actor and playwright Zeami) and shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. Sounds like an interesting premise but I thought it was a bit superficial tbh. But pretty to look at!

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“Doubt that the stars are fire, doubt that the sun doth move, doubt truth to be a liar, but never doubt I love.”
-William Shakespeare, Playwright

"I'm going to be a cat and Starfire is going to love me and we are going to be together forever!" -Robin, Sidekick

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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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Born 1859 Jerome K Jerome at Bradford Street, novelist and playwright famous for his ‘Three Men in a Boat’ novel

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Tennessee Williams, Great American Playwright (capital G, capital A, capital P), born March 26, 1911.

"Nothing human disgusts me unless it's unkind, violent."

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“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.”
William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

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The Tragedy, 1903

Pablo Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, stage designer, poet and playwright who spent most of his adult life in France.

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

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Actor and playwright David Garrick was born in 1717. Here he’s shown in his role as Richard III in Shakespeare’s eponymous play, awoken from a troubled dream before the Battle of Bosworth Field.

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great American writer, poet, playwright, columnist, socialist, and all-around pretty awesome dude whose dreams had dreams and whose dreams found life through his actions and his words.

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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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