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Aeschylus. 524-456BC. Founded Greek tragic drama. Introduced 2nd actor, reduced chorus. Prometheus Bound. Seven Against Thebes, 467.
Anouilh, Jean. 1910-87. French dramatist: Antigone, Becket 1959.
Aramaeans. Ancient Semitic people of Mesopotamia, Syria. Language widespread 10C-5C BC. Alphabet 720 BC.
Aristophanes. c450-388BC. Athenian poet and satirical dramatist: The Clouds 423, The Birds 414. Lysistrata.
Babylonia. c8000BC Tigris-Euphrates Civ’n. 1792-50BC Hammurabi’s emp. c1530 Kassite. 11C Aramaen, Assyrian. 625 Chaldean. 538 Achaemenid. 331BC Alexander.
Bandeira, Manuel. 1886-1968. Brazilian national poet. Carnival 1919.
Beckett, Samuel. 1906-89. English/Irish novelist, dramatist expressing man’s suffering: Waiting for Godot 1952. Endgame.
Benavente y Martinez, Jacinto. 1866-1954. Spanish dramatist: Bonds of Interest 1907.
Bernhardt, Sarah. 1844-1923. French dramatic actress. Roles in Phèdre, La Tosca.
Betti, Ugo. 1892-1953. Italian dramatist. La Padrona 1927.
Bible. Hebrew and Christian sacred scriptures translated from Hebrew and Aramaic. 3C BC Greek translation. 1382 Wycliffe, Rogers, English. 1522-34 Luther, German. 1611 King James version. Vulgate by St. Jerome. Apocrypha.
Bolt, Robert. 1924-95. English dramatist. A Man for all Seasons 1960.
Bramah, Joseph. 1748-1814. English Invented combination lock 1784, hydraulic press, modern toilet.
Bramante, Donato. 1444-1514. Italian architect. St. Peter’s 1506.
Brecht, Bertolt. 1898-1956. German experimental dramatist: Threepenny Opera 1928. Mother Courage.
Calderón de la Barca, Pedro. 1600-81. Spanish dramatist: El divino Orfeo-“Life is a dream” 1635.
Caravaggio. 1573-1610. Italian painter. Dramatic light, shadow. Naturalism. Fortune Teller, Guitarist 1590.
Caruso, Enrico. 1873-1921. Dramatic Italian tenor.
Cavaliere, Emilio del. c1550-1602. Added arias and choral movements to cantatas. Early dramatic music.
Chekhov, Anton. 1860-1904. Russian melancholic cynical novelist/dramatist: Seagull, Three Sisters.
Classical. 500-300BC Greek Art. Idealized figure sculptures. Doric, Ionic, Corinthian architecture. Praxiteles. Roman Art. 1C BC-2C AD. Greek forms; added arch. Sculpture: realistic portraits, dramatic bas-relief.
Dekker, Thomas. c1572-1632. English satiric dramatist. Shoemaker’s Holiday 1600.
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. 1821-81. Russian psychological writer. Crime and Punishment 1866. Idiot 1868. Brothers Karamazov 1880. Exiled to Siberia 1849-59.
Drinkwater, John. 1882-1937. English dramatist: Abraham Lincoln 1918.
Expressionism. 1920-24. German drama style showing writers’ feelings. Author/hero.