Authors
Harald Leander
Harald Leander was born in 1962 in Sweden and studied drama, theatre and film at the University of Lund in 1982-83 after which he trained as an actor at the School of Theatre in Malmö in 1990-93. Subsequently he has worked as musician, actor and director at several prominent theatres…
Read moreHarold Arlen
You have probably heard, and maybe even hummed, a Harold Arlen song today without even knowing it. though he is most noted for composing the songs for the film THE WIZARD OF OZ, particularly OVER THE RAINBOW which Was recently named the IT’S ONLY A PAPER MOON, STORMY WEATHER, I’VE…
Read moreHarold Brighouse
Harold Brighouse ( 1882 – 1958) was an English playwright and author whose best known play is Hobson’s Choice. He was a prominent member, together with Allan Monkhouse and Stanley Houghton, of a group known as the Manchester School of dramatists.
Read moreHarold Pinter
Harold Pinter was born in London in 1930. He lived with Antonia Fraser from 1975 until his death on Christmas Eve 2008. (They were married in 1980). Harold Pinter wrote 29 plays including: THE BIRTHDAY PARTY, THE DUMB WAITER, A SLIGHT ACHE, THE HOTHOUSE, THE CARETAKER, THE COLLECTION, THE…
Read moreHarry Warren
Harry Warren (1893 – 1981) was an American composer and lyricist. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he is regarded as one of America’s most prolific but least known composers.Warren composed music with Ira Gershwin, Johnny Mercer, Billy Rose, and Al Dubin. “Chattanooga Choo Choo” was the first gold record. Among…
Read moreHarvey Fierstein
Harvey Forbes Fierstein (b. 1952) is an American actor and playwright, noted for the early (1982) distinction of winning Tony Awards for both writing and playing the lead role in his long-running play Torch Song Trilogy, about a gay drag-performer and his quest for true love and family. He has…
Read moreHávar Sigurjónsson
Hávar Sigurjónsson graduated from Manchester University Drama Department with a BA honours degree in 1982 and he did his Masters in Theatre Arts at Leeds University Workshop Theatre in 1983. Since 1983 he has worked professionally in Iceland as a stage director, writer, translator and journalist. From 1992-1997 he was…
Read moreHeathcote Williams
Heathcote Williams (1941, UK ) is a British poet and playwright, noted for his works WHALE NATION and the play THE LOCAL STIGMATIC. He is also notable as actor. His movie career includes works like WISH YOU WERE HERE and ORLANDO.
Read moreHeinrich Hoffman
Heinrich Hoffmann (1809 – 1894) was a German psychiatrist, who also wrote some short works including Der Struwwelpeter, an illustrated book portraying children misbehaving.
Read moreHeleen Verburg
Heleen Verburg was born in 1964. She graduated from Amsterdam’s School for Cabaret in 1988. While still at school she wrote a one-act play which landed her the 1987 Creativity Prize. From 1987 until 1990 she was affiliated with the theatre collective Mevrouw Smit as an actress and playwright, composing…
Read moreHelen Blakeman
Helen Blakeman (born 1971) is a British playwright and screenwriter from Liverpool. Her first play, Caravan, was written while she studied at Birmingham University and won her the George Devine award. Her second play, Normal, was followed by an entrance into screenwriting. Pleasureland is a 2003 television film about teen…
Read moreHelene Hanff
Helene Hanff (1916– 1997) was an American writer. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she is best known as the author of the book “84 Charing Cross Road”, which became the basis for a stage play, television play, and film of the same name.
Read moreHelene Uri
Helene Uri (Norwegian born in Stockholm in 1964), who is a doctor of linguistics, left her position at the University of Oslo in 2005, and has been a fulltime writer since then. She is an experienced writer with several books published: novels, children’s books, books about language and linguistics. She…
Read moreHenrik Krogholt
Henrik Krogholt was born in 1966. After having traveled all over the world, he lived in California for an extended period, where he studied writing at Los Angeles Pierce College and at the American Film Institute. At the same time he worked as a director, actor, and wrote the scripts…
Read moreHenrik Prip
Henrik Prip (b. 1960) is a Danish actor, trained from Odense Theater in 1990, who is known for his many parts in the theater, television and film. Henrik Prip has also made a name for himself as a screenwriter and playwright.
Read moreHenrik Scharling
Henrik Scharling, 1836-1920, Danish theologian and author, son of C.E Scharling and brother of W. Scharling. In 1867, he became lecturer in theology at the University of Copenhagen and was from 1870 to 1916 professor of ethics and philosophy of religion. His polemicises vigorously opposed both contemporary culture radical currents…
Read moreHenry Adam
Henry Adam was born in Wick in the far north of Scotland in 1964. He worked extensively in Youth and Community theatre before turning his attention to the professional stage. His first full-length play for the Traverse Theatre, “Among Unbroken Hearts” transferred to the Bush Theatre, London after successful runs…
Read moreHenry Bernstein
French playwright, initially popular for a series of sensational melodramas. He later turned to more serious themes, experimented with new forms, and campaigned against anti-Semitism and Nazism.
Read moreHenry de Montherland
Henry de Montherlant or Henry Marie Joseph Frédéric Expedite Millon de Montherlant ( 1895 – 1972) was a French essayist, novelist and one of the leading French dramatists of the twentieth century. His early successes were works such as Les célibataires (The Bachelors) in 1934, and the tetralogy Les jeunes…
Read moreHenry Denker
Henry Denker (b. 1912) is an American novelist and playwright. Denker was the originator and writer of what he describes as the “first television series ever produced,” False Witsness, on NBC-TV in 1939. Despite its success, the series was discontinued when the nascent medium of television was converted into an…
Read moreHenry Kreiger
Henry Krieger (born February 9, 1945 in New York City) is an American composer. Krieger wrote the music for the Broadway shows DREAMGIRLS1981, with lyrics and book by Tom Eyen), THE TAP DANCE KID (1983), and SIDE SHOW1997), as well as other works of musical theatre. He was nominated for…
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While still in his twenties, Mr. Krieger began composing for Off-Off Broadway, and met playwright-lyricist Tom Eyen. Together with director- choreographer Michael Bennett, they created the long running Broadway hit musical, DREAMGIRLS, which opened to rave reviews at the Imperial Theatre on December 20, 1981. DREAMGIRLS won six Tony Awards…
Read moreHenry Mancini
Enrico Nicola Mancini was born in Cleveland, Ohio on April 16, 1924. Like most Hollywood success stories, he rose from inauspicious beginnings by toiling as a musical assistant and composer of secondary cues for Universal Studios. After receiving his big break with his first complete major score, Orsons Welles’ TOUCH…
Read moreHenry Naylor
HENRY NAYLOR (b. 1966) is a British comedian, playwright, director and screenwriter. He was the writer on several award-winning comedies and satire shows, among others SMITH & JONES, DEAD RINGERS and SPITTING IMAGE. His dramatic works count comedies such as FINDING BIN LADEN (2003) and HUNTING DIANA (2004). Arabian Nightmares…
Read moreHerb Gardner
Herbert George “Herb” Gardner (1934 – 2003) was an American commercial artist, cartoonist, playwright, and screenwriter. He is best known for his 1962 play “A Thousand Clowns”, which ran for two years. He received an Oscar nomination for the screenplay for the successful 1965 movie adaptation. Gardner’s biggest commercial success…
Read moreHerbert Appleman
HERBERT APPLEMAN (New Book and Lyrics) studied at Harvard (BA), Columbia (MA), and the Yale School of Drama. He was a professor of English & Theatre at Oakland University in Michigan for 10 years. A man of varied talents, he won an Emmy Award for… AND SUDDENLY YOU’RE ALONE, a…
Read moreHilary Bell
Hilary Bell is a very versatile writer and has written lyrics for musicals, as well as for radio plays and TV-shows. She is also a dramatist. In 1996 she had her debut as a novelist with the book MIRROR MIRROR.
Read moreHilde Olausson
Hilde Olausson (born 1957) is a Norwegian playwright and actor trained at Det Norske Teatret in Oslo (1978 – 1981). She’s a well known face on film and TV and starred in the Oscar nominated movie ELLING, which has also been adapted for the stage.
Read moreHolger Drachmann
Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846-1908) was a Danish poet and painter. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of the breakthrough in modernism. He was born in Copenhagen as a cousin to the politician Viggo Hørup. He was educated a painter, but poetry won him over. He had…
Read moreHoward Ashman
Howard Elliot Ashman (1950 – 1991) was an American playwright and lyricist. Ashman first studied at Boston University and Goddard College (with a stop at Tufts University’s Summer Theater) and then went on to achieve his master’s degree from Indiana University in 1974. He collaborated with Alan Menken on several…
Read moreHoward Barker
Howard Barker’s plays are known for their fearless exploration of power, sexuality and human motivation. His texts overflow with rich language, challenging ideas, history, beauty, violence and imaginative comedy, all brought together within the extremes of human experience to create a powerful and compelling theatrical experience. Barker’s texts are constructed…
Read moreHoward Brenton
English dramatist. His political theatre, deliberately provocative, includes THE CHURCHILL PLAY(1974) og THE ROMANS IN BRITAIN (1980). Brenton was strongly influenced by German dramatist and poet Bertolt Brecht. Other plays include MAGNIFICENCE (1973), THE GENIUS (1983), BLOODY POETRY (1984) and GREENLAND
Read moreHoward Greenfield
HOWARD GREENFIELD (Lyrics) was born in Brooklyn, New York, and worked with Neil Sedaka. After first supplying “Passing Time” to The Cookies, Sedaka and Greenfield scored their first major pop hit single with Connie Francis’ “Stupid Cupid”. When, in 1959, Sedaka signed to RCA Records as a solo artist, he…
Read moreHoward Lindsay
Howard Lindsay was born in Waterford, New York, in 1889 and died in 1968. He became an actor at nineteen. His first big break was to act and direct in the George S. Kaufman hit DULCY in 1921. Lindsay wrote many plays before teaming up with Russel Crouse on ANYTHING…
Read moreHrafnhildur Hagalín Gudmundsdóttir
Born in Reykjavík in 1965, Hrafnhildur Hagalín graduated from the Reykjavík College of Music as a classical guitarist and later studied Literature and Theatre at the University of Sorbonne, Paris-IV. Her first play, “I am the Maestro”, was produced at the Reykjavík City Theatre and won the Icelandic Critics´ Award…
Read moreHugh Whitemore
Hugh Whitemore (b. 1936 – d. 2018) was an English playwright and screenwriter. Whitemore studied for the stage at London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where he is now a Member of the Council. He began his writing career in British television with both original teleplays and adaptations of classic…
Read moreHugo Claus
Hugo Claus ranks as the most important Flemish writer after the Second World War. In addition to his literary work, he has been active as a painter and a movie maker. In the fifties he belonged to the avant-garde artists who were active in Paris. His wide-ranging oeuvre consists of…
Read moreHume Cronyn
Respected stage and screen character actor whose outstanding performances in plays by Shakespeare, Chekhov, Albee, and Beckett revealed his versatility. He was nominated for five Tony Awards, and won for Hamlet. His other Broadway successes include A DELICATE BALANCE and GIN GAME. He also won acclaim for his roles in…
Read moreInga Lindsjö
Inga Lindsjö (1922-1999), Swedish poet, translator, composer.
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