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Also Known As Classical tragedy

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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
English author
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Ion of Chios
Greek poet
Life-sized plaster sculpture Seated Voltaire by Jean-Antoine Houdon shows Voltaire draped in a robe, seated with a thoughtful expression and a ribbon crown, against a dark background.
Voltaire
French philosopher and author
French dramatist Jean Racine
Jean Racine
French dramatist
Euripides
Euripides
Greek dramatist
Aleksandr Pushkin
Aleksandr Pushkin
Russian author
Sophocles
Sophocles
Greek dramatist
Calderón de la Barca, Pedro
Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Spanish author
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Aeschylus
Greek dramatist
Portrait of American dramatist Eugene O'Neill in 1936, showing him in a suit and tie with a serious expression and a neatly groomed mustache.
Eugene O’Neill
American dramatist
Friedrich Schiller, painting by Anton Graff, c. 1785.
Friedrich Schiller
German writer
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Pierre Corneille
French poet and dramatist
Poet John Dryden
John Dryden
British author
Early 20th century black and white portrait of poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca, seated and resting his face on his hand.
Federico García Lorca
Spanish writer
August Strindberg
August Strindberg
Swedish dramatist
Luigi Pirandello
Luigi Pirandello
Italian author
Seneca
Seneca
Roman philosopher and statesman [4 BCE – 65 CE]
John Fletcher, engraving
John Fletcher
English dramatist
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Franz Grillparzer
Austrian dramatist
Gerhart Hauptmann
Gerhart Hauptmann
German writer

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