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484 BCE
468 BCE

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454 BCE
423 BCE
c. 425 BCE
c. 185 BCE

Go to Plautus, Titus Maccius (c.250–184 bc) in The Oxford Companion to English Literature (7 ed.)

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c. 380

Go to Kalidasa in The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance (1 ed.)

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c. 1250

Go to Minnesinger in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music (5 ed.)

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1564

Go to Marlowe, Christopher in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.)

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1582
1587
1592
1601

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1604
1605

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1606

Go to Volpone [Lit.] in The Oxford Dictionary of Reference and Allusion (3 ed.)

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c. 1611
1616
1623

Go to Folio, the First in A Dictionary of Shakespeare (1 ed.)

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1637

Go to Corneille, Pierre in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.)

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1667

Go to Racine, Jean in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.)

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1673

Go to Molière (1622–73) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.)

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c. 1740

Go to Goldoni, Carlo (1707–93) in The Oxford Companion to English Literature (7 ed.)

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1773
1774

Go to Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749–1832) in The Oxford Companion to the Mind (2 ed.)

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1775
1777
1782

Go to Schiller, Friedrich von in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.)

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1789
1794

Go to Weimar classicism in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance (1 ed.)

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1830

Go to Hugo, Victor Marie (1802–85) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.)

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1831

Go to Pushkin, Alexander (1799–1837) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.)

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1836

Go to Gogol, Nikolai (1809–52) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.)

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1875

Go to Peer Gynt in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.)

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1879

Go to Ibsen, Henrik (1828–1906) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.)

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1890

Go to Hedda Gabler in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.)

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1892


Go to Pelléas and Mélisande in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.)

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1895
1896

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1898

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1900

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1902

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1904

Go to Cherry Orchard, The in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.)

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Go to Riders to the Sea in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.)

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1905
1907

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1908

Go to Blue Bird, The in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.)

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1910

Go to Synge, [Edmund] J[ohn] M[illington] (1871–1909) in The Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature (1 ed.)

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1911

Go to Hofmannsthal, Hugo von (1874–1929) in The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre (2 ed.)

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1913

Go to Shaw, Bernard (1856–1950) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.)

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1916

Go to Provincetown Players, The in The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature (1 ed.)

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1921

Go to Pirandello, Luigi (1867–1936) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.)

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Go to robot in A New Dictionary of Eponyms (1 ed.)

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Go to O'Neill, Eugene (1888–1953) in The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature (1 ed.)

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1923

Go to O'Casey, Sean (1880–1964) in The Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature (1 ed.)

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Go to Rice, Elmer (1892–1967) in The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature (1 ed.)

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1924

Go to O'Casey, Sean (1880–1964) in The Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature (1 ed.)

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1927

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1928
1929

Go to Bedbug, The in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.)

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1930
1931
1932

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1933

Go to Blood Wedding in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.)

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1934
1935
1936

Go to García Lorca, Federico (1898–1936) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.)

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1938

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1941

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1942
1943

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1945
1946

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1947

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1948
1949

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1950

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1953

Go to Waiting for Godot in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.)

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1954
1955
1956

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1957
1958

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1959
1960
1962
1965
1966

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1967
1970

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1972
1977

Go to Strauss, Botho (1944) in The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre (2 ed.)

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1979
1980

Go to Shepard, Sam (1943–) in The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature (1 ed.)

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1982
1983
1987

Go to Wertenbaker, Timberlake (1951– ) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.)

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1988

Go to Hwang, David Henry (1957– ) in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance (1 ed.)

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1990
1991
1992
1993

Go to Kushner, Tony (1956– ) in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance (1 ed.)

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1994

Go to Reza, Yasmina (1959– ) in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance (1 ed.)

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1996

Go to Carr, Marina (1964) in The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance (1 ed.)

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1997

Go to McDonagh, Martin (1971) in The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance (1 ed.)

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1998