Drama
- 2010 — Romulus Linney
- 2004 — John Guare
- 1998 — Horton Foote
- 1992 — Sam Shepard
- 1986 — Sidney Kingsley
- 1980 — Edward Albee
- 1969 — Tennessee Williams
- 1964 — Lillian Hellman
- 1959 — Arthur Miller
- 1954 — Maxwell Anderson
- 1941 — Robert E. Sherwood
- 1931 — William Gillette
- 1922 — Eugene O'Neill
- 1913 — Augustus Thomas
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Famous quotes containing the word drama:
“Show me one thing here on earth which has begun well and not ended badly. The proudest palpitations are engulfed in a sewer, where they cease throbbing, as though having reached their natural term: this downfall constitutes the heart’s drama and the negative meaning of history.”
—E.M. Cioran (b. 1911)
“We live between two worlds; we soar in the atmosphere; we creep upon the soil; we have the aspirations of creators and the propensities of quadrupeds. There can be but one explanation of this fact. We are passing from the animal into a higher form, and the drama of this planet is in its second act.”
—W. Winwood Reade (1838–1875)
“Primitive times are lyrical, ancient times epical, modern times dramatic. The ode sings of eternity, the epic imparts solemnity to history, the drama depicts life. The characteristic of the first poetry is ingeniousness, of the second, simplicity, of the third, truth.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)