Ancient Theater
She was the sister of Antigone.
Ismene
Susan Glaspell is the author of this one-act play about a lonely housewife who may have murdered her husband.
Trifles
Don't expect any clues or detectives in this type of play about Bible stories.
Mystery Plays
This Tennessee Williams play features a wounded Brick getting drunk and mourning his dead friend.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
This Norwegian playwright wrote "A Doll's House"
Henrik Ibsen
To get revenge on her "baby daddy" Jason, this woman murdered her own sons.
Medea
She is the playwright who penned "A Raisin in the Sun."
Lorraine Hansberry
This morality play is about a person who must meet his maker -- alone!
Everyman
You can find a foreshadowing clue in the name of this main character (the dad) from All My Sons
Joe Keller (aka G.I. Joe Killer)
This composer adapted both "The Magic Flute" and "The Marriage of Figaro" into operas.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
This playwright made fun of Socrates in his comedy, 'The Clouds"
Aristophanes
One of the earliest female playwrights to have her work performed on stage, this woman wrote "The Rover."
Aphra Behn
These medieval Japanese plays called for the actors to wear wooden masks and perform on a minimlistic stage.
Noh Plays
What name does Stanley famously yell in A Streetcar Named Desire?
STELLLLAAAA! (Stella!!!!!)
In Pygmalion, Prof. Henry Higgins tries to make a lady out of this main character (no relation to a famous veterinarian).
Eliza Doolittle
Bacchus is the Roman name for this Greek God of Wine
Dionysus
She wrote "The Little Foxes" and "The Children's Hour"
Lillian Hellman
This is the name for traditional Japanese puppet theater.
Bunraku
The Crucible takes place during the Salem witch trial, but many believe it is also a criticism of this 1950s version of a political "witch trial."
McCarthyism (or the Communist blacklisting)
Oscar Wilde, the author of The Improtance of Being Earnest, died in france but was born in this country.
Ireland
Thanks to Emperor Nero, this Roman playwright had his own tragic ending.
Seneca the Younger
She lived in 900AD and is known as the earliest female playwright -- and lived in a nunnery.
Hrotsvitha
A medieval (and theatrical) retelling of St. Nicholas would be this type of religious play.
A miracle play
This playwright inspired by Miller and Williams with his lengthy dramas such as "A Long Day's Journey Into night" and "The Iceman Cometh"
Eugene O'Neill
This French playwright who penned "Tartuffe" and "The Misanthrope" wrote dialogue that rhymed.
Moliere